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Published on March 20, 2003

Smith hates it so much, in fact, that Russell eventually had to throw out some of the material the band had been playing live. "I had the Gourds cover 'Amarillo by Morning' for a while," Russell says. "I told 'em at the time, 'Look, guys, I know this is a stretch, but just indulge me here.' Max was all over it, man, but Jimmy -- he just couldn't do it."

A twangy Texas group that loves to play Snoop Dogg but turns up its nose at George Strait? Like the man said, is this a real band?

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