It was a bit windy at Mayfest yesterday evening, but for an event that has seen cataclysmic weather events in the past it was hardly even noticeable.

I went to see one of my favorite bands, The Gourds, play an amazing set. If you’ve never heard The Gourds, you really missed out. They have a style as broad as Texas, drawing from bluegrass, tex-mex, zydeco, and good old rock-and roll. And the lyrics are razor sharp and smart (for example, they’re the only band I know can pull off working the lyric “Pythagorean Theorem” into a song).

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