The Gourds & The Band of Heathans December 27, 2008

Formed in Summer of 1994 The Gourds has been a mainstay of Austin and the National roots music scene for a decade. Having produced a solid 8 recordings and toured far and wide, the boys are still playing fab shows and burning lots of rubber on the tires of their well travelled van.

The formation of The Band of Heathens is as natural and organic as the music they create. In early spring 2006, the three principle songwriters, Colin Brooks, Ed Jurdi and Gordy Quist, were sharing the bill every Wednesday night at the venerable Austin club Momo's. Originally, it started as each songwriter performing his own set. But in a short time they started sharing the stage equally and collaborating on each other's songs, with bassist Seth Whitney as the anchor of the rhythm section. The Wednesday night series was billed as "The Good Time Supper Club." Largely improvised and unrehearsed, the shows quickly gained in popularity and word spread throughout Austin that if you wanted live music on Wednesday night, Momo's was the place to be.

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