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Gourds Gig of the Week: Beeblefest II June 26, 2010

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The Gourds Live at Beeblefest II @ The Scoot Inn June 26, 2010

“Great time last night at the Scoot Inn, which turned out to be a pretty nice venue for Beeblefest. Great to see so many hardcore fans gathered together. It got more and more crowded up front as the night progressed, but never got uncomfortably so. Lots of highlights. Off the top of my head, a great Escalade that just ripped at the end as Kev hit a lot of nice peaks on electric guitar, my first live Sweet Nutty, a Michoacan that sizzled, Pick and Roll making a surprise appearance and a cool You Really Got Me. Right before the encore, Jimmy dunked his head into be icy cold water that had held the band’s beer stash.Great vibe the entire night. Everyone seemed to get off to the return of Beeblefest.” ~Tomski, comment from The Gourds News

Scroll down for audio, videos, and photos plus audio of Mandible and The Archibalds. Jimmy photo courtesy of Jennifer Cassady.

Recording By Ducktaper

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Beeblefest II
The Scoot Inn
Austin Texas

June 26, 2010

6:15 – 7:00 Olde World – OUTDOOR STAGE
7:15 – 8:00 Mike Nicolai – OUTDOOR STAGE
8:00 – 8:30 Mandible – INDOOR STAGE
8:30 – 9:30 Papa Mali – OUTDOOR STAGE
9:30 – 10:00 Archibalds – INDOOR STAGE
10:00 – 12:00 Gourds – OUTDOOR STAGE

01 intro
02 Country Love >
03 Trampled By The Sun
04 Tex-Mex Mile
05 Maria
06 Bridgett
07 Michoacan
08 Blankets
09 The Tiny’s Variety Hour
10 Mr. Betty (with Rise Above the Stench inro)
11 Pill Bug Blues
12 Plaid Coat
13 Shamrock Bound
14 Jesus Christ with Signs Following
15 All in the Pack > Inchworm > Cissy Strut >
I Fought the Law (Sonny Curtis) > All in the Pack
16 At The Crossroads
17 Waterbag
18 Escalade

19 Pick and Roll
20 Sweet Nutty
21 Dooley
22 Burn the Honeysuckle > Black Water tease > Burn the Honeysuckle
encore:
23 All The Labor (with Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues intro)
24 Pine Island Bayou
25 I Like Drinking
26 Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way > You Really Got Me
27 Gin & Juice > Rattling My Cage (Nicolai) >
David Weaver Pt. 3 (Return to Base) (Phillip McEachern) > Gin & Juice

All The Labor has a Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues intro
Michoacan, Plaid Coat, Escalade, Sweet Nutty are outstanding

Matrix Recording:
Audience 1: Sound Professional SP-CMC4C Premium Cardioids (AT-853 elements) stereo pair x/y right, at board > Tapco Mix.60 > Sony MZ-NHF800 MD

Audience 2: AKG 3000B center channel, at board > Tapco Mix.60 > Sony MZ-NHF800 MD

Soundboard: XLR Stereo Pair Line outs > Tapco Mix.60 > Sony MZ-NHF800 MD. Soundboard/House mix by Mark Creaney.

All at 44100 Hz, 16 bit. Matrix mix done live and on the fly by Ducktaper.

Transfer and Mastering: Sony MDS-JE530 MD > optical SPDIF > Creative Professional E-MU 0404 > Sony Sound Forge 7.0 for transfer of recording, normalization and editing > flac by Ducktaper.

Videos

Photos

by Jennifer Cassady

by Tomski

Mandible

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The Archibalds

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Gourds Gig of the Week: September 4, 2002 @ The Blue Heron, Missoula, MT

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The Gourds Live at The Blue Heron on 2002-09-04

Full Show

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Soundcheck + bonus Jimmy airplane bathroom story

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Hear from Kevin Russell, JR Roofus, John Rankin Smith (Duck, DuckTaper), and Ray about the special show and times surrounding The Gourds performance at The Blue Heron in Missoula, MT on September 4, 2002.

