Short Takes: The Gourds, John Martyn And More
Editor's note: The following paragraph was taken from a review by Hal Horowitz of several soon-to-be released albums. Click here to read the rest of that article.
The Gourds
Old Mad Joy
(Vanguard)
Rating: ★★
Being the best–and arguably funniest–bar band in America on any given night doesn’t buy much traction; just ask NRBQ. But Austin’s rootsy Gourds trudge on undeterred, releasing about an album yearly since 1997 and keeping the flame alive on the endless highway. Ex-Dylan sideman and Levon Helm music director Larry Campbell brings the quintet to Helm’s Woodstock studio and handles production duties for the quintet’s Vanguard debut. Even though there is more attention to sonic details, it’s disappointing that the slyly humorous lyrics (thankfully included in the booklet for closer inspection) aren’t hung on more memorable melodies and distinctive playing or singing. Still, the tunes might come alive when they hit a tavern near you.
© americansongwriter.com
© americansongwriter.com
Alert...Alert...New Shows!
09-09-11 Phoenix, AZ The Compound Grill
09-10-11 Flagstaff, AZ Orpheum Theater
09-13-11 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
09-14-11 Santa Cruz, CA Moe's Alley
09-15-11 Winters, CA The Palms
09-16-11 San Francisco, CA Slim's
09-17-11 Santa Barbara, CA The Lobero Theatre Sings Like Hell Concert Series
09-22-11 Beaumont, TX Courville's
09-23-11 Austin, TX Waterloo Records (In-Store) *
09-23-11 Austin, TX Threadgill's World Headquarters
09-24-11 Dallas, TX The Kessler Theater
09-28-11 Albany, NY The Linda
09-29-11 Burlington, VT Higher Ground
09-30-11 Somerville, MA Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club
10-01-11 New York, NY Sullivan Hall
10-02-11 Asbury Park, NJ The Saint *
10-04-11 Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Live
10-05-11 Edgewood, MD Club 66 *
10-06-11 Falls Church, VA The State Theatre
10-07-11 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
10-08-11 Greer, SC Albino Skunk Bluegrass Festival
10-12-11 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge - Americana Music Conference 8pm
10-14-11 Houston, TX Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
10-15-11 Bay City, TX Private Event
10-26-11 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge *
10-27-11 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
10-29-11 Sitka, AK Harrigan Centennial Hall
11-09-11 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Sol Stage & Grill *
11-10-11 Taos, NM KTAOS Solar Center *
11-11-11 Durango, Co Henry Strater Theatre
11-12-11 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
11-14-11 Lincoln, NE Pla Mor Ballroom
11-16-11 St. Paul, MN Turf Club *
11-17-11 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
11-18-11 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
11-19-11 Chicago, IL Martyrs'
11-20-11 Lafayette, IN Lafayette Brewing Company
12-10-12 Austin, TX The Paramount Theatre
02-17-12 Tulsa, OK Private Event *
02-18-12 Tulsa, OK Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame *
03-24-12 New Orleans, LA City Park 4th Annual Hogs for the Cause Concert
*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
Gourds Are Among The Bumper Crop Of Local Releases This Fall
Editor's note: The following paragraphs were taken from a more complete preview of albums soon-to-be released by Austin bands. Click here to read the rest of that article.
That doesn't mean there isn't room for a little momentary antidote, too. Enter Austin institution the Gourds and their 10th studio album, "Old Mad Joy," out Sept. 13. Kevin "Shinyribs" Russell and company pulled out all the stops on this one. Not only did they record at former Band drummer Levon Helm's Woodstock, N.Y. studio, they enlisted Helm's (and Bob Dylan's) collaborator Larry Campbell to produce. "Old May Joy" is the band's first outing on Vanguard Records.
The result of all of that dressing up is a pretty good album, but one that's still unmistakably a Gourds record. It's rootsy, it's warm, it has rock — "Drop What I'm Doing" sounds like a Faces record — and country (and country rock) of several varieties, so much so that it's kind of surprising that their Dead-like following hasn't ballooned even more.
© 2011 Austin360.com. All rights reserved.
Playlist: The Packers, Gourds, McClymonts
Playlist: The Packers, Gourds, McClymonts
By Jerry Shriver
USA TODAY
Funky '65 R&B hit Hole in the Wall, featuring "Packy" Axton on sax, is this week's pick. Among intriguing track stars are Austin's Gourds and Australia's McClymonts.
