1-28-12 San Antonio, TX [Private Event]

© Patricia E. Cisneros

The Gourds
San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Bar-B-Que Cook-off
Sea World
10500 Sea World Drive
San Antonio, TX
1-28-12

01. Do 4 U > Midnight Rider tease (Gregg Allman/Robert Payne) > Do 4 U
02. Nuevo Laredo (Doug Sahm)
03. My Name is Jorge
04. Blood of the Ram
05. (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin' > I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) (Johnny Paycheck) > Grievin' & Smokin'
06. Jesus Christ with Signs Following
07. Burn the Honeysuckle
08. Drop What I'm Doing
09. Hallelujah Shine
10. Lonesome On'ry and Mean (Steve Young)
11. All in the Pack
12. Breakdown tease (Tom Petty)
13. Pill Bug Blues
14. Mister Betty
15. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Fred Rose)
16. Take Me Back to Tulsa (Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan)
17. Shreveport
18. I Wanna Be Sedated (Dee Dee Ramone/Joey Ramone/Johnny Ramone)
19. At the Crossroads (Doug Sahm)
20. El Paso
21. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.)



Special thanks to Carlos H. Mata Jr. and Patricia E. Cisneros for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

1-27-12 Austin, TX

The Gourds
Antone's
213 West 5th Street
Austin, TX
1-27-12

01. Arapaho
02. Web Before You Walk into It
03. LGO
04. You Must Not Know
05. Jesus Christ with Signs Following
06. Tex-Mex Mile
07. Piss & Moan Blues
08. Mister Betty
09. Marginalized
10. Haunted
11. Wagon of Destruction (Claude Bernard/Matt Cook/Travis Garaffa)
12. Blood of the Ram
13. (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin'
14. All the Labor
15. Drop What I'm Doing
16. Peppermint City
17. El Paso
18. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.)


© Jennifer Cassaday

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

1-15-12 Austin, TX

© Tony the Plumber

The Gourds
Bless Your Heart - Fundraiser for Chris Gray
The Continental Club
1315 South Congress Avenue
Austin, TX
1-15-12

01. Gravity Talks (Dan Stuart/Chris Cacavas)
02. Michoacan (Doug Sahm)
03. Mister Betty
04. Web Before You Walk into It
05. All in the Pack > Destroyer (Ray Davies) > All in the Pack
06. LGO
07. Lower 48 *

*Rare studio arrangement



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

1-07-12 New Braunfels, TX

© Alfred Ramos

Video: Soundcheck / Blood of the Ram > Sympathy for the Devil / (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin' / New Roommate / Declineometer / Shreveport / Cranky Mulatto / Marginalized / I Want it So Bad / Tex-Mex Mile / Ants on the Melon / Burn the Honeysuckle / Pill Bug Blues / Hellhounds / Wired Ole Gal > Gin and Juice > Easy > Superman > Gin and Juice

The Gourds
Gruene Hall
1281 Gruene Road
New Braunfels, TX
1-07-12

01. Blood of the Ram > Sympathy for the Devil (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)
02. (the new way of) Grievin' & Smokin'
03. New Roommate
04. Declineometer
05. Shreveport
06. Cranky Mulatto
07. Marginalized
08. Drop the Charges
09. I Want it So Bad
10. Tex-Mex Mile
11. You Must Not Know
12. Drop What I'm Doing
13. Haunted
14. Ants on the Melon
15. Burn the Honeysuckle
16. Illegal Oyster
17. Pickles
18. Pill Bug Blues
19. Hellhounds
E:
20. Nights in White Satin tease (Justin Hayward) *
21. Lower 48 **
22. Wired Ole Gal
23. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Easy (Lionel Richie) > Superman (Gary Zekley/Mitchell Bottler) > Gin and Juice


© Cerise Gillis Gillett

*A cappella
**Richmond Ditch version


© Ducktaper

Special thanks to Tomski, Alfred Ramos, Ducktaper, Catarina Sigerfoos, Jason & Cerise Gillis Gillett, Richard Spencer Benton, Jenna Perez, Jeff Levy, and Greg Hammer for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

1-06-12 Dallas, TX

Video: Honduras / Your Benefit (pending) / El Paso / All the Labor

The Gourds
The Kessler Theater
1230 West Davis Street
Dallas, TX
1-06-12

01. Peppermint City
02. Drop What I'm Doing
03. Haunted
04. Do 4 U
05. Drop the Charges
06. Lower 48 *
07. Tex Mex Mile
08. Honduras
09. Plaid Coat
10. I Want it So Bad
11. January 6
12. Melchert
13. Caledonia
14. Jesus Christ with Signs Following
15. Cranky Mulatto
16. Pine Island Bayou
17. I Like Drinking
18. Mister Betty
19. Burn the Honeysuckle
20. Your Benefit
E:
21. All in the Pack > Swingin' (John Anderson/Lionel Delmore) > Hello, I Love You (Jim Morrison/Robby Krieger/Ray Manzarek/John Densmore) > All in the Pack
22. El Paso
23. All the Labor


© Dana Bradley Gentry

*Richmond Ditch version


© Karl Manley Richter

Special thanks to Karl Manley Richter, Jeffrey Liles, Dana Bradley Gentry, Allen Vanblarcum, and Mario Hernandez for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.

Texas Music Scene: Top 10 Albums Of The Year

Editor's note: The following review was taken from a Jan. 6 list by Mike Messick covering the third and final round of his "30 Albums of the Year". Click here to read the rest of that article.

3. The Gourds – Old Mad Joy. I don’t generally like it when other writers use the word “gumbo” to describe a band with rootsy, funky, diversely-influenced style, but dammit if it doesn’t always seem to fit the Gourds. They’ve been the premier purveyors of ecstatically out-there folk rock for the last 15+ years and apparently there’s still plenty of gas in the tank … “Two Sparrows” is a Dylanesque epic, “Drop The Charges” a punk-tinged stomp, “I Want It So Bad” a sunny, shuffling rocker. Even the more middling songs are hardly anything to be ashamed of, and more just a byproduct of how their best material sets the bar so high.

12-31-11 Austin, TX

© Ducktaper & © Bill Bayne

Photos: by Rick Kern / by Cassandra Ladino (incl. opening act) / by Bill Bayne
Video: Gin and Juice > Cupid > Surrender > Time of the Preacher > Gin and Juice / My Name is Jorge / Maria / El Paso / Tex-Mex Mile / Blanket Show / Mister Betty / Haunted / Your Benefit / Burn the Honeysuckle / Ants on the Melon / Lower 48

The Gourds
Willie & Friends Family New Year
Moody Theater
310 West Willie Nelson Boulevard
Austin, TX
12-31-11

01. Gin and Juice (Calvin Broadus, et al.) > Cupid (Sam Cooke) > Surrender (Rick Nielson) > Time of the Preacher (Willie Nelson) > Gin and Juice *
02. My Name is Jorge
03. Maria
04. El Paso
05. Tex-Mex Mile
06. Blanket Show
07. Mister Betty
08. Haunted
09. Your Benefit
10. Burn the Honeysuckle
11. Ants on the Melon
12. Dooley (trad.)
13. Lower 48 **


© Rick Kern

*Joined by Dennis Quaid of the Sharks
**Richmond Ditch version


© Rick Kern

Special thanks to Cassandra Ladino (via Rhonda Peterson), Ducktaper, Rick Kern, and Bill Bayne for the field reports. If anyone has audio/video/photos from this show, please email TheGourdsNews.