The Gourds
The Blue Heron
Missoula, Montana
9-4-02
Recorded by Tucker Lamberton

Disc One

Set I
01 My Name Is Jorge
02 Hookie Junk
03 I Ate The Haggis
04 Gangsta Lean
05 1st In Line
06 Bugs
07 Caledonia
08 Magnolia
09 Ceiling’s Leaking
10 Pickles
11 Midnight Moonlight
12 Best of Me
13 Maria
14 Save The Last Dance For Me
15 If I Should Fall From Grace with God

Set II
16 Stupid Girl tease
17 Turn My Head Around
18 Whiskey & Blood

Disc Two

Set II (con’t.)
01 Ghost of Hallelujah
02 Hellhounds
03 Jesus Christ with Signs Following
04 High Highs, Low Lows
05 2000 Man
06 A Bottle & a Dime
07 I’m Troubled
08 I Come Up
09 All the Labor
10 Right In The Head (false start)
11 Layin’ Around The House
12 I’m Going Down, Down, Down*
13 I Think I’ll Just Say Here And Drink
14 Grievin’ & Smokin’
15 The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised
16 Grievin’ & Smokin’
17 Ants on the Melon
18 El Paso
19 Pine Island Bayou
20 Amazing Grace
encore
21 missoula talk
22 Lonesome On’ry & Mean
23 Waxie’s Dargle
24 Gin & Juice
25 Black Sheep tease
26 Gin & Juice

*with Mike Nicolai

Soundcheck

Gourds
9-4-2002
Blue Heron Soundcheck
Missoula Montana

I had an errand to run, well walk to, across Missoula and so, I set up my mics near the soundboard and hit record before I left…
The last track is the only piece of my Bumbershoot recording two days earlier that survived a grounding issue.
Guarantee, you’ll laugh.

-Ducktaper

01 levels
02 I’m Going Down (levels)
03 Nuevo Laredo
04 Dance the Night Away
05 And You Gaze Down (Dehydrated)
06 1st in Line
07 Jimmy story from Seattle Bumbershoot Festival 9-2-2002

Audience recording

Sonic Mics (audioTechnica) > Sharp MD

Transfer: Sony MDS-JE530 >Optical SPDIF > Creative Professional E-MU 0404 > Sony Sound Forge 7.0 fir recording, normalization and editing > Flac

recording and mastering by Ducktaper

New shows on archive.org – The Gourds Live at Fireside at Lucy’s Boatyard on 2006-02-16, Blue Heron Soundcheck Missoula Montana on 2002-09-04

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The Gourds Live at Fireside at Lucy’s Boatyard on 2006-02-16

The Gourds Live at Blue Heron Soundcheck Missoula Montana on 2002-09-04

New shows on archive.org – Lubbock, TX 11-16-2002; Austin TX 7-6-2002, 5-29-2004

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The Gourds Live at The Pier Austin Texas on 2002-07-06

The Gourds Live at West Texas Canyon Amphitheatre Lubbock TX on 2002-11-16

The Gourds Live at The Pier Austin Texas on 2004-05-29 – Soundboard

The Gourds Live at The Pier Austin Texas on 2004-05-29 – Audience

Gourds Gig of the Week: September 27, 2002 @ Antone’s, Austin, TX

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The Gourds Live at Antone’s on 2002-09-27

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The Gourds

9-27-2002

Antone’s
Austin, TX

matrix (sbd and at822, mike in soundbooth, mixed with beyringer 6 track)>tascam dat>pc (via soundforge 4.5)>wav>shn (via mkw)

NOTE: track one of disc 3 is a direct sbd, not matrix, spliced from another source.

All post mastering/splitting done with soundforge 4.5

Disc One

01 Hellhounds
02 Roll & Tumble
03 My Name Is Jorge
04 First In Line
05 Foggy Blossoms (Mechanical Bride)
06 A Bottle & A Dime
07 Tex Mex Tattoo Pakistani Package Mile
08 Little Bells
09 Sweet Nutty
10 Dooley
11 Right In The Head
12 Ants on the Melon
13 Ceiling’s Leaking
14 Best of Me

Disc Two

01 Collection’s Gettin’
02 Layin’ Around The House
03 Hamfisted Box of Gloves
04 Steeple Full of Swallows
05 Dang Me
06 The Bridge
07 And You Gaze Down (Dehydrated)
08 Big Santiago Bust
09 Lament
10 Blankets
11 Save The Last Dance For Me
12 Jesus Christ with Signs Following
13 Dying of the Pines (alt. Arrangement)
14 Somebody Bring Me A Flower (I’m A Robot)