PICK OF THE WEEK
Hole in the Wall, The Packers
Though long lost in obscurity, this funky soul instrumental was a top-five R&B hit in 1965. The honking sax you hear is from Charles "Packy" Axton, a lesser-known but well-connected member of Memphis' Stax Records family and subject of the new Late Late Party 1965-67. Also in the studio were members of The MGs (as in Booker T. & …). Packy's career flamed out because of alcohol abuse, but he left behind some sterling session work.
MORE: Spotlight on Streisand's 'What Matters Most'
THE PLAYLIST
10 intriguing tracks found during the week's listening.
Detroit Made, John Hiatt
Who says they don't make great witty car songs like they used to?
Sounds of Home, Blue Highway
Regret-tinged nostalgia pours out of this sentimental title track from the bluegrass group's first original set in a decade.
Wait for the Sun, Ollabelle
Part of the melody hints at Neil Young's murderous Down By the River, but writer and lead singer Fiona McBain makes it dreamier.
I Want It So Bad, The Gourds
It's impossible not to sing and clap along to this opening track from the Austin quintet's Old Mad Joy album, out next month.
Trampin', Patti Smith
Ever the poetic iconoclast, Smith closes her new late-period compilation Outside Society with a spiritual popularized by Marion Anderson.
Tennessee Blues, Bobby Charles
Homesickness for the South oozes from the late swamp pop king on this track from his classic, newly reissued self-titled album from 1972.
Lonely Woman, Dee Dee Bridgewater
The jazz priestess honors pianist/composer Horace Silver on this track from her new Midnight Sun compilation.
One RoomCountry Shack, Ana Popovic
Emerging blues guitarist and Belgrade native Popovic covers hero Buddy Guy on this slow scorcher from her new Unconditional.
Little Sadie, Norman Blake
As a murder ballad it's pretty slight, but it's the best of unreleased tracks from the new deluxe 10th-anniversary edition of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack.
Hearts on Fire, The McClymonts
After conquering their native Australia, this three-sister country act set its sights on the USA with today's release of the Wrapped Up Good album.
PICK OF THE WEEK
Hole in the Wall, The Packers
Though long lost in obscurity, this funky soul instrumental was a top-five R&B hit in 1965. The honking sax you hear is from Charles "Packy" Axton, a lesser-known but well-connected member of Memphis' Stax Records family and subject of the new Late Late Party 1965-67. Also in the studio were members of The MGs (as in Booker T. & …). Packy's career flamed out because of alcohol abuse, but he left behind some sterling session work.
MORE: Spotlight on Streisand's 'What Matters Most'
THE PLAYLIST
10 intriguing tracks found during the week's listening.
Detroit Made, John Hiatt
Who says they don't make great witty car songs like they used to?
Sounds of Home, Blue Highway
Regret-tinged nostalgia pours out of this sentimental title track from the bluegrass group's first original set in a decade.
Wait for the Sun, Ollabelle
Part of the melody hints at Neil Young's murderous Down By the River, but writer and lead singer Fiona McBain makes it dreamier.
I Want It So Bad, The Gourds
It's impossible not to sing and clap along to this opening track from the Austin quintet's Old Mad Joy album, out next month.
Trampin', Patti Smith
Ever the poetic iconoclast, Smith closes her new late-period compilation Outside Society with a spiritual popularized by Marion Anderson.
Tennessee Blues, Bobby Charles
Homesickness for the South oozes from the late swamp pop king on this track from his classic, newly reissued self-titled album from 1972.
Lonely Woman, Dee Dee Bridgewater
The jazz priestess honors pianist/composer Horace Silver on this track from her new Midnight Sun compilation.
One RoomCountry Shack, Ana Popovic
Emerging blues guitarist and Belgrade native Popovic covers hero Buddy Guy on this slow scorcher from her new Unconditional.
Little Sadie, Norman Blake
As a murder ballad it's pretty slight, but it's the best of unreleased tracks from the new deluxe 10th-anniversary edition of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack.
Hearts on Fire, The McClymonts
After conquering their native Australia, this three-sister country act set its sights on the USA with today's release of the Wrapped Up Good album.
© 2011 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.
