Gin and Juice is actually a cover by a band called the Gourds. They’re from Texas.
Read about it here:
http://indyweek.com/durham/2002-10-09/music.html
I was always under the impression it was Blues Traveler, but I was wrong. Consequently, I’m the same Brad that e-mailed you the translation to Jay-Z’s "Izzo."
Glad to see you’re back.
Fo shizzle,
-Brad
Also check out Phish's version. Not acoustic, but interesting.
I was almost sure that I heard the Gourds did a cover and so did Phish with Blues Traveler and Dave Matthews Band...hmmm...I am an avid Dave fan so I know that he does stuff with both bands (Phish and Blues Traveler). I would like you to send me your version if you could to see if we have the same one, or if I'm just hearing made-up crap.
Hey,
Firs of all congratulations for your homepage, pretty cool.....
Im from Brazil and my wife is American and the person who first introduced me to PHISH! I was dowloading some songs and I found "Gin&Juice"....Amazing....Then I decided to find out more about it....Than I found your web on Yahoo...You said that you have an Accustic version of it from DM... I would be very thankful if you could let me have that!
Have a good time! I appreciate it! :)
Take care!
Daniel Martins
dmartinsd@tecnolink.com.br
I would love to have a copy of that version. It's hilarious!
I would love it if you could please email me that song. I have Phish's version, but I'd love to hear the acoustic version.
Hi. Wondering if I could get you to email me that song? I collect gin and juice covers, i've also got a punk version, and the phish version. Thanks
Could you send me a copy of "Gin and Juice"? I have heard that before, I believe by a Texas bluegrass band, but I would like to hear your version. Thank you.
the 'texas bluegrass band' was string cheese incident and Phish. and I fucking love that version of G & J fo' shizzle my nizzle
Could you send me the other version too.
Hey I was wondering if anyone has any other songs along the lines of the DMB Gin and Juice cover, sort of like Dynamite Hack doing Boyz in the Hood, I think they're hilarious and would like to hear others if anyone knows of any that are floating around, the only other one i've managed to find is Phish and Kid Rock doing Rappers Delight. Post some good ones, or email me with em, thanks a bunch.
Phish has never covered the song "Gin and Juice." neither has Dave Matthews Band, String Cheese Incident, or Blues Traveler. That file is incorrectly labled on napster as being a Phish version, however, it is really a texas bluegrass band called "The Gourds." If you listen to the so called "phish" version, you will hear that it is not trey, nor any other memeber of phish, dmb, csi or blues traveler.
Carly
I believe you when you say it is the Gourds, but I also heard that there is a version of Blues Traveller with Dave Matthews. The version I have sounds very much like John Popper's voice with a very southern accent. I was convinced, but now I am interested in finding out the truth. Either way, this song is awesome! I love this freakin song. Every once in a while I just think "laid back" and I crack up. I would love to learn the song on the guitar. Do you have tabs? Do you know where I could find tabs for it? Its not at Olga.
Love
Blkthgt
Just a note - if anyone's ever been to Irish Kevin's on Duval Street in Key West - they perform this all the time and it's fantastic. If you've been there before, you know all the places to sing along - very cool experience! If you're in the Keys you oughta stop in.
Hey Paul
Great story, graet song. Personaly prefer the Dave Mathews version and want to get the tableture so I can Guitar it myself. Any Ideas?
guitar.net came up with zero
Hi, I would appreciate if you sent me the acoustic version of gin and juice. Thanks!!
I am looking for the acoustic version also.
Does anybody here know where i can find some tabs for the dave Matthews version of J & G? please email me
Thanks
Hey man,
I saw you site, and I was wondering if you could send me the guitar chords for the acoustic version of gin and juice. Thanks for your time.
Jake
I'd love to get a copy of that DMB cover, to compare it to the version I have! My friends and I have no idea who does it, we've all heard that the Gourd, Phish, and Rusted Root all do covers and we have no idea what to believe. Any Info would be greatly appreciated
I'm new here. I was trying to prove to my wife that it was The Gourds and not Phish, and a web-search turned up this page.
For the people wanting tablature, this isnt tablature but it might help:
http://www.altcountrytab.com/gourds/gourds-ginandjuice.htm
And, this is from the phish.net FAQ at
http://www.phish.net/faq/ginandjuice.html
How can I hear Phish doing "Gin and Juice"?