Disc Three

01 Cranky Mullato
02 Smoke Bend (with Dollar Bill Johnston)
03 Get Up & Go
04 Grievin’ & Smokin’ >
The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised >
Grievin’ & Smokin’
05 Pickles
06 El Paso
07 Waxie’s Dargle
08 Are The Good Times Really Over For Good?
09 2000 Man
10 At The Crossroads
11 Spirit Rap (from the album; over the P.A.)

New shows on archive – Chicago, IL June 1997; Pflugerville, TX Nov. 2002; Growing a Beard Premiere March 2003; Harvest Moon Fest Nov. 2003

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The Gourds Live at Schuba’s Tavern Chicago Illinois on 1997-06-26

The Gourds Live at Hanover’s Smokehouse (indoors) Pflugerville Texas on 2002-11-23

The Gourds Live at Growing a Beard premiere Symphony Square on 2003-03-10

The Gourds Live at Harvest Moon Fest @ Jacob’s Well on 2003-10-11

Gourds Gig of the Week: New Year’s Eve 2005

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Live at New Year’s Eve Jovita’s Cantina Austin Texas on 2005-12-31

BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES!!

The Gourds chase out 2005 at Jovita’s Cantina, a former favorite South Austin haunt. This High Holiday always brings out the fun new cover songs and this night did not disappoint.
Louisiana Saturday Night, Lord I Hope this Day is Good, Bring On the Dancing Horses, Sunday Morning and Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man make this a very unique night. The night kicks off with Jimmy and Kevin trading songs solo swap style to start the festivities. Throw in a Ramsay Midwood appearance and a little Joey Thompson guesting on guitar and you probably won’t need those black-eyed peas tomorrow. – Duck

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The Gourds
New Year’s Eve
12-31-2005
Jovita’s Cantina
Austin Texas

Set One
Kevin Russell and Jimmy Smith
song swap

01 Moon Gone Down
02 Little Bells
03 Shreveport
04 The Blue Bottled One
05 Cry Yer Way
06 The Comealongs
07 Country DJ
08 Oh Zero
09 Hello Walls
10 I’m a Commie
11 Waxahachie
12 Lisa Says
13 Bolshevik Sugarcane

Set Two
The Gourds

14 Trampled By the Sunday
15 Louisiana Saturday Night
16 Hellhounds
17 Tex Mex
18 When Wine Was Cheap
19 Omaha
20 Burn the Honeysuckle
21 My Name is Jorge
22 Ladies Choice
23 Lower 48
24 Spanky
25 Do 4 U > Midnight Rider > Do 4 U
26 Big Santiago Bust
27 Dooley
28 Decline-O-Meter
29 Blood of the Ram
30 Mr Betty
31 Like a Hurricane
32 countdown > Auld Lang Syne
33 Rattlesnake with (Ramsay Midwood vocals and guitar)
34 Pill Bug Blues
35 High Highs, Low Lows
36 Shake the Chandelier
Encore:
37 Lord I Hope this Day is Good > Bring on the Dancing Horses
38 Sunday Morning
39 Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man (with Joey Thompson, guitar)

Picture by Ducktaper

Multitrack recording

AKG 3000b’s dfc >behringer ultragain ada8000>adat>echo layla 24/96>Toshiba Satelite A45

Peluso CEMC6’s dfc >behringer ultragain ada8000>adat>echo layla 24/96>Toshiba Satelite A45

Soundboard>behringer ultragain ada8000>adat>echo layla 24/96>Toshiba Satelite A45

Recorded at 48k 24 bit using Cool Edit Pro 2.1. Mixed using CEP2.1. Final resample and tracked with Sound Forge 7. Encoded to flac, fpp file, and sectors re-aligned with flacfrontend.

