Gourds

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS

1996 The Laurels Ranch, Comfort, TX – The Gourds

001 PISS AND MOAN BLUES Munich MUSA 501

002 CALEDONIA Munich MUSA 501 CROXT 002

003 DYING OF THE PINES Munich MUSA 501 CROXT 002

004 JENNY BROWN Munich MUSA 501

005 CLEAR NIGHT Munich MRCDS 804/MUSA 501 CROXT 002

006 SWEET LI'L Munich MUSA 501

007 WHEN WINE WAS CHEAP Munich MRCDS 804/MUSA 501

008 MONEY HONEY Munich MUSA 501 CROXT 002

009 HONDURAS Munich MUSA 501

010 RINGING DARK AND TRUE Munich MUSA 501

011 PINE TAR RAMPARTS Munich MUSA 501

012 MAKES ME ROLL Munich MUSA 501

013 TREMPLED BY THE SUN Munich MUSA 501

014 WEB BEFORE YOU WALK INTO IT Munich MRCDS 804/MUSA 501

015 I COME UP Munich MUSA 501

016 ALL THE LABOR Munich MRCDS 804/MUSA 501 CROXT 002

017 LOW IS THE WAY  Munich MRCDS 804 CROXT 002

1997 Arlyn Studios, Austin, TX – The Gourds (Kevin Russell [vcl/gt/ mandolin/ banjo], Claude Bernard [vcl/gt/ percussion/accordion],Jimmy Smith [vcl/gt/ bass/ percussion], + Rob bernard [banjo], Jon Dee Graham [lap steel],  Charlie Llewellin [drums], Amy Boone [piano], Tim Kinard [trumpet]. Producer: Mike Stewart)

018 LAMENT Watermelon CD 11071 

019 PLAID COAT Watermelon CD 11071 CROXT 002

020 MAGNOLIA Watermelon CD 11071  CROXT 002

021 STADIUM BLITZER Watermelon CD 11071

022 LGO Watermelon CD 11071  CROXT 002

023 BOIL MY STRINGS Watermelon CD 11071

024 COPPERMINE Watermelon CD 11071 

025 MARIA Watermelon CD 11071  CROXT 002

026 RAINING IN PORT ARTHUR Watermelon CD 11071  CROXT 002

027 DYIN' DIAMOND Watermelon CD 11071

028 WHEN THE MONEY COMES ROLLING IN Watermelon CD 11071 

029 I ATE THE HAGGIS Watermelon CD 11071 

030 COLD BED Watermelon CD 11071

031 PUSHED HER DOWN Watermelon CD 11071 

032 PINE ISLAND BAYOU Watermelon CD 11071

033 I LIKE DRINKING Watermelon CD 11071

1997-1998 Austin, TX/Los Angeles,  CA/San Marcos, TX/ Seattle, WA – Sir Douglas Quintet (Doug Sahm [vcl/piano], Kevin Russell [vcl/gt/mandolin], George Rains [vcl/drums], Tommy Detamore [gt], Shawn Sahm [gt], Clay Meyers [drums/maracas], Ernie Durawa/Keith Langford [drums], Doug Saldana [fiddle], Claude Bernard [accordion], Mike O'Dowd [sax], Ricky Morales [sax])

034 GET A LIFE (A TALE OF MODERN LIFE IN AUSTIN)  Watermelon 11076  

035 ST. OLAV'S GATE  Watermelon 11076  

036 GOODBYE SAN FRANCISCO-HELLO AMSTERDAM  Watermelon 11076  

037 GIVE BACK THE KEY TO MY HEART  Watermelon 11076  

038 MALMO MAMA  Watermelon 11076  

039 ON BENDED KNEE  Watermelon 11076  

040 LOUIS RIEL  Watermelon 11076  

041 THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT  Watermelon 11076  

042 SOONER OR LATER  Watermelon 11076  

043 INVITATION TO THE BLUES  Watermelon 11076

044 HENRIETTA Watermelon 11076

May 1998 Arlyn Studios, Austin, TX – The Gourds

045 ZIGGY STARDUST Watermelon CD 10071 

046 GIN AND JUICE Watermelon CD 10071  CROXT 002 MUSA 509

047 MAGNOLIA Watermelon CD 10071 

1998 [live] Melkeweg, Amsterdam, NED – The Gourds (Kevin Russell [vcl/gt/ mandolin/ banjo], Claude Bernard [vcl/gt/organ/accordion],Jimmy Smith [vcl/gt/ bass/ percussion], + Jon Dee Graham [gtl],  Keith Langford [drums]. Producer: Mike Stewart)

