Daily-ist: Wednesday

Kevin Russell Performs Solo Show with Fried Ice Cream at Under The Volcano

A big thanks to one of our loyal readers, Chris Sarrat, for bringing this awesome event on our radar.

If you have not heard the new Gourds record, you'll be surprised to hear horns on the first cut "How Will You Shine." Tonight, Houston-based 9-piece funk, R&B, and jazz group Fried Ice Cream's horn section will be playing with The Gourds' singer Kevin Russell at his solo show at Under the Volcano [2349 Bissonnet]. Fried Ice Cream is also set to play with the Gourds at their show Saturday. August 11 at Warehouse Live. It may be the only time and place to hear this song live with a horn section.

Kevin Russell is primarily known as a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, mandolin, and banjo) for eclectic Austin, TX, roots-rockers The Gourds. On his own, Russell (using the moniker Kev Russell's Junker) stepped out with the album Buttermilk and Rifles on Sugar Hill Records in 2002.

When Kevin was in junior high, his dad moved them from Beaumont, TX, to Houston. Unsettled by the change from a blue-collar neighborhood to the high-class suburbs, Russell turned to guitar and writing songs. He also fell in with the skateboard crowd, who introduced the Southern rock- and country-loving Russell to punk rock. He would soon discover the sounds of groups like the Replacements and Beat Farmers through the writings of local music journo Marty Racine. Those groups would play an import role in influencing Kevin's music career, which began in earnest when his family moved to Shreveport, Louisiana. There, he launched his own path with the Picket Line Coyotes, a group that would foster the seeds of the Gourds, after relocation (to both Dallas and Austin) and dissolution.

Fried Ice Cream is a 9-piece band featuring a lead male vocalist, lead female vocalist, an inspiring horn section, and a funky 4-piece rhythm section. Together, this fusion of talented and seasoned performers creates a flavorful sound that cannot be duplicated.

This band has traveled the United States and abroad, performing at social and corporate events, and in the public arena. Both lead vocalists have performed at national events, opened concerts, and have toured throughout the U.S., Japan, and Europe. They are both lifetime professional entertainers. Because each band member brings their own musical training, experience, and performance style, a unique blend of character and colorful flavor is created to bring you dynamic sound and visual artistry and energy.

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tonight, August 8, 2007 | 8pm
Under The Volcano | 2349 Bissonnet
FREE EVENT