7-30-10 New Braunfels, TX

Photos: by Gruene Hall / by Tomski / by Casey Debeauvieres
Video: Pair of Goats

The Gourds
Gruene Hall
1281 Gruene Road
New Braunfels, TX
7-30-10

01. Piss & Moan Blues
02. Do 4 U
03. Bridgett
04. Tearbox
05. Web Before You Walk into It
06. Take Me Back to Tulsa (Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan)
07. Pair of Goats
08. Blanket Show
09. Pill Bug Blues
10. New Roommate
11. Declineometer
12. Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way (Waylon Jennings)
13. (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin' > I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) (Johnny Paycheck) > Grievin' & Smokin'
14. Illegal Oyster
15. Pick And Roll
16. Lament
17. Darlin' Cory (trad.)
18. Dooley (trad.)
19. Honduras
20. All in the Pack > I Fought the Law (Sonny Curtis) > All in the Pack
21. When The World's On Fire (The Carter Family) > Hallelujah Shine
22. Lower 48
E:
23. Mister Betty
24. Ain't No More Cane (trad.)

Note: The band did not work from a set list during this performance


© Noah W. Bailey

Special thanks to Alison Goodson, Tomski, Noah W. Bailey, and Gruene Hall for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

Blast From The Past: An Open Letter to Gourds Fans

Editor's note: I came across this letter today during my daily Google search and decided it was worth sharing. To give you some sense of context, it appears to have been written about 7 weeks after Haymaker was released and was published in the Forums section of AustinChronicle.com. Enjoy!

An Open Letter to Gourds Fans
by moncul
February 28, 2009

I’d like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to all Gourds fans everywhere for their unflagging support of one of Austin’s—if not the country’s—truly great musical groups. Without it, Kevin, Jimmy, Max, Claude, and Keith would most likely be stuck working for The Man and the world would be deprived of some of the finest Americana music around. Through CD sales, merch sales, and concert attendances, we allow them to continue doing what they do best: dishing out their own special musical gumbo for the “unwashed and well-read.”

That said, I’d now like to touch upon a little-known fact about The Gourds that many fans seem to forget when given the blessed opportunity to see them perform live at a show. You see, The Gourds is a band, a group of guys who write lyrics and play instruments in the studio to create albums and perform onstage to create a live show—that sort of interactive experience where the audience is allowed to inhabit and revel in The Gourds’ musical world for a couple of hours. A live Gourds show is always a fun time, no doubt about it.

The fact that The Gourds is a band may seem very obvious to most of us out there—why, it’s staring us in the face as we look onstage and see them play their instruments and sing into the microphones, right?

Perhaps not. For some reason, at every Gourds show I’ve attended over the years, there is a certain segment of the fan base who—caught up in the sheer ecstasy of the experience—seem to forget this basic fact and instead operate under the false assumption that the band with the set list onstage is in reality their very own fucking jukebox that will play any song they want, provided they scream the title at the top of their lungs.

Lemme let this segment of the population in on a little secret: Contrary to what you may believe, you are not at a Chuck E. Cheese and your screaming voice isn’t some magic token you can throw on the stage to make the animatronic Country Bear Jamboree play whatever fucking song you want. See, there’s this implied contract between a live band and its audience, and that is: They Do Not Play What We Want To Hear From Them, We Hear What They Want To Play For Us. This is the Rule of the Live Show, and it includes practically all bands, not just The Gourds.

If this little nugget of Truth makes you unhappy, allow me to suggest a solution that might turn that frown upside down. Since you obviously live in your own solipsistic fantasy world, try this experiment on for size: Slip in a Gourds CD at home and cue up that song you want to hear. Now close your eyes and imagine that you’re front and center at a show at Jovita’s, or Antone’s, or fucking Madison Square Garden for all I care. Now imagine that they’ve just finished up a number and there’s a lull as they switch instruments. Take a deep, deep breath now and scream the name of that song as loud as you can. Scream it a couple times, because in your imagination they didn’t catch it due to all the other fans like you screaming the name of the song THEY want to hear. But yours is loudest! Kevin looks at you, nods his head, then turns to the guys. “1, 2, 3, 4…”

Now hit Play on your CD player. Wow! Problem fucking solved!