04701 LAMENT Watermelon CD 10071  MUSA 509

04702 TRAMPLED BY THE SUN Watermelon CD 10071  MUSA 509

04703 MARIA Watermelon CD 10071 MUSA 509 

04704 OMAHA Munich MUSA 509

04705 JONES OH JONES Munich MUSA 509

04706 I'M TROUBLED Watermelon CD 10071  MUSA 509

04707 PLAID COAT Watermelon CD 10071 MUSA 509

1999 unknown – The Gourds

048 UP ON HIGH Munich MUSA 506

049 GHOSTS OF HALLELUJAH Munich MUSA 506 CROXT 002

050 GANGSTA LEAN Munich MUSA 506 CROXT 002

051 COUNTY ORANGE Munich MUSA 506

052 LADIES CHOICE Munich MUSA 506 CROXT 002

053 JANUARY 6 Munich MUSA 506

054 PAIR OF GOATS Munich MUSA 506

055 FINE LEATHER TRUCK Munich MUSA 506 CROXT 002

056 BEAN BOWL Munich MUSA 506

057 MY TIME, YER TIME Munich MUSA 506

058 SON OF BUM Munich MUSA 506

059 THE FLAT BARITONE Munich MUSA 506 CROXT 002

060 (THE NEW WAY OF) GRIEVIN' AND SMOKIN' Munich MUSA 506

061 RUGGED ROSES Munich MUSA 506

062 LOWLANDS Munich MUSA 506

November/December 1999 Brooklyn Bridge Studios, Austin, TX – The Gourds (Max Johnston [vcl/gt/ banjo/ mandolin/ fiddle], Jimmy Smith [vcl/g/ bass/ percussion], Claude Bernard [vcl/ ac gt/ accordion/ Wurlitzer organ], Kev Russell [vcl/ac gt], John Dee Graham [lap steel], Keith Langford [drums/ percussion])

063 EL PASO Munich MUSA 508

064 JESUS CHRIST WITH SIGNS FOLLOWING Munich MUSA 508

065 BIG SANTIAGO BUST Munich MUSA 508

066 RECEIPTS AND FEVERS Munich MUSA 508

067 PICKLES Munich MUSA 508

068 O RINGS Munich MUSA 508

069 BUGS Munich MUSA 508

070 WATERBAG Munich MUSA 508

071 HALLELUJAH SHINE Munich MUSA 508

072 LAYIN AROUND THE HOUSE Munich MUSA 508

073 MEAT OFF THE BONE Munich MUSA 508

074 FLAMENCO CABARET Munich MUSA 508

075 TURN MY HEAD AROUND Munich MUSA 508

076 TEARBOX Munich MUSA 508

077 HIGH HIGHS AND LOW LOWS Munich MUSA 508

2000 or sooner Darwin Smith’s Studio, Austin, TX – The Gourds

078 EVERYBODY'S MISSING THE SUN Munich MUSA 509

079 DOOLEY Munich MUSA 509

2002 Wire Recording, Austin, TX – The Gourds (Jimmy Smith [vcl/gt/ bass], Kev Russell [vcl/gt],  Max Johnston [mandolin], Max Johnson [fiddle/bck vcl],  Keith Langford [harmonica/ drums], Claude Bernard [accordion])
080 MY NAME IS JORGE Munich MUSA 511

