11-13-10 Shreveport, LA

© Val Horvath/Shreveport Times

Video: All in the Pack / Gin & Juice > Shreveport Jail > Nothing Takes the Place of You > Surrender > Gin and Juice
Photos: by Val Horvath (incl. other bands)

The Gourds
7th Annual Highland Jazz & Blues Festival
Columbia Park (Pavilion Stage)
2900 Creswell Avenue
Sherveport, LA
11-13-10

01. LGO
02. Yoli Found a Possum
03. Country Love
04. All in the Pack > Cissy Strut (Art Neville/Ziggy Modeliste/Leo Nocentelli/George Porter Jr.) > All in the Pack
05. Cranky Mulatto
06. Lower 48 *
07. Blanket Show
08. My Name is Jorge
09. The Tinys Variety Hour (Claude Bernard/Matt Cook/Travis Garaffa)
10. Shreveport
11. Gin & Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Shreveport Jail (Lead Belly) > Nothing Takes the Place of You (Toussaint McCall) > Surrender (Rick Nielsen) > Gin and Juice

*Richmond Ditch version

The Picket Line Coyotes reunite for a photo

Special thanks to Tom & Jennifer Peach and steveportmovies for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

Preview 11-13-10 Shreveport, LA

Highland Jazz and Blues Festival returns
By Donecia Pea
November 12, 2010

Hundreds of fans will gather around Columbia Park’s main stage area at the seventh annual Highland Jazz and Blues Festival on Saturday afternoon to get a dose of alternative country music flavor that only The Gourds can provide.

But for Gourds’ member Kevin Russell, their fans’ anticipation can’t compare to the excitement he feels about returning to a place he calls home.

“I’m originally from Beaumont, but I moved to Shreveport as a freshman in high school. I learned how to drive here, started my first band here … I just love Shreveport. It’s a beautiful city, beautiful architecture, people are super friendly and it’s a great place to live,” Russell said.

In fact, he loves Shreveport so much, he made it the name of a song about the area. “I started my career in Shreveport in the 1980s. So ‘Shreveport’ is really about my experience of Shreveport during the ’80s,” Russell said.

The Gourds will also include some of their up-tempo party singles, including their ever-popular cover of Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice.”

“We’re known for that,” Russell said with a laugh.

Festival organizers Amy Loe and Kenney Koonce knew the Austin-based band would be the perfect headlining act.

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11-06-10 Jacksonville Beach, FL

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The Gourds
Mojo Kitchen
1500 Beach Boulevard
Jacksonville Beach, FL
11-06-10

01. Clear Night
02. Gangsta Lean
03. Blanket Show
04. When Wine Was Cheap
05. Arapaho
06. Web Before You Walk into It
07. Mister Betty
08. Pill Bug Blues
09. Bottle & a Dime
10. New Roommate
11. Bridgett
12. El Paso
13. Ants on the Melon
14. My Name is Jorge
15. New Dues
16. Burn the Honeysuckle
17. Low is the Way
18. Feelin' on Yo Booty (R. Kelly) *
19. All the Labor
20. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Free Bird (Allen Collins/Ronnie Van Zant) > Blitzkrieg Bop (Tommy Ramone/Joey Ramone/Dee Dee Ramone) > Saturday Night Special (Ed King/Ronnie Van Zant) > Gin and Juice

*Kevin and Keith only

© Jean Sarago Loughran

Special thanks to Annie & Sean Doyle and Jean Sarago Loughran for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

11-05-10 Brooksville, FL

© Cassandra Ladino

Audio: by Peter Shimm
Photos: by Cassandra Ladino / by Annette Jordan / by Peter Shimm
Video: Yoli Found a Possum / Yoli Found a Possum (alt. view) / Trampled by the Sun / Cranky Mulatto / Cranky Mulatto (alt. view) / Bridgett / Steeple Full of Swallows / Hey Thurman /Ants on the Melon / Gin and Juice

The Gourds
9th Annual Riverhawk Music Festival
Sertoma Youth Ranch
85 Myers Road
Brooksville, FL
11-05-10

Early Set (6:00p)
Bluegrass Cafe

01. Yoli Found a Possum
02. Country Love
03. Right in the Head
04. Trampled by the Sun
05. Dying of the Pines
06. Cranky Mulatto
07. Bridgett
08. All in the Pack
09. Steeple Full of Swallows
10. Pine Island Bayou
11. Hey Thurman
12. County Orange *
13. Lament
14. Darlin' Cory (trad.)
15. Magnolia
16. I Like Drinking

Late Set (10:15p)
Blue Sky Stage

01. Lower 48 *
02. Do 4 U > Midnight Rider (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) > Do 4 U
03. Maria
04. LGO
05. All the Way to Jericho
06. Tex-Mex Mile
07. Waxy's Dargle (trad.)
08. Hellhounds
09. Ants on the Melon
10. El Paso
11. Everybody's Missing the Sun (Nils Lofgren)
12. O Rings
13. Burn the Honeysuckle > Black Water tease (Patrick Simmons) > Burn the Honeysuckle
14. New Dues
15. Luddite Juice
16. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Refugee (Tom Petty/Mike Campbell) > Free Bird (Allen Collins/Ronnie Van Zant)

*Richmond Ditch version


© Cassandra Ladino

Special thanks to Peter Shimm, Cassandra Ladino, Danny McGuire, Kim Wansley, Annie & Sean Doyle, Annette Jordan, and Alex Ludovici for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.