8-20-11 Austin, TX
© Grahame Jones
The Gourds
Nutty Brown Cafe & Amphitheatre
12225 Highway 290 West
Austin, TX
8-20-11
01. Fortunate Son (John Fogerty) * > Lonesome On'ry and Mean (Steve Young)
02. I Want it So Bad
03. Trampled by the Sun
04. Mister Betty
05. Bottle & a Dime
06. Pill Bug Blues
07. Pair of Goats
08. Shreveport ** > Midnight Special (trad.) > Shreveport
09. Hands on the Wheel (Bill Callery) *** > Hallelujah Shine
10. All the Labor
11. Blood of the Ram
12. Declineometer
13. Escalade
14. Caledonia
15. How Will U Shine
16. Drop What I'm Doing
E:
17. Shake the Chandelier
*The band played along with a country picking version of this tune as it came over the PA system & then continued playing it by themselves for a couple of minutes after the soundman stopped the cd
**Kev on mandolin instead of electric guitar
***For Francis Leo "Hank" McNamara, Jr. (1934-2011)
Soundcheck: You Must Not Know, Cracklins
© Grahame Jones
Special thanks to Ducktaper, Tomski, and Grahame Jones for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.
8-18-11 Austin, TX [Private Event]
© Johnnie Cluney
Photos: by thenotoriousmark
Audio: by Matt Oliver
The Gourds
Big Orange Studios
1303-B East 4th Street
Austin, TX
8-18-11
01. Nitty Gritty (Doug Sahm)
02. Drop What I'm Doing
03. I Want it So Bad
04. Jesus Christ with Signs Following
Note: This live studio performance was recorded for daytrotter.com and broadcast on January 5, 2012, in the following order 1) I Want it So Bad 2) Jesus Christ with Signs Following 3) Nitty Gritty 4) Drop What I'm Doing
Special thanks to Sean Moeller and thenotoriousmark for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.
8-15-11 Austin, TX [Private Event]
The Gourds
Stubbs BBQ
801 Red River Street
Austin, TX
8-15-11
01. Yoli Found a Possum
02. Country Love
03. Trampled by the Sun
04. Mister Betty
05. Cranky Mulatto
06. Do 4 U > Midnight Rider (Greg Allman/Robert Payne) > Mama Tried (Merle Haggard) > Do 4 U
07. Right in the Head
08. All in the Pack
09. Tex-Mex Mile
10. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Theme from the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) (Waylon Jennings) > Listen to Her Heart (Tom Petty) > Gin and Juice
11. Pickles
12. Pine Island Bayou
Special thanks to Sullen K Rives for the field report. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.
New Video: Drop What I'm Doing
Another new tune from the soon-to-be released album! Most of this was shot by long-time Gourds photographer Joe Ryan during his visit to "The Barn" while The Gourds were making Old Mad Joy.
Note: The band didn't know they were filming a video at the time & neither did Joe.
Larry Campbell Produces Gourds In Levon Helm's Barn
Larry Campbell Produces Gourds In Levon Helm's Barn
August 10, 2011
The drive from Austin to Woodstock is over 1,800 miles, but musically they are much closer together. The Gourds traversed that distance to record their new album ‘Old Mad Joy’ (September 13 / Vanguard Records) at Levon Helm Studios with producer Larry Campbell, marking their major label debut, their first album with an outside producer, and first to be recorded outside of their home state of Texas.
Campbell, a former Bob Dylan band member and current Levon Helm Band guitarist/producer and musical director of the Midnight Ramble with credits ranging from Roseanne Cash to Paul Simon, pushed the band hard. Drummer Keith Langford says, “Larry challenged us at every turn, trying songs and parts in different ways, really getting us out of our comfort zone and bringing the best out of us individually. He deconstructed what we’d done.”
“This record represents to me a brilliant artistic achievement that only scratches the surface of the raw talent in this band,” states Campbell.
Singer/guitarist Kevin Russell adds, “Larry just got so excited, and it was infectious. For a guy like him to act like that toward us is flattering and inspiring. He became Coach Campbell, rearranging the songs and challenging us to play things we didn’t think we could play. He was like a preacher up on his pulpit. He’d just be waving wildly with his eyes squinted closed, and he was literally conducting us. It was a magical time.”