081 ROLL AND TUMBLE Munich MUSA 511

082 1ST IN LINE Munich MUSA 511

083 FOGGY BLOSSOM (MECHANICAL BRIDE) Munich MUSA 511

084 THE BRIDGE Munich MUSA 511

085 ANTS ON THE MELON (WITH DUE REGARDS TO VIRGINIA ADAIR) Munich MUSA 511

086 HELLHOUNDS Munich MUSA 511

087 BLANKETS Munich MUSA 511

088 SHORT GUY SPIRITUAL RAP (SHORT GUY FROM "CHI-TOWN") Munich MUSA 511

089 BOTTLE AND A DIME Munich MUSA 511

090 RIGHT IN THE HEAD Munich MUSA 511

091 HAM-FISTED BOX OF GLOVES Munich MUSA 511

092 THE PRAYER THAT FELL UPON THE MIRROR Munich MUSA 511

093 BEST OF ME Munich MUSA 511

094 SWEET NUTTY Munich MUSA 511

095 CEILING'S LEAKING Munich MUSA 511

096 SMOKE BEND Munich MUSA 511

2003 [soundtrack] Tequila Mockingbird, ? – The Gourds

096 LION'S MANE Aspyr Media 70115

097 LION'S MANE INSTRUMENTAL Aspyr Media 70115

098 CHIEF OF THE FUZZERS Aspyr Media 70115

099 CHIEF OF THE FUZZERS (LONG PLAY) Aspyr Media 70115

100 SHAMROCK BOUND Aspyr Media 70115

101 SHAMROCK BOUND (LONG PLAY) Aspyr Media 70115

102 CLAUDE'S LAMENT Aspyr Media 70115

103 HANGMAN DRUMS Aspyr Media 70115

104 HANGMAN Aspyr Media 70115

105 MAX'S HOE-DOWN Aspyr Media 70115

106 MAX'S PLUCKY HOE-DOWN Aspyr Media 70115

107 GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66 Aspyr Media 70115

2004 unknown – The Gourds

108 LOWER 48 Eleven Thirty 7003

109 TTT GAS Eleven Thirty 7003

110 ESCALADE Eleven Thirty 7003

111 ILLEGAL OYSTER Eleven Thirty 7003

112 ARAPAHO Eleven Thirty 7003

113 WIRED OLE GAL Eleven Thirty 7003

114 ON TIME Eleven Thirty 7003

115 DO 4 U Eleven Thirty 7003

116 LET HIM IN Eleven Thirty 7003

117 CRACKLINS Eleven Thirty 7003

118 SPANKY Eleven Thirty 7003

119 BLOOD OF THE RAM Eleven Thirty 7003 

23 August/2 September 2005 Industrial Oaks, Austin, TX – The Gourds (Kevin Russell, Jimmy Smith, Keith Langford, Claude Bernard, Max Johnston, Michael Tonight)

120 DECLINE-O-METER Eleven Thirty 7006

121 BURN THE HONEYSUCKLE Eleven Thirty 7006

122 MISTER BETTY Eleven Thirty 7006

123 SHAKE THE CHANDALIER Eleven Thirty 7006

124 NEW ROOMATE Eleven Thirty 7006

125 HOOKY JUNK Eleven Thirty 7006    

126 WEATHER WOMAN Eleven Thirty 7006

127 STAB Eleven Thirty 7006

128 OUR PATRIARCH Eleven Thirty 7006

129 THE EDUCATION SONG Eleven Thirty 7006         

130 COLLECTION'S Eleven Thirty 7006

131 PILL BUG BLUES Eleven Thirty 7006

132 PICK AND ROLL Eleven Thirty 7006

2007 unknown – The Gourds

133 HOW WILL YOU SHINE? YEP 2153

134 KICKS IN THE SUN YEP 2153

135 PROMENADE YEP 2153

136 A FEW EXTRA KILOS YEP 2153

137 LAST LETTER YEP 2153

138 THE GYROSCOPIC YEP 2153

139 MOON GONE DOWN YEP 2153

140 RED LETTER DAY YEP 2153

141 OUT ON THE VINE YEP 2153

142 CRANKY MULATTO YEP 2153

143 STEEPLE FULL OF SWALLOWS YEP 2153

144 ALL IN THE PACK YEP 2153

145 FLAVOR ON THE TONGUE YEP 2153

146 SPIVEY YEP 2153

21 January/14 July 2008 Music Lab, Austin, TX – The Gourds (Jimmy Allen Smith [vcl/gt/  percussion/ sound effects], Shinyribs [vcl/gt], Max Johnston [vcl/ac gt/ lap steel/ dobro/ banjo/ mandolin/ fiddle]; Keith Langford [vcl/drums/harmonica], Claude Bernard [vcl/ accordion/piano])
147 COUNTRY LOVE YEP 2195

148 FOSSIL CONTENDER YEP 2195

149 THE WAY YOU CAN GET YEP 2195

150 HEY THURMAN YEP 2195

151 NEW DUES YEP 2195

152 ALL THE WAY TO JERICHO YEP 2195

153 VALENTINE YEP 2195

154 COUNTRY GAL YEP 2195

155 BRIDGETT YEP 2195

156 SHREVEPORT YEP 2195

157 LUDDITE JUICE YEP 2195

158 TEX - MEX MILE YEP 2195

159 BLANKET SHOW YEP 2195

150 TIGHTER YEP 2195

21 March/1 April 2011 Levon Helm Studio, Woodstock, NY – The Gourds

151 I WANT IT SO BAD Vanguard 78188-2

152 DROP THE CHARGES Vanguard 78188-2

153 TWO SPARROWS Vanguard 78188-2

154 DROP WHAT I'M DOING Vanguard 78188-2

155 HAUNTED Vanguard 78188-2

156 MELCHERT Vanguard 78188-2

157 INK AND GRIEF Vanguard 78188-2

158 PEPPERMINT CITY Vanguard 78188-2

159 MARGINALIZED Vanguard 78188-2

160 YOU MUST NOT KNOW Vanguard 78188-2

161 EYES OF A CHILD Vanguard 78188-2

162 YOUR BENEFIT Vanguard 78188-2

22 September 2011/20 April 2012 Old Mad Joy Rehearsals, Austin, TX/; Courvilles, Beaumont, TX/Doug Fir, Portland, OR/Flipnotics, Austin, TX/ KGSR, Austin, TX/; The Echo, Los Angeles, CA/The Filling Station, Bozeman, MT/ The Kessler, Dallas, TX/ Threadgills, Austin, TX/ Wilma Theater, Missoula, MT – The Gourds (Kevin Russell [vcl/gt/, mandolin], Max Johnston [vcl/ac gt/ banjo/ mandolin/ fiddle], Jimmy Smith [vcl/gt/percussion], Keith Langford [percussion/bck vcl], Claude Bernard [accordion/ piano/ organ/ maracas/bck vcl])

163 PLAID COAT High Plains 6178          

164 GANGSTA LEAN High Plains 6178   

165 STAB High Plains 6178

166 JESUS CHRIST WITH SIGNS FOLLOWING High Plains 6178

167 CRACKLINS High Plains 6178

168 PINT TAR RAMPARTS/STADIUM BLITZER High Plains 6178

169 HELLHOUNDS High Plains 6178

170 RAININ' IN PORT ARTHUR High Plains 6178

171 MARIA High Plains 6178

172 PICKLES High Plains 6178

173 PEPPERMINT CITY High Plains 6178

174 MELCHERT High Plains 6178

175 DYING OF THE PINES High Plains 6178

176 MY NAME IS JORGE High Plains 6178

177 EYES OF A CHILD High Plains 6178

178 YOUR BENEFIT High Plains 6178

179 DO4U High Plains 6178

180 ALL THE LABOR High Plains 6178

ALBUMS

Munich [NED] MUSA 501 Dem's Good Beeble: Piss and Moan Blues; Caledonia; Dying Of The Pines; Jenny Brown; Clear Night; Sweet Li'l; When Wine Was Cheap; Money Honey; Honduras; Ringing Dark and True; Pine Tar Ramparts; Makes Me Roll; Trempled By The Sun; Web Before You Walk Into It; I Come Up; All The Labor – 96 (US issue in 2001 on Sugar Hill SUG-CD—3921)

Watermelon CD 11071 Stadium Blitzer: Lament; Plaid Coat; Magnolia; Stadium Blitzer; LGO; Boil My Strings; Coppermine; Maria; Raining In Port Arthur; Dyin' Diamond; When The Money Comes Rolling In; I Ate The Haggis; Cold Bed; Pushed Her Down; Pine Island Bayou; I Like Drinking- 97 (reissued on Munich MUS 503 (1998); Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3923 (2001))

Watermelon CD 11076 S.D.Q. '98: Get A Life (A Tale Of Modern Life In Austin); St. Olav's Gate; Goodbye San Francisco-Hello Amsterdam; Give Back The Key To My Heart; Malmo Mama; On Bended Knee; Louis Riel; The Ballad Of Davy Crockett; Sooner Or Later; Invitation To The Blues; Henrietta – 20-10-98 w. Sir Douglas Quintet (reissued in 2001 as Munich 505 Get A Life)

Munich [NED] MUSA 506  Ghosts of Hallelujah: Up On High; Ghosts Of Hallelujah; Gangsta Lean; County Orange; Ladies Choice; January 6; Pair Of Goats; Fine Leather Truck; Bean Bowl; My Time, Yer Time; Son Of Bum; The Flat Baritone; (The New Way Of) Grievin' and Smokin'; Rugged Roses; Lowlands – 99 (reissued in 2001 on Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3924)

Munich [NED] MUSA 508 Bolsa de Agua: El Paso; Jesus Christ With Signs Following; Big Santiago Bust; Receipts and Fevers; Pickles; O Rings; Bugs; Waterbag; Hallelujah Shine; Layin Around The House; Meat Off The Bone; Flamenco Cabaret; Turn My Head Around; Tearbox; High Highs and Low Lows; [video:] El Paso – 00 (USA issue on Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3920)

Croxton [NED] CROXT 002 All The Labor: Clear Night; Caledonia; Dying Of The Pines; Money Honey; All The Labour; Low Is The Way; Plaid Coat; Magnolia; LGO; Maria; Raining In Port Arthur; Gin And Juice; Ghost Of Hallelujah; Gangster Lean; Ladies Choice; Fine Leather Truck; Flat Baritone – 00 (sampler)

Munich [NED] MUSA 509 Shinebox: Gin and Juice;  Everybody's Missing The Sun; Dooley; Ziggy Stardust; Two Girls; Lament; Trampled By The Sun; Maria; Omaha; Jones Oh Jones; I'm Troubled; Plaid Coat – 01 (US issue on Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3922)

Munich [NED] MUSA 511 Cow Fish Fowl or Pig: [Part 1 - The Cow Brings Home The Fish:] My Name Is Jorge; Roll and Tumble; 1st In Line; Foggy Blossom (Mechanical Bride); The Bridge; Ants On The Melon (With Due Regards To Virginia Adair); Hellhounds; Blankets; [Intermission:] Short Guy Spiritual Rap (Short Guy From "Chi-Town"); [Part 2 - The Fowl Tells The Pig Of Each Transgression:] Bottle and A Dime; Right In The Head; Ham-Fisted Box Of Gloves; The Prayer That Fell Upon The Mirror; Best Of Me; Sweet Nutty; Ceiling's Leaking; Smoke Bend – 02 (US issue on Sugar Hill SUG-CD-3953)

Aspyr Media 70115-1TCA Growin' a Beard: Lion's Mane; Lion's Mane Instrumental; Chief Of The Fuzzers; Chief Of The Fuzzers (Long Play); Shamrock Bound; Shamrock Bound (Long Play); Claude's Lament; Hangman Drums; Hangman; Max's Hoe-Down; Max's Plucky Hoe-Down; Get Your Kicks On Route 66 – 03 (original soundtrack)

Eleven Thirty 7003 Blood of the Ram: Lower 48; TTT Gas; Escalade; Illegal Oyster; Arapaho; Wired Ole Gal; On Time; Do 4 U; Let Him In; Cracklins; Spanky; Blood Of The Ram - 04

Eleven Thirty CD-ELV-7006 Heavy Ornamentals: Decline-O-Meter; Burn The Honeysuckle; Mister Betty; Shake The Chandalier; New Roomate; Hooky Junk; Weather Woman; Stab; Our Patriarch; The Education Song; Collection's; Pill Bug Blues; Pick And Roll – 06

Yep Roc YEP 2153 Noble Creatures: How Will You Shine?; Kicks In The Sun; Promenade; A Few Extra Kilos; Last Letter; The Gyroscopic; Moon Gone Down; Red Letter Day; Out On The Vine; Cranky Mulatto; Steeple Full Of Swallows; All In The Pack; Flavor On The Tongue; Spivey – 07

Yep Roc YEP 2195 Haymaker!: Country Love; Fossil Contender; The Way You Can Get; Hey Thurman; New Dues; All The Way To Jericho; Valentine; Country Gal; Bridgett; Shreveport; Luddite Juice; Tex - Mex Mile; Blanket Show; Tighter – 09

Vanguard 78188-2 Old Mad Joy: I Want It So Bad; Drop The Charges; Two Sparrows; Drop What I'm Doing; Haunted; Melchert; Ink And Grief; Peppermint City; Marginalized; You Must Not Know; Eyes Of A Child; Your Benefit – 11

High Plains 6178 All The Labor: The Soundtrack: Plaid Coat; Gangsta Lean; Stab; Jesus Christ With Signs Following; Cracklins; Pint Tar Ramparts/Stadium Blitzer; Hellhounds; Rainin' In Port Arthur; Maria; Pickles; Peppermint City; Melchert; Dying of the Pines; My Name Is Jorge; Eyes of a Child; Your Benefit; Do4U; All The Labor   - 11-02-14

Happenstance ? Coffee And Guitars (Austin, Texas Live ’95): Magnolia; Cold Bed; Jenny Brown; Grave On The Green Hillside; When Wine Was Cheap; Web Before You Walk Into It;  Money Honey; Pine Tar Ramparts; Clear Night; Makes Me Roll; Low Is The Way; I Come Up; Ringing Dark And True; Plaid Coat  - 12-10-20 (not in sessions)

EPs

Munich [NED] MRCDS 804 Clear Night: Clear Night; Where Wine Was Cheap; Low Is The Way; Web Before You Walk Into It; All The Labour - 96

Watermelon CD 10071 Gogitchyershinebox: Ziggy Stardust; Gin And Juice; Magnolia; Lament; Trampled By The Sun; Maria; I'm Troubled; Plaid Coat – 98