Playback: Gourds Co-Leader Jimmy Smith Heads to Montana

Jimmy Smith heads for higher ground, Pete Mitchell reaches a higher plane, and Izzy Cox would like to remain upright on terra firma

"..."No," says Jimmy Smith, letting out a jackhammer laugh as he stares..."

July 29, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback – Dead Man Walking: Jimmy LaFave

As terminal cancer ticks down Jimmy LaFave’s life, he says the show must go on

"..."I'm on my way off the planet," reveals Jimmy LaFave, never one to mince words...."

April 21, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Jimmy Day, 1934-1999

"...Texas music scene, the loss of steel guitar player Jimmy Day must be measured in even larger terms --..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin Elders: Meet Guitarist and Defense Attorney Bobby Earl Smith

From professional musician to professional defender of musicians

"...Some of Bobby Earl Smith’s first Austin memories are chasing fireflies, riding ponies on..."

May 24, 2024 News Feature by Oscar Rodriguez

Ghost Funk, Fast Devo, an Elliott Smith Tribute, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in live music with a little help

"...Seth Applabaum’s Ghost Funk Orchestra – reminiscent of the Jimmy Castor Bunch and David Holmes – threw me back..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Donald “Mr. Smith” Trump

"...Dear Editor, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a heartfelt story of a..."

Feb. 8, 2020 Postmarks

Songs of Innocence and Experience

From poetry scrawled on walls to poetry inscribed on CD: the saga of the Gourds.

"...Jimmy Smith, bassist and songwriter for the Gourds, lives there...."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Spirit of Improvisation

"...of following two early sets by jazz organist/living legend Jimmy Smith...."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Dog Years

Austin's version of the Band – the Gourds – steps into those brown shoes almost literally with Old Mad Joy

"...trio called Spoon. The original foursome of Kevin Russell, Jimmy Smith, Claude Ber­nard, and drummer Charlie Llewellin released its..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"..."transient soul," there's also this endorsement from jazz legend Jimmy Smith: "He's like Dylan, but not really." Decide for..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Sacred & the Profane

The Gourds co-frontman flew the coop for Shinyribs and ain't looking back

"...with Sahm. "He'd just call Claude [Bernard] 'Flaco,' and Jimmy [Smith] 'Danko.' Doug was in his own universe."..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Immediate and Timeless

The Gourds

"...According to Kevin Russell, who, along with Jimmy Smith, is the group's main vocalist and songwriter, "That..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Music Feature

Jimmy Smith

"...Jimmy SmithDot Com Blues (Blue Thumb) The name Jimmy Smith..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...wonder Gracey and fellow progressive country hero Bobby Earl Smith saw commercial potential in the Skunks – they were..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Heavy Lifting: The Hammond Organ Has a Special Place in Austin ... I Should Know

Austin's an epicenter for an instrument that stopped being manufactured 47 years ago

"...like the Allman Brothers, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, and Jimmy Smith. Eighteen years old and sneaking into clubs in..."

April 1, 2022 Music Feature by Red Young

Live Shots

"...Then, to top the weirdness factor of the bandana-waving, Jimmy Webb-loving Harley hound, Nelson decided to start kicking the..."

June 28, 1996 Music Feature

The Complete Jake Langley

Guitarist makes dazzling choices and then some

"...meant to be Ernest Tubb in the day, or Jimmy Smith, whom I had the pleasure of playing with..."

March 28, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Tell It to the Judge

Jimmy Flannigan’s shake-up at the Municipal Court

"...Three summers ago, Jessica Smith, an unemployed single mother of two, was pulling into..."

April 13, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Jimmy Smith

Gift guide

"...Jimmy SmithRetrospective (Blue Note)..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

The Distinguished Gentleman

"...Directed by: Jonathan Lynn. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Joe Don Baker, Victoria Rowell and..."

Dec. 11, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Majestic

"...days when Frank Capra (It's a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) and his everyman hero Jimmy Stewart..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

What's in a Face?

A lot, Mike Woolf discovered while making his short doc 'Growin' a Beard' -- and especially If the face Has got whiskers on the chin and Jowls

"...contest. The Donegal is, well, here's how the Shamrockers' Jimmy Smith -- voice dripping with brogue -- describes it..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

The Gourds

Texas Platters

"..."Kevin loves Bob Wills and Jimmy loves the Pogues," one fan explained of the Gourds'..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Music Review by Margaret Moser

8 Mile

Eminen's semi-autobiographical story of a young, white rapper on the rise in Detroit has a soft-focus Hollywood tint.

"...and a car with more paint than rust, plays Jimmy “Rabbit” Smith, an aspiring rapper from the grim side..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Casino Jack and the United States of Money

Muckraking documentarian Alex Gibney here directs his camera toward the influence-peddling scandals that erupted around Jack Abramoff.

"...or greed or lies or compromise with human liberties,” Jimmy Stewart stumped from the Senate floor in Mr. Smith..."

May 21, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Confessions

Chris Gray gets laid.

"...network was still wavering between Ethan Hawke and SNL's Jimmy Fallon for the lead, but Rose McGowan was already..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

Get into your pre-ACL groove with these live music picks

"...SATURDAY Jimmy Smith, Pat McKay..."

Sept. 27, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

The Drifter

Mike Flanigin's accidental (and all-star) organ-grinding

"...onetime Bob Dylan sideman Denny Freeman, and Barry "Frosty" Smith, among the greatest drummers of his or any generation,..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Jazz Sides

Naxos' latest Jazz Icons series has arrived

"...'64 (Naxos) Anita O'DayLive in '63 & '70 (Naxos) Jimmy SmithLive in '69 (Naxos) John ColtraneThe World According to..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Still Good Beeble: The Catalog

"...the Dem's Good Beeble lay between the lyrics of Jimmy Smith and Kevin Russell, delivered like street-corner poetry in..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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