Of the resulting album ‘Old Mad Joy,’ out September 13 on Vanguard Records, Langford says, “I really hear the sound of the barn in it.” In fact, Langford played Helm’s drums as well as a set of toms that were a gift to Levon from Ringo Starr.
The band lived together within biking distance of Levon Helm’s barn, cooking up massive quantities of beans and home made hot sauce each day, an experience that brought the band closer together. Once, the Texans even had to team up to shovel a batch of March snow.
The New York Times has called the Gourds “one of the best performing bands in America” while NPR.org has said, “Their clever (when intelligible) wordplay and responsive string play has inspired legions of ardent fans.”
© www.glidemagazine.com
Campbell, a former Bob Dylan band member and current Levon Helm Band guitarist/producer and musical director of the Midnight Ramble with credits ranging from Roseanne Cash to Paul Simon, pushed the band hard. Drummer Keith Langford says, “Larry challenged us at every turn, trying songs and parts in different ways, really getting us out of our comfort zone and bringing the best out of us individually. He deconstructed what we’d done.”
“This record represents to me a brilliant artistic achievement that only scratches the surface of the raw talent in this band,” states Campbell.
Singer/guitarist Kevin Russell adds, “Larry just got so excited, and it was infectious. For a guy like him to act like that toward us is flattering and inspiring. He became Coach Campbell, rearranging the songs and challenging us to play things we didn’t think we could play. He was like a preacher up on his pulpit. He’d just be waving wildly with his eyes squinted closed, and he was literally conducting us. It was a magical time.”
Of the resulting album ‘Old Mad Joy,’ out September 13 on Vanguard Records, Langford says, “I really hear the sound of the barn in it.” In fact, Langford played Helm’s drums as well as a set of toms that were a gift to Levon from Ringo Starr.
The band lived together within biking distance of Levon Helm’s barn, cooking up massive quantities of beans and home made hot sauce each day, an experience that brought the band closer together. Once, the Texans even had to team up to shovel a batch of March snow.
The New York Times has called the Gourds “one of the best performing bands in America” while NPR.org has said, “Their clever (when intelligible) wordplay and responsive string play has inspired legions of ardent fans.”
© www.glidemagazine.com
8-07-11 Big Sky, MT
"the rainbow ended at the van" © Rhonda Peterson
Photos: by Rhonda Peterson
The Gourds
Choppers Grub & Pub
77 Lone Peak Drive
Big Sky, MT
8-07-11
01. Caledonia
02. Country Love
03. Bridgett
04. My Name is Jorge
05. Gangsta Lean
06. Mister Betty
07. Pill Bug Blues
08. Tex-Mex Mile
09. Maria
10. Cracklins > Dueling Banjos (Arthur Smith/Don Reno) > Cracklins
11. Whiskey & Blood
12. Spanky
13. Lower 48 * > You Sexy Thing (Errol Brown)
14. Cranky Mulatto
15. O Rings
16. Drop What I'm Doing
17. Luddite Juice
18. Burn the Honeysuckle > Black Water tease (Patrick Simmons) > Burn the Honeysuckle
19. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Houses of the Holy (Jimmy Page/Robert Plant) > I'm Troubled (trad.) > Theme from the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) (Waylon Jennings) > Slow Ride (David Peverett) > Fuck You! (Cee Lo Green/Bruno Mars/Philip Lawrence/Ari Levine/Brody Brown) > Gin and Juice
E:
20. Girl U Want tease (Gerald Casale/Mark Mothersbaugh)
21. County Orange
22. Dooley (trad.)
23. Pine Island Bayou > The Eyes of Texas (John Sinclair) > Pine Island Bayou
*Richmond Ditch version
© Rhonda Peterson
Soundcheck: Hair of the Dog (Dan McCafferty/Pete Agnew/Manny Charlton/Darrell Sweet), Ginseng Sullivan (trad.), Houses of the Holy (Jimmy Page/Robert Plant), Ruby Tuesday (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards), You Must Not Know, When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob Dylan), Old Man from the Mountain (Merle Haggard), and you gaze down
Special thanks to Peter Backes and Rhonda Peterson for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.