Recorded, mastered and seeded by Michael Barnes mikelbarnz@gmail.com
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Gourds Gig of the Week: Beeblefest 1997

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The Gourds Live at Beeblefest Early Outdoor and Late Indoor Shows @Stubbs October 25, 1997

“Beeblefest was largely the work of manager Mike Stewart. We got some friends to play all day and called it a festival. Old 97s, The Skeletons, Tiny Town, Damnations, etc. It was not a financial success. Interesting too is that we did it with Charles Attal of Stubbs who some years later went on to found ACL festival. I like to think he learned a thing or two about how to put on a festival from Beeblefest.” – Kevin Russell

Hear Gourds manager, MIke “Stewball” Stewart share some memories of putting on Beeblefest.

Early show

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Late show

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Beeblefest
Early Outdoor Show
Stubb’s BBQ
Austin Texas

10-25-1997

The early outdoor set. This hasn’t been available for as long as the late set. This is more of a Gourds show, whereas the late set is with guest musicians (members of Skeletons and Damnations). This one was recorded on a Sony D3 cassette deck by D3, our intrepid Taper Zero.

01 t-shirt girl intro
02 Piss & Moan Blues (level check)
03 Son of Bum
04 Nuevo Laredo
05 Caledonia
06 Gin and Juice
07 When That Great Ship Went Down
08 Trampled By the Sun
09 I Come Up > All the Labor
(Baby in Robin’s belly lyric)
10 Ringing Dark & True
11 Plaid Coat
12 Gallow’s Tree
13 LGO
14 Web Before You Walk Into It
15 Maria
16 Under Your Spell Again
17 When Wine Was Cheap
18 Turkey Thru the Corn with Tequila Breakdown
& Crooked Letter Jam
19 post show sounds

Master recording by D3:

Sony WM-D3 one-point stereo mic > Sony WM-D3 > Dolby B > Maxell XlllS (CrO2) cassette

Digital remastering by Ducktaper:

Maxell XlllS (CrO2) cassette > Sony WM-D3 (same unit as above) > Dolby B > one-out > analogue mini-stereo plug to mono plugs >
Creative Professional E-MU 0404 > Sony Sound Forge 7.0 for sampling at 96 kHz, 24-bit (for editing and normalization), then, conversion
and re-sampling to 16-bit, 44,100 kHz respectively and track splitting > Nero 6 > cdr

Beeblefest
Late Indoor Show
Stubb’s BBQ
Austin Texas

10-25-1997

This show is a gem if you are looking for the Gourds doing rare covers…..throw in the Damnations adding Rob Bernard’s guitar and Amy Boone and Deborah Kelly and we got something special.

01 pre show sounds
02 If I Should Fall From Grace with God
03 Weeping Willow
04 Whiskey & Blood
05 I’m Troubled
06 Copperhead Road
07 Nebraska
08 Dig It
09 Gipetto
10 Crazy Arms
11 Barstool Blues
12 Jackson
13 Single Girl, Married Girl
14 State Trouper
15 Walk the Way
16 Together Again
17 Invitation (Sort Of)
18 Green River
19 Lay Lady Lay
20 Devil’s Right Hand
21 Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
22 post show sounds

Master recording by D3:

Sony WM-D3 one-point stereo mic > Sony WM-D3 > Dolby B > Maxell XlllS (CrO2) cassette

Digital remastering by Ducktaper:

Maxell XlllS (CrO2) cassette > Sony WM-D3 (same unit as above) > Dolby B > one-out > analogue mini-stereo plug to �� mono plugs >
Creative Professional E-MU 0404 > Sony Sound Forge 7.0 for sampling at 96 kHz, 24-bit (for editing and normalization), then, conversion
and re-sampling to 16-bit, 44,100 kHz respectively and track splitting > Nero 6 > cdr

Gourds Gig of the Week: May 17, 2002 – Tres Grupos Magnificos

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New Compositions From the Creamy Socket of the Gourds

The show starts with Jimmy set to vibrate and Kevin’s announcement that they are going to play “new compositions from the creamy socket of the Gourds”. Jorge has us off at a canter. You are in for a ride! This show has been a favorite of Barnes and mine since it happened, as much fun was had. There are crash and burn moments despite, as the band was loose and having some fun. Scott Biram and the Weary Boys had the crowd drunk on their feet by this point and the band wasn’t far behind. Also, my fault as I may have led at least one band member down the path of the stone, and not the usual suspect! He fesses up, so so should I. ~Duck

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