This song has not been performed or recorded by the Vermont band Phish .
It was originally done by Dr. Dre, Snoop, and a NYC hip-hop artist named Phish, and has been covered by a bluegrass band from Texas called the Gourds. The latter circulates on MP3, and is sometimes incorrectly labelled as by Phish.
The hip-hop artist "Phish" is also featured on backup vocals for Dre's "What's the Difference" (track 7 on Dr. Dre 2001 - a title as remarkably unoriginal as using the name Phish nearly two decades after the band started to).
--Peace out
it seems that chris has done his homework. bravo. but honestly, we must give props to brad. once again, we've gone in full circle.
must we forget about the berlin project?
Hey guys. O.K.- The acoustic version of Gin and Juice is done by "The Gourds", not Phish or Dave Matthews. Somehow people had mislabeled it on the web. It is on the cd "Gogetyershinebox" (fun title, hey?) by the Gourds.
Why did The Gourds copy DMB and Blues Traveler? How many times does one hit have to be covered?
Hey everyone, first, I would love to get the acoustic version e-mailed to me. Thanks!!
My wife played the acoustic version of G & J a few months ago and I can't get enough of it. She too was under the impression that is was Phish. I was searching for the tablature today and came across the Phish.net Q&A page. I'm not a big Phish fan so it doesn't bother me either way. The song is still kick-ass!
P.S. I found some tab here:
http://www.altcountrytab.com/gourds/gourds-ginandjuice.htm
Bofo site!
i too would be interested in hearing that cover of G & J who ever does it please send it my way.
thanx.
cheers
jp
I've dled em all - they're all the same version. So I'll go with the Gourds. Singer sounds like Les Claypool to me.
I live in Austin TX (where the Gourds are from) and have been seeing the band play for years. Trust me on this, the cover of Gin n' Juice is the Gourds and has only EVER been the Gourds. The only reason anyone ever thought it was Phish, DMB, Blues Traveler, etc. is because of mislabeling on Napster years ago. The Gourds have been performing this live for a long while - the studio version was originally recorded in 1997.
Kevin Russell, who sings on the track, had always liked the song and wanted to cover it for his own amusement. He worked it up for a local songwriter's circle to see what kind of reaction the folkies would give him. It went over big. The rest is history.
If you want tabs, it ain't that hard. It's just A and D.
The band will be touring a lot this summer. Go see them - tour schedule is at http://www.thegourds.com
You won't regret it....
PLEASE...,
Send me the acoustic version !! My great friends band.. Cousin Eddie plays this song.., HOT!!! and there isn't a person in the place that isn't dancing or jamming to this crazy-ass tune !!
Can't get enough of it !
Rollin' down the street.., smokin indo sippin' on gin & juice !!
Ahahaha, I got for y'all. I downloaded the song off of WinMX, with the filename "Travis Tritt, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks - Gin N Juice." The title on WinAmp shows up as "Phish..." Of course the song is sung by neither. It's not Travis Tritt, who I was excitedly hoping for it to be, but it's still awesome.
I'd love to have the accoustic version of Gin and Juice, if you don't mind emailing it to me, it would be greatly appreciated.....and just to clarify, to the best of my knowledge, it was Rusted Root that came out with the Country version, not Phish.....just giving credit where credit's due.....the mailman
I'd love to have the accoustic version of Gin and Juice, if you don't mind emailing it to me, it would be greatly appreciated.....and just to clarify, to the best of my knowledge, it was Rusted Root that came out with the Country version, not Phish.....just giving credit where credit's due.....the mailman
i stand corrected, you're saying it was the gourds.....whichever, i could really use the chords.
Mailman... Read a little closer. People already posted a link to the chords, which are A and D.
The link is: http://www.altcountrytab.com/gourds/gourds-ginandjuice.htm
I'm just going to reiterate this for anyone else who jumps on this board saying the cover is performed by Phish, Rusted Root, Blues Traveler, Travis Tritt & Company, Leftover Salmon, String Cheese Incident, Kid Rock, or Dave Matthews Band accompanied by all of these artists on stage (or in the studio) at the same time. If you have an acoustic bluegrass cover of Gin and Juice, and the singer(s) has a clear, southern voice that hits all of the notes with precision, then the song you are listening to is a cover by THE GOURDS. LET ME REPEAT THAT.
