If there’s an upside to The Gourds‘ recent breakup/hiatus — their final public show was on October 27, 2013 — it would be the emergence of The Hard Pans. The HPs feature Jimmy Smith and Claude Bernard from the Gourdian knot and Mark Creaney, the band’s soundman from 2008-13. They’ve recently added new drummer, […]
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After a week back in Austin, I have rediscovered an essential truth. The tex-mex gods (los dios de texmexicano) send us their tacos, queso, and pico de gallo for our own good. All they ask is 100% devotion to their glorious manna, and once properly appeased, the tex-mex gods will contact the roach gods and […]
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Huey Meaux loved to say that he came up with the idea for the Sir Douglas Quintet while holed up in a San Antonio motel armed with nothing but Beatles records, Thunderbird wine, and underage Mexican hookers. His drunkpiphany was that The Beatles were basically playing a variation on the Cajun two-step, with a similar […]
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One day [Doug Sahm] said to me, ‘You know, in the early Seventies, man, Willie was the old guy. He brought it to us and gave it to us to carry it on, and that’s what I’m doing with you guys. You guys are it. You guys take it and go with it.’ –Kevin […]
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As we transition from summer to fall, I think it’s only appropriate that we kick summer’s angry ass out the door Adios Lounge style. Here’s a compilation of music that’s helped keep me sane during a summer of continuous 100+ degree weather. I think it’s a good mix of soul and rock, but those designations […]
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