You see where I’m going with this? Does it not ever sink into your noggin just how fucking amateur you sound, braying “[insert song title here]!” over and over until you’re completely hoarse, as if you truly believe that the band is going to bow to your demands and play only what YOU demand they play? Do you not realize that they’re NOT a jukebox, NOT an “All Request Live” radio show, and NOT, fer chrissake, your own personal Gourds iPod playlist? Sure, we’d all love to hear “Blood of the Ram.” Hell, as a Gourds fan, I’d love to hear any song they want to throw at me. That’s why I’m at the fucking show in the first place. But I would never be so impudent as to think I’ve got the god-given right to demand that they kowtow to my every puerile desire (see Implied Contract, above).

I’d be remiss if I didn’t end this little rant with the rather obvious inclusion of their quirky bluegrass version of “Gin and Juice.” I love it as much as everyone, but it’s clear to me that the band recognizes it as the (brilliant though it may be) novelty that it is and will play it as sparingly as possible. On the rare occasion they do play it at a show, it’s that much better appreciated—icing on an always-delicious cake, as it were.

So for all you “diehard” Gourds fans who scream for them to play that particular chestnut at every goddamn show:

Please, turn around, exit the venue, return to your frat house, pop in that Dane Cook DVD you love so much, and assume your normal circle jerk position around the TV with your brahs. Thank you for your cooperation.

7-17-10 Boise, ID

Pre-game meal at Chandlers courtesy of The Bouquet

Video: Ain't No Sunshine / Fossil Contender / Right in the Head / Fossil Contender

The Gourds
The Bouquet
1010 West Main Street
Boise, ID
7-17-10

01. Piss & Moan Blues
02. Dying of the Pines
03. Right in the Head
04. LGO
05. Web Before You Walk into It
06. Take Me Back to Tulsa (Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan)
07. Ladies Choice
08. Blanket Show
09. Ham-Fisted Box of Gloves
10. Grievin' & Smokin' > Promised Land (Chuck Berry) > Grievin' & Smokin'
11. New Roomate
12. Fossil Contender
13. Pill Bug Blues
14. El Paso
15. Jesus Christ with Signs Following
16. New Dues
17. Luddite Juice
18. Cracklins
19. Steeple Full of Swallows
20. Pick and Roll
21. All the Labor
22. Ringing Dark & True
23. My Name is Jorge
24. Lower 48 *
25. Burn the Honeysuckle
26. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction tease (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)
27. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) > House Carpenter (trad.) > Gin and Juice

*Richmond Ditch version

Soundcheck: Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers), Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone (Glenn Martin/Dave Kirby), Fossil Contender, Dooley (trad.)



Note: The band did not work from a set list during this performance

Special thanks to Zac Mathews, Kristi KP Parker, and Uncle Boise for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

7-16-10 Moscow, ID

© Jennifer Ryan McLeish

The Gourds
27th Annual Rendezvous in the Park
East City Park
900 East 3rd Street
Moscow, ID
7-16-10

01. Country Love
02. Yoli Found a Possum
03. Maria
04. Trampled by the Sun
05. Pill Bug Blues
06. Do 4 U > Midnight Rider tease (Gregg Allman/Robert Payne) > Do 4 U
07. High Highs and Low Lows
08. When Wine Was Cheap
09. Blanket Show
10. El Paso
11. (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin' > I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) (Johnny Paycheck) > Grievin' & Smokin'
12. Everybody's Missing the Sun (Nils Lofgren)
13. Dooley (trad.)
14. Hey Thurman
15. Pick and Roll
16. Cracklins
17. Burn the Honeysuckle > Black Water tease (Patrick Simmons) > Burn the Honeysuckle
E:
18. Mister Betty
19. Gin and Juice > Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) (Waylon Jennings) > Gin and Juice


© Peter Backes

Note: The band did not work from a set list during this performance



Special thanks to Peter Backes and Jennifer Ryan McLeish for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

7-15-10 McCall, ID

"Skinnyribs" [sic] flyer

Photos: by Peter Backes

The Gourds
Common Ground Cafe
303 East Colorado Street
McCall, ID
7-15-10

01. All the Way to Jericho
02. Old Man from the Mountain (Merle Haggard)
03. Bridgett
04. Right in the Head
05. Long Gone Like a Turkey thru the Corn (Lightnin' Hopkins) > Tequila (Daniel Flores) > Long Gone Like a Turkey thru the Corn
06. Web Before You Walk into It
07. Pair of Goats
08. Blanket Show
09. Pill Bug Blues
10. Mister Betty
11. Collections
12. El Paso
13. (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin'
14. Out on the Vine
15. Declinometer
16. Birthday (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) > Yer Blues (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
17. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Cupid (Sam Cooke) > Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) (Waylon Jennings) > Girls Got Rhythm (Angus Young/Malcolm Young/Bon Scott) >
18. All in the Pack > Goodnight (Rick Nielsen) > All in the Pack

Note: The band did not work from a set list during this performance



Special thanks to Peter Backes for the field report. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

Preview 7-16-10 Moscow, ID

The Gourds: A Sound All Their Own
Austin band The Gourds bring their eclectic music to Rendezvous in the Park
By Alan Solan Daily News staff writer
Thursday, July 15, 2010

WHAT: The Gourds at Rendezvous in the Park
WHEN: Opening act starts at 5:30 p.m. Friday
WHERE: East City Park, Moscow
COST: $20 adult, $10 youth

The Gourds' most recent studio album is the band's best so far because it's the closest they've been able to come to reproducing the feel of a live show.

"It was the way we recorded it," Kevin Russell, a singer and guitar, mandolin and harmonica player in the band, said in a telephone interview Monday. "The main part was recorded live in a room."

The album, "Haymaker," which was released last year, was not even intended to be made. The band had planned to make a demo "to kind of see what we had," Russell said.

What they had were some grooves so solid they sounded just right on the first take and the album was built around them, Russell said.

"We loved the feel of it. It was real easy and fun."

The band is the headliner for Friday's Rendezvous in Park concerts. Local band Hueco will open the evening's session at 5:30 p.m., followed by The Soul of John Black and then The Gourds.

The other members of the Austin-based Gourds are co-songwriter Jimmy Smith on vocals, backing vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, percussion, harmonica and double bass; Claude Bernard on accordion, electronic keyboard, backing vocals, acoustic guitar and percussion; Keith Langford on drums, harmonica and backing vocals; and Max Johnston (formerly of Uncle Tupelo and Wilco) on vocals, backing vocals, fiddle, lap steel guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar and banjo.

That's a long way from the band's acoustic beginnings.

"When we started we had a real minimalist ethos," Russell said. "That was our sound, that was all we needed. Now we've become this sort of rolling pawnshop of a stage, there's so many instruments up there."

The variety of instruments has become key to the band's sound, which, at first glance, could be called something along the lines of "alt-country," but in fact, the band's music is difficult to categorize.

How many alt-country acts cover such tunes as "Gin and Juice" by rapper Snoop Dogg or "Ziggy Stardust" by David Bowie? Both songs are on The Gourds' 1998 album "Gogitchyershinebox."

"We can change the whole tone of the show just by switching instruments," Russell said. He characterized the band's sound as an "interesting, ever-changing sonic buffet."

That eclectic style has won The Gourds fans in every part of the country, but it also has kept the band from becoming a big commercial success.

That's fine with Russell, who says the idea of "selling out" used to be frowned upon but now is "completely accepted."

"Bands are breaking and becoming huge because they have their song in a commercial," he said. "I hate it. I can't stand it. Maybe one day it will change."

The band is talking about making a new album, Russell said, and it's likely it will be made in much the same way as the previous ones.

"Time is our most valuable asset to all of us. We never have enough money to take a bunch of time off," he said. "The incentive is to make a record quickly, guerrilla style."

In the meantime, the band will continue its routine of playing 150 or more shows a year.

"We've just been doing what we do and having fun," Russell said. "We do what we do. We've got quite a bit of street cred and our integrity."

The band's seemingly undefinable sound has led to a wide assortment of fans.

"We have a really diverse audience," Russell said. "People will say, 'I hate country, but I like y'all.' "

Even hard-core fans of the band are surprised at each performance, he said.

"It's not static. We really are all over the map. We're not going to do what you think we're going to do."

© Moscow-Pullman Daily News Online

Alan Solan can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 235, or by e-mail at asolan@dnews.com.

7-13-10 Seattle, WA

© folkoasis

Photos: by Rick Crelia / by Sean Doyle

The Gourds
Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Avenue NW
Seattle, WA
7-13-10

01. Right in the Head
02. Mister Betty
03. All the Way to Jericho
04. Web Before You Walk into It
05. When Wine Was Cheap
06. Blanket Show
07. El Paso
08. Lament
09. Big Santiago Bust
10. Pick and Roll
11. Grave on the Green Hillside
12. Lower 48
13. At the Crossroads (Doug Sahm)
14. The Gyroscopic
15. New Dues
16. Blood of the Ram
17. Honduras
18. Plaid Coat
19. Burn the Honeysuckle
E:
20. All in the Pack > It Takes a Worried Man (trad.) * > All in the Pack


© Sean Doyle

*After the Devo song from Neil Young's movie Human Highway (1982) (J. Smith, personal communication, July 19, 2010). The Devo track appears to be based on the folk song Worried Man Blues

Note: The band did not work from a set list during this performance


© John Mollman

Special thanks to John Mollman, Rick Crelia, folkoasis, Annie & Sean Doyle, Greg Wood, and Derek Smith for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

7-12-10 Hood River, OR

© Adam Russell

Audio: by Ray Y.

The Gourds
The Waucoma Club
207 Cascade Avenue
Hood River, OR
7-12-10

01. All the Way to Jericho
02. Old Man From the Mountain (Merle Haggard)
03. Bridgett
04. Mister Betty
05. Pill Bug Blues
06. Web Before You Walk into It
07. Ladies Choice
08. Blanket Show
09. Omaha (Billy Joe Shaver/Hillman Hall)
10. Burn the Honeysuckle > Black Water tease (Patrick Simmons) > Burn the Honeysuckle
11. Low is the Way
12. New Dues
13. Luddite Juice
14. Lament
15. Darlin' Cory (trad.)
16. Hey Thurman
17. Louie Louie tease (Richard Berry)
18. Collections
19. Whiskey in the Jar (trad.)
20. Cracklins > Ramblin' Man (Dickey Betts) > Cracklins
21. Dooley (trad.)
22. Pick and Roll
23. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (Hank Williams/Moon Mullican) > Rock Is My Life, and This Is My Song (Randy Bachman) > Once in a Lifetime (David Byrne/Brian Eno/Chris Frantz/Jerry Harrison/Tina Weymouth) > Surrender (Rick Nielsen) > Gin and Juice > God Save the Queen (Paul Cook/Steve Jones/John Lydon/Glen Matlock) > Gin and Juice
E:
24. All in the Pack > I Fought the Law (Sonny Curtis) > All in the Pack
25. Lower 48 *
26. Roll On, Columbia, Roll On (Woodie Guthrie)
EE:
27. Plaid Coat

*Richmond Ditch version

Note: The band did not work from a set list during this performance



Special thanks to Adam Russell, Matthew Moehling, and Robin Boudette for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

Orpheus On A Postcard: One Question with K. Russell

© Rhonda Peterson

TheGourdsNews: I noticed that Grave on the Green Hillside recently made it back into the set after a long absence...how did it happen?

Kevin Russell: Sitting on the couch one day it just popped in my head and I really like it now, musically, lyrically. It means something. Not sure if it's anything more than just being bored with other stuff. But I do like it, and Sweet Nutty, too. I am looking to create new moods and textures at the shows. Both of those songs are especially unique in that way.

