THIS is why I love the iTunes Music Store

So I've been a huge Kevin Russell fan for almost 20 years now. Arnold and I used to frequent shows at Enoch's where The Picket Line Coyotes showed us how to be a rock band and Kevin showed me how to try to be Bob Dylan in a rock band.

Fast forward to about 1996 or so and Kevin returns with The Gourds. Dem's Good Beeble goes into heavy rotation for several years and some of those live dates from back then go down in my personal history of greatest shows ever. But then Jimmy thinks he's the Southern Tom Waits and starts singing about pickles. My interest fades.

BUT NOW, iTunes music store gives me the option to ONLY BUY THE KEVIN SONGS! Problem solved, I love the Gourds again. And to make it even better, early reports are that this album is a return to form for Kevin.

I'll have to synchronize my trips to the bar Saturday night (they're playing in town) with Jimmy's songs.

P.S. Sellout's Steal of the Week: The Gourds--"Lower 48" (wherein Kevin manages to recite all 48 states in a musical fashion):

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