Whether you think The Gourds non-sequitur loving n'er-do-wells or post-modern lyrical geniuses, their mandala-like musical vignettes and gulps of down-home authenticity can not be denied. Musical lifers and road dogs to the end, Kevin 'Shinyribs' Russell, Jimmy Smith, Max Johnston, Keith Langford and Claude Bernard remain at once roots music's envelope pushers and its torch bearers, its purveyors of Joyce-ian density and nickel novelgroove - its Jekyll and its Hyde. With Haymaker the band celebrates 15 years in music and the journey that has taken them through the outer reaches of popular music... and back again. In this back porch conversation Shinyribs Russell expounds on the new album, 'Well-Read Necks,' rekkid making voodoo and the ever present truth that mammals want a story...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010. The Gourds w/ Patrick Sweany. 8:30pm. $15. Advance tickets are available online and at our local outlets.