7-11-10 Veneta, OR

© Adam Russell

Photos: by Rhonda Peterson / by Jennifer Cassaday / by Jim Walker
Video: Country Gal > Fat Bottomed Girls / Fat Bottomed Girls (alt. view) / Gin and Juice > Cupid > If You Want Blood (You've Got It) > Surrender > Gin and Juice / Gin and Juice (alt. view)

The Gourds
41th Annual Oregon Country Fair (Main Stage)
Highway 126
Veneta, OR
7-11-10

01. Lonesome On'ry and Mean (Steve Young)
02. Country Love
03. Cranky Mulatto
04. Bridgett
05. Hellhounds
06. Blankets
07. Out on the Vine >
08. Declineometer
09. The Tinys Variety Hour (Claude Bernard/Matt Cook/Travis Garaffa)
10. Dooley (trad.)
11. Lament

12. Pine Island Bayou
13. All the Labor

14. Plaid Coat
15. Country Gal > Fat Bottomed Girls (Brian May)
16. All in the Pack > I Fought the Law (Sonny Curtis) > Cissy Strut (Art Neville/Ziggy Modeliste/Leo Nocentelli/George Porter Jr.) > All in the Pack
E:
17. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Cupid (Sam Cooke) > If You Want Blood (You've Got It) (Angus Young/Malcolm Young/Bon Scott) > Surrender (Rick Nielsen) > Gin and Juice

EE:

18. Tearbox
19. Are You Ready for the Country? (Neil Young)

Note: This show was streamed live on KLCC public radio

© Ken Lamb

Special thanks to Michael Ecker, G. Nelson, Mickey Donutz, Rhonda Peterson, Annie & Sean Doyle, Adam Russell, Ken Lamb, and nowiknowuryder for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

7-10-10 Veneta, OR

© Rhonda Peterson

Photos: by Ken Lamb / by Rhonda Peterson / by Sean Doyle
Video: Arrival pt. 1 / Arrival pt. 2 / Long Gone Like a Turkey thru the Corn > Radar Love > Long Gone Like a Turkey thru the Corn / Right in the Head / Everybody's Missing the Sun / Take Me to the River > Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough > Listen to Her Heart > Gin and Juice

The Gourds
41th Annual Oregon Country Fair (Hoarse Chorale Stage)
Highway 126
Veneta, OR
7-10-10

01. Long Gone Like a Turkey thru the Corn (Lightnin' Hopkins) > Radar Love (George Kooymans/Barry Hay) > Long Gone Like a Turkey thru the Corn
02. LGO
03. Yoli Found a Possum
04. Maria
05. Country Love
06. Bridgett
07. (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin' > I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) (Johnny Paycheck) > Grievin' & Smokin'
08. Right in the Head
09. Dooley (trad.)
10. Everybody's Missing the Sun (Nils Lofgren)
11. El Paso
12. All In The Pack > I Fought The Law (Sonny Curtis) > All In The Pack
13. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > "Gin and Juice soliloquy" > Gin and Juice > Take Me to the River (Al Green/Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) > Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough (Michael Jackson) > Listen to Her Heart (Tom Petty) > Gin and Juice

© Sean Doyle

Soundcheck: Frosty The Snowman (Walter "Jack" Rollins/Steve Nelson), Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Wallace Willis)


© Ken Lamb

Special thanks to Mickey Donutz, Rhonda Peterson, Jennifer Cassaday, Billy Kelly, Annie & Sean Doyle, Adam Russell, and Ken Lamb for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

7-09-10 Portland, OR

© Rhonda Peterson

Audio: by Ray Y.
Photos: by Rhonda Peterson
Video: Lonesome On'ry and Mean / Snake Farm / All the Way to Jericho

The Gourds
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell Street
Portland, OR
7-09-10

01. Lonesome On'ry and Mean (Steve Young)
02. Country Love
03. Trampled by the Sun
04. Web Before You Walk into It
05. My Name is Jorge
06. Blankets
07. Blanket Show
08. Moon Gone Down
09. Snake Farm (Ray Wylie Hubbard) *
10. New Dues *
11. Luddite Juice *
12. All the Way to Jericho
13. Grave on the Green Hillside
14. Illegal Oyster **
15. Lament
16. Out on the Vine ***
17. Mister Betty ****
E:
18. Roll On, Columbia, Roll On (Woodie Guthrie)


© Adam Russell

*Not on original set list
**Original set list had Sweet Nutty and Pick and Roll b/t Illegal Oyster and Lament
***Original set list had Escalade, A Few Extra Kilos, and (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin' b/t Out on the Vine and Mister Betty
****Original set list had Shake the Chandelier after Mister Betty to close the set

Note: Ray Wylie Hubbard joined The Gourds on Snakefarm and Roll On, Columbia, Roll On


Green room summit...TGN's worlds collide!

