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For only $15 + S/H) have the latest tasty full-length Gourd CD delivered directly to your home, office or even most prisons. Release date - July 10, 2007 |
Lineup:
Shinyribs Russell- Guitar, Mando, Sings
Jimmy Smith- Bass, Guitar, Sings
Keith Langford- Drums,Harmonica
Claude Bernard- Accordion,Organ, Piano,Sings
Max Johnston- Guitar,Mando,Fiddle, Lap Steel,Banjo,Sings
On Noble Creatures songwriters Kevin Russell and Jimmy Smith continue their quirky ramble down the mountain, past dusty delta back porches and through the hanging moss of southwest Louisiana. In classic Gourds fashion the Mussel Shoals rekindling of "How Will You Shine" rides shotgun with the honky-soul of "Moon Gone Down," but on Noble Creatures it's Russell's ballads that mark the album as an epaulet on the shoulder of an already mighty career. "Promenade" soars with a from-the-gut tale of squandered happiness and courses with Danko-like emotion. In "Steeple Full of Swallows" the desolate yet hopeful bandy of banjo and guitar trickles along a delicate dream-song, cut by the acid of Russell's sharp yet tuneful holler. As relevant and irreverent as ever, The Gourds are Noble Creatures indeed.
But screw what we have to say, read the reviews for yourself....
[07.26.07] Pitchforkmedia review of Noble Creatures
[07.13.07] Austin Musician Magazine features The Gourds [PDF]
[06.21.07] No Depression magazine review of Noble Creatures
[05.22.07] Noble Creatures - Reviewed in the San Antonio Current