8-06-11 Hailey, ID
© Brenda Flinn-Annen
Photos: by NRFF
The Gourds
34th Annual Northern Rockies Folk Festival
Hop Porter City Park
250 West Bullion Street
Hailey, ID
8-06-11
01. All the Labor
02. Hallelujah Shine
03. LGO
04. Yoli Found a Possum
05. Country Love
06. My Name is Jorge
07. Hellhounds
08. I Want it So Bad
09. Jesus Christ with Signs Following
10. Peppermint City
11. Drop What I'm Doing
12. Luddite Juice
13. Plaid Coat
14. Pine Island Bayou
15. Pickles
16. Dooley (trad.)
17. (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin' > The Man in Louisville (David Childers) > Baby Don't You Do It (Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Edward Holland, Jr.) > Grievin' & Smokin'
18. Mister Betty
19. Lower 48 *
E:
20. Waxy's Dargle (trad.)
21. Burn the Honeysuckle > Black Water tease (Patrick Simmons) > Burn the Honeysuckle
22. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Angel From Montgomery (John Prine) > Fuck You! (Cee Lo Green/Bruno Mars/Philip Lawrence/Ari Levine/Brody Brown) > Surrender (Rick Nielsen) > Gin and Juice
*Richmond Ditch version
© Brenda Flinn-Annen
Soundcheck: We're in the Same Boat, Brother (Lead Belly), Row, Row, Row Your Boat (trad.), Shock the Monkey (Peter Gabriel)
Note: Related Letter to the Editor can be found here.
Special thanks to Peter Backes, Brenda Flinn-Annen, and Peter Kramer for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.
8-05-11 Victor, ID
The Gourds
Knotty Pine Supper Club
58 South Main Street
Victor, ID
8-05-11
01. All the Labor
02. Hallelujah Shine
03. New Roommate
04. High Highs & Low Lows
05. Yoli Found a Possum
06. Country Love
07. Trampled by the Sun
08. All in the Pack > Baba O'Riley (Pete Townshend) > All in the Pack
09. Blankets
10. I Want it So Bad
11. Peppermint City *
12. The Tinys Variety Hour (Claude Bernard/Matt Cook/Travis Garaffa)
13. Pair of Goats
14. Blanket Show
15. Lament
16. Pine Island Bayou > The Eyes of Texas (John Sinclair) > Pine Island Bayou
17. Pickles
18. Drop What I'm Doing
19. Burn the Honeysuckle
20. Lower 48 **
E:
21. Caledonia
22. Pill Bug Blues
23. Hellhounds
*1st time played live; 3nd song played from the new unreleased album
**Richmond Ditch version
© Rhonda Peterson
Special thanks to Smith Maddrey and Rhonda Peterson for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.
8-03-11 Crested Butte, CO
Video: Burn the Honeysuckle / Gin and Juice
The Gourds
Crested Butte Mountain Resort (Red Lady Stage)
12 Snowmass Road
Crested Butte, CO
8-03-11
Set I
01. Country Love
02. LGO
03. New Roommate
04. Cranky Mulatto
05. Arapaho
06. Luddite Juice
07. High Highs & Low Lows
08. Blood of the Ram
09. Steeple Full of Swallows
10. Dooley (trad.)
11. (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin' >
12. Rain (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) *
Set II
13. Spanky
14. Yoli Found a Possum
15. Bridgett
16. Everybody's Missing the Sun (Nils Lofgren)
17. Country Gal > Up on Cripple Creek (Robbie Robertson)
18. Blankets
19. Burn the Honeysuckle
20. Pine Island Bayou
21. Pickles
22. Lower 48 **
E:
23. Mister Betty
24. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Cupid (Sam Cooke) > Take Me to the River (Al Green/Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) > Miss You (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) > The Devil Went Down To Georgia (Charlie Daniels/Tom Crain/"Taz" DiGregorio/Fred Edwards/Charles Hayward/James W. Marshall)
© Lissa Burnette-Rabon
*Original set list had Blankets, but it began to rain during Grievin' & Smokin' and so the band improvised
**Richmond Ditch version
Note: A quick mountain thunderstorm forced the band to split the show into two sets.
hitting the town after the show & a letter from the crested butte news
Special thanks to Brad U. Calender, @skicrestedbutte, junior4776, Craig Burbank, and Lissa Burnette-Rabon for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.
8-02-11 Taos, NM
The Gourds
KTAOS Solar Center
#9 Ski Valley Road/State Road 150
Taos, NM
8-02-11
01. All the Labor >
02. Hallelujah Shine
03. Ladies Choice
04. Blanket Show
05. Gangsta Lean
06. I Want it So Bad
07. Dooley (trad.)
08. Big Santiago Bust
09. Pickles
10. Everybody's Missing the Sun (Nils Lofgren)
11. Lament
12. Pine Island Bayou
13. High Highs & Low Lows
14. Drop What I'm Doing
15. God's House
16. Country Love
17. Right in the Head
18. Mister Betty
19. Burn the Honeysuckle
20. Lower 48 *
E:
21. My Name is Jorge
22. Tex-Mex Mile
23. Plaid Coat
24. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Cupid (Sam Cooke) > Fuck You! (Cee Lo Green/Bruno Mars/Philip Lawrence/Ari Levine/Brody Brown) > Up on Cripple Creek (Robbie Robertson) > Life During Wartime (David Byrne/Chris Frantz/Jerry Harrison/Tina Weymouth) > White Light/White Heat (Lou Reed) > Gin and Juice
*Richmond Ditch version
© Brent Howard
Special thanks to Kevin Bolan, Brent Howard, and Eli A Carpenter for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.
Preview 10-12-11 Nashville, TN
The Gourds are first to self-confirm a 2011
Americana Music Festival performance
Chris Griffy
Nashville Festivals Examiner
August 2, 2011
While the folks at the Americana Music Association have revealed a few musicians who will be attending the Americana Music Festival and Conference, held October 12-15 at the Sheraton Downtown Nashville and in various venues throughout Nashville, there hasn't been an official performance lineup released.
Today, Americana road warriors The Gourds became the first to self-confirm an Americana Music Festival performance, announcing a show October 12 at the Mercy Lounge as part of a press release of their Fall tour dates.
The Gourds have been one of the most prolific touring bands in Americana, playing at least 150 shows per year since 1998. While many know them from their off the wall cover of Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice", the band has amassed an impressive catalog of nine albums and are scheduled to follow it up with a tenth when their Larry Campbell produced Vanguard Records debut Old Mad Joy is released September 13.
The Mercy Lounge performance on October 12 is specifically billed as part of the Americana Music Festival and, considering the Mercy Lounge/Cannery Ballroom's status as an Americana Music Festival Showcase venue, it is likely that this performance will be as part of a group of Americana Showcase performers at the venue.
Today, Americana road warriors The Gourds became the first to self-confirm an Americana Music Festival performance, announcing a show October 12 at the Mercy Lounge as part of a press release of their Fall tour dates.
The Gourds have been one of the most prolific touring bands in Americana, playing at least 150 shows per year since 1998. While many know them from their off the wall cover of Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice", the band has amassed an impressive catalog of nine albums and are scheduled to follow it up with a tenth when their Larry Campbell produced Vanguard Records debut Old Mad Joy is released September 13.
The Mercy Lounge performance on October 12 is specifically billed as part of the Americana Music Festival and, considering the Mercy Lounge/Cannery Ballroom's status as an Americana Music Festival Showcase venue, it is likely that this performance will be as part of a group of Americana Showcase performers at the venue.
© Examiner.com
2 years, 2 months...and 200 shows!
Just wanted to thank everyone who stopped to jot down a tune for us on our way to 200 consecutive set lists!
8-01-11 Amarillo, TX
Video: Ants on the Melon
The Gourds
Golden Light Cantina
2908 West 6th Ave
Amarillo, TX
8-01-11
01. All the Labor
02. Hallelujah Shine
03. I Like Drinking
04. New Roommate
05. "Stab"
06. Ants on the Melon
07. Shamrock Bound
08. Spanky
09. Mister Betty
10. I Want it So Bad
11. Pill Bug Blues
12. Dooley (trad.)
13. Illegal Oyster
14. Pickles
15. Everybody's Missing the Sun (Nils Lofgren) *
16. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Fuck You! (Cee Lo Green/Bruno Mars/Philip Lawrence/Ari Levine/Brody Brown) > Amarillo By Morning (Paul Fraser/Terry Stafford) > Gin and Juice
E:
17. Burn the Honeysuckle
18. All in the Pack
*On the original set list, Burn the Honeysuckle and Lower 48 followed this song to end the set
Special thanks to njreese67, Rob McCoy, and Andy Justus for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.
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