August 24, 2006 at 5:30 pm · Filed under music
it’t that time again. the incredible free event known as hardly strictly bluegrass is coming up in about six weeks. it will be held october 6-8 in golden gate park. this will be the event’s sixth year and it just seems to get better and better. last year’s event was occasion for my second post on big microscope; i hope to provide a bit more detail before and after this year.
in the meantime, here’s a sample from the gourds’ set. this was their encore song, officially unreleased, but available for purchase as a kev russell solo demo here. it’s called weaponized virus musket. sadly, the gourds won’t be back this year… but folks like elvis costello will.
the gourds: weaponized virus musket [6:14m]:
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August 17, 2006 at 10:37 pm · Filed under music
so i’m going to see cracker this sunday at the independent and i must say i’m pretty psyched. watching johnny hickman play guitar behind david lowery’s songs is like being served the perfect rock and wry by two of your favorite bartenders.
over the years, the rhythm section has been a pretty fluid thing, but the current band reprises the lineup that first came together in 1996 save for a new bassist who apparently played with roxy music at some point. weird, i know.
anyway, i’ve seen cracker many times and it’s always a fun, rocking show. i should have an audio sample from the show posted some time next week.
coming up on the horizon: apollo sunshine, bettie serveert, golden smog, and the knitters. what a great year for live music so far.
