1. Lower 48
2. TTT Gas
3. Escalade
4. Illegal Oyster
5. Arapaho
6. Wired Ole Gal
7. On Time
8. Do 4 U
9. Let Him In
10. Cracklins
11. Spanky
12. Blood of the Ram
13. Turd in My Pocket
Total time: 48.2 minutes
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Blood of the Ram
The Gourds
Eleven Thirty
Enough can’t be said about this Austin, Texas-based group. If every band wrote, played and sang as well as the Gourds, music fans would be in heaven.
“Blood” is their shining hour. “TTT Gas” is a song Roger McGuinn should consider doing – it’s perfect for him; “Illegal Oyster’s” musical saw is just the right touch to cap off a near-perfect tune; and “Let Him In” has a swirling, carousel-type organ sound to die for.
The Gourds have a musical kinship with the late, great Doug Sahm, so enough said. Their surreal folk-country-rock thing and the most offbeat lyrics this side of Fagen and Becker – usually satirizing Southern stereotypes and lifestyles – have endeared them to folks who easily tire of the radio drivel, and that’s across all music categories.
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