THE GIN AND JUICE COVER YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED IS PERFORMED BY A TEXAS BLUEGRASS BAND NAMED THE GOURDS!
The reason people mislabeled it was because no one really knows who The Gourds are, so someone attached the name of a band that they know and like, partially because it sounded like that band, but mostly because people are narrow minded creatures that are scared of the unknown. In other words, it was much more comfortable for oneself and for others to say it was Phish etc. Following this original and inevitable mislabeling, many people downloaded it while searching for Phish, or String Cheese, or DMB, or whatever band it started with. This is the ironic part. If no one had ever mislabeled it in the first place, then would any of us ever heard the cover? I suppose we should be grateful for having heard it, and I should be grateful for the opportunity to write this long, convoluted rant that will never matter. Maybe the song would have experienced a high rate of download strictly on the strength of the song name "Gin and Juice" without a mislabeled band name, but that possibility is open to further research, reflection, and discussion. Anyways, where was I? Oh yes, consequently the band name was changed numerous times by people who could tell the original name was wrong, but didn't want to do any research to find out who it actually was performed by, thereby repeating the cycle.
I stumbled upon this website searching for the true band myself. Thank you to the people who posted with the correct info. I hope to see the Gourds in the future now, they sound hot!
Laaate
hey can you send me the acoustic version of the song i've heard it before and i really like it
hey can you send me the acoustic version of the song i've heard it before and i really like it
hey can you send me the acoustic version of the song i've heard it before and i really like it
Finally broke down and bought a computer capable of handling a music download. Can you help a novice out and send me the song. Appreciate it much!
I had this copy, but somebody decided to delete my whole music file....and I no longer have it. Please send me the acoustic version.....Thanks much....
I have a portion the acoustic version and would appreciate a full copy. Thanx
I was wondering if you could email me the chords and lyrics for the acoustic version of gin and juice, I love that song, it rocks, and I would love to play it at parties. That would be great.
Thanks buddy,
James
Hi,
Could you please email me a copy of this song? I used to have the CD but it was stolen a while ago and I want my husband to hear it.
I would love to get a copy of the gin and juice acoustic song from you. My friends want me to learn it and play it at our next party. Thanks!
I would really like to get the tabs to this song, i heard the gourds play it and its amazing. I would really like to learn it, its hilarious! Thanx
I would really like to get the tabs to this song, i heard the gourds play it and its amazing. I would really like to learn it, its hilarious! Thanx
would you please e-mail me the MP3
Hey id really appreciate it if you could possibally send me those lyrics . its a cool ass song and i cant find them any where.
Thanks John
Lawerance05@hotmail.com
Hey id really appreciate it if you could possibally send me those lyrics . its a cool ass song and i cant find them any where.
Thanks John
Lawerance05@hotmail.com
i also want the gin and juice song i have also heard another cover but i dont know who sang it it was this man that was kinda reciting it like a poem and the backround music was a piano playing and like somekind of wind noise anyways if u know who this wqas could u tell me because this was the funniest ive ever heard
Dude, your site rocks. Very impressed with the amount of time you must have put into it. You inspire me to improve upon the one I'm developing for myself now.
I humbly approach you with a request for the afforementioned Gin & Juice mp3. The song truly does put a bounce in my step. I've got a pocket full of rubbers, and my homeboys do too. It maketh me to weep from the celestial beauty of it all.
Thank you so much for service you are providing to humankind.
Hi, I was wondering if there is a CD that has Travis Tritt and Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson, singing, Gin and Juice and where I can buy it.
Thank so much Patti
Please send me your version of Gin and Juice, done by DM. Thanks, JS
Hey I am in the army in iraq. My friend and I brought our guitars with us and we would really like to get the DMB version or Gin and Juice. We love it and want to learn it. So if you could do that it would be awsome. Thanks Spc. Patrick Cox
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE....
e-mail this song to me.
I heard it for the first time on my birthday and I LOVE it.
Thank you, honey
ami
Hell yea, send me a mp3 of the song dude! Downloaded a cover of it off of limewire not too long ago, don't know if it is the Goard's cover or not. Out.
hey can you email me the song??
I AM GOING TO CLEAR THE CONFUSION . . . THIS SONG IS ACTUALLY PLAYED BY THE SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS AND SUNG BY ERNEST P WORELL . . . CHECