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Track Listings
| 1. Piss & Moan Blues |
| 2. Caledonia |
| 3. Dying Of The Pines |
| 4. Jenny Brown |
| 5. Clear Night |
| 6. Sweet Li'l |
| 7. When Wine Was Cheap |
| 8. Money Honey |
| 9. Honduras |
| 10. Ringing Dark & True |
| 11. Pine Tar Ramparts |
| 12. Makes Me Roll |
| 13. Trampled By The Sun |
| 14. Web Before You Walk Into It |
| 15. I Come Up |
| 16. All The Labor |
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About the Artist
the music comes from a sloppy hilltop, lips that know not wherefore, howfore or whatfor they be believing in the dangling participle of a dying tradition. Whatís moreÖ.the bluebells of yester belie the underbelly of what it really is. Many have attempted to personify, lablefly, quantify, verbalize and sanctify the concoction of musical quilts these here gourds have somehow knit together. In a saucepan of slow roasts they have conjured tempo's, tango's, waltzes, zydeco, old timey, two step, lowgrooved, long winded, short tailed, tiny, phat, stompin gizmo's of tunes tripped out of lonely, solid teeth and wet green earth. Bugs all bedazzled with this comic tear soaked golden throated close harmony caved in a corner with hat drippin' rain. Lo and behold lo and behold they was just lookin' for they lo and behold.
With obscure references to everything from desmond dekker, black adder, folk mythology, Oregon motels, baby gramps, Curtis Mayfield songs, Spanish poetry, u.s. currency, leadbelly, isopropyl alcohol, various controlled substances, sex, food, arachnids, insects, archetypal psychology, NFL, liquid gold, Sufis, preachers, old testament bible stories, mud, betrayal and masturbation's, The Gourds seem to let their music fry just long enough before they turn it over and brown it on the other side. There is just absolutely no way to categorize this music, these songs, without tearing up the English language. On any given night, in any given bar, somewhere out in Eugene or Amarillo or Jacksonville or Lincoln. In new York city, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Seattle or Austin. One can sit listening to a gourds show without a clue as to where in the hell it's gonna go. They are quilters in the true sense of the word. Scraps, fragments, leftovers, images strung together in a continuous scrabble of sheets draped over old wood like charm. This is first and foremost a music of joy. From there itís anybody's guess what the friggin' hell it is.
One thing is for sure though. They know what it is. But damned if these bunch of loblolly's can tell you anything about it. They just do what they do and it comes out all gourd-like and silvery and wood-like and watery.
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Customer Reviews
But the Gourds are not a rock band - there are the lilting sounds of folk guitar and dreams of better days as exemplified by the track "Ringing Dark and True". The title of the album "Dem's Good Beeble" puts it succinctly if you really want to know where they are coming from. But they are not simple folk, you would be wrong to underestimate them. Lyrically they strike a well known cord as in the track "When Wine Was Cheap". I'm sure we've all been there. It is the fact that they sing about everyday life that one can relate to makes them a comfortable band to listen to, sing along with, and tape ones foot to.
But "Dem's Good Beeble" - if you don't like it, you'll soon find someone who does!
The reason you hate "country music" is because "country music" is bleached white bread gone stale and moldy on a grocery shelf. This is way better. This is down-home psychedelic Texas wackos gone wild and fearless, rare-genius musicians masquerading as brain-damaged slobs sitting on the sidewalk waiting for the bar to open.
This is the world-kiss-my-ass-and-go-to-hell soundtrack you need next time you have to quit your job and spend a week on the front porch getting drunk and watching neighborhood kids play in traffic until they get run over. We all have to sometimes.
Out of my entire 8,725-album collection (I'm lying) this one is my very favorite (no lie). Well okay London Calling is pretty cool too. But that's it.
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