Special thanks to Ray Y., Rhonda Peterson, Adam Russell, and laengvall for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

Alert...Alert...New Shows!

07-09-10 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom (with Ray Wylie Hubbard) [FB Page]
07-10-10 Veneta, OR 41st Annual Oregon Country Fair 4p Hoarse Chorale
07-11-10 Veneta, OR 41st Annual Oregon Country Fair 6p Main Stage (Shinyribs 2:30p)
07-12-10 Hood River, OR The Waucoma Club [FB Page]
07-13-10 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern [FB Page] (Shinyribs opens)
07-15-10 McCall, ID Common Ground Cafe (Shinyribs opens)
07-16-10 Moscow, ID East City Park - Rendezvous in the Park [FB Page]
07-17-10 Boise, ID The Bouquet [FB Page] (Shinyribs opens)

07-30-10 New Braunfels, TX Gruene Hall [FB Page]
07-31-10 Fort Worth, TX Capital Bar
08-14-10 Austin, TX Nutty Brown Cafe *
08-27-10 Livingston, MT The Mint Bar *
08-28-10 Billings, MT Babcock Theatre [FB Page] *
08-29-10 Missoula, MT River City Roots Festival [FB Page]
09-02-10 Conroe, TX Heritage Place Amphitheater - First Thursday Concert Series
09-03-10 Austin, TX Threadgill's South *
09-05-10 Bryan, TX Texas World Speedway / Ziegfest 3pm [FB Page]
09-10-10 Fort Worth, TX 5th Annual Jazz By The Boulevard Music & Arts Festival *
09-17-10 Falls Church, VA The State Theatre
09-18-10 Scotch Plains, NJ Private Event (Shinyribs opens)
09-25-10 Palmetto, GA Private Event
09-30-10 Austin, TX Shady Grove - Unplugged at the Grove [FB Page]
10-01-10 Texarkana, AR 29th Annual Quadrangle Festival (with Ray Wylie Hubbard) *
10-08-10 Marfa, TX TBA
10-09-10 Alpine, TX Private Event
10-16-10 Austin, TX Private Event
11-05-10 Brooksville, FL Riverhawk Music Festival [FB Page]
11-13-10 Shreveport, LA Highland Jazz & Blues Festival
02-26-11 Boykin, SC Private Event

*Indicates a new show that was not listed on the previous New Tour Date post

Please note that some dates get cancelled or rescheduled for a variety of reasons. This itinerary reflects the most up to date information available. Private events do not appear on The Gourds official website calendar.

Live solo performances by Kevin "Shinyribs" Russell that occur while The Gourds are on tour can be found above, written in orange. Additional Shinyribs shows are listed here...

7-04-10 Austin, TX

© Wes Pickens

The Gourds

Threadgill's World Headquarters
301 West Riverside Drive
Austin, TX
7-04-10

01. Country Love
02. Yoli Found a Possum
03. Bridgett
04. 4th of July (Dave Alvin)
05. Luddite Juice
06. Low is the Way
07. O Rings
08. Take Me Back to Tulsa (Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan)
09. Tearbox
10. All in the Pack > Ain’t Talkin' 'bout Love (Eddie Van Halen/Alex Van Halen/David Lee Roth/Michael Anthony) > I Fought the Law (Sonny Curtis) > All In The Pack *
11. Stars and Stripes Forever (John Philip Sousa)
12. Grave on the Green Hillside
13. Kicks in the Sun
14. All the Way to Jericho > Born in the U.S.A. tease (Bruce Springsteen)
15. Independence Day (Vic Chestnutt)
16. Caledonia
17. Everybody’s Missing The Sun (Nils Lofgren)
18. Red Letter Day
19. American Girl (Tom Petty)
20. Pick and Roll
21. Sweet Nutty
22. Dooley (trad.)
23. The Titanic (trad.)
24. Magnolia
25. Mister Betty
26. Shake the Chandelier > Dear Prudence (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
27. Pill Bug Blues
28. The Battle of New Orleans (Jimmie Driftwood)
29. Lower 48

*Dedicated to Chris Wagner


© keith arenson © stageview

Special thanks to Ducktaper, Wes Pickens, and Keith Arenson for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.