From the old website

This was written by an albino half man/ half mollusk that I befriended in Leesville Louisiana
when I was a janitorial explosives expert in The UNited States Army. His name is Dan. And,
he’s now residing in a minimum security whore house on the outskirts of Corsicana.
Send yer cards and letters.

GOURD FUN FACTS

1) Kevin Russell, in his spare time, provides the voice of the beloved animated character “Lammy”, the scripture quoting lamb on TV’s popular GO GO JESUS POWER GO TEAM.

2) Original Gourd drummer Charlie Llewellan has now found success writing teen mystery novels using the nom de plume of Melody Le Fontaine. He is the creator of the award winning “Uh Uh Girlfriend” and “Don’t Go There” series.

3) Newest Gourd Max Johnston has a professional hypnotist put him in a deep trance before each show. Also, for the duration of each performance the rest of the band can only address him by the name Shabazz.

4) Drummer Keith Langford starred, with his sister Robin and their parents, in a summer replacement series on ABC in 1979. The “Langford Family Goodtime Factory” was a Sid and Marty Krofft production that starred Keith and his family as “disco crimefighters” who toured the USA in their fully computerized talking Chevy van. Controversy erupted after episode 3, in which Keith’s character “Keith” shared an interracial disco dance with special guest Janet Jackson. The series was canceled shortly thereafter.

5) Recently released court records show that Jimmy Smith’s biological father is actually legendary jazz organist Jimmy Smith. Apparently his mother had been working as a secretary for Dallas disc jockey Willis Conover (AKA the Crooner) when she met the jazz legend during a public appearance. A torrid three month affair was followed by a split precipitated by an argument over “reefer.” To this day Jim can only be lulled to sleep by the sound of Hammond B-3 organ.

6) Claude Bernard became the youngest recipient of heart valve replacement surgery when, on a mountaineering vacation with his brothers, seven year old Claude suffered a major coronary. With no medical help at that altitude, his brothers John and Robert had to improvise. Using the pig skin from their red, white and blue Rawlings football to fashion a makeshift left ventricle and several lids from cans of Beanee Weenee they performed open heart surgery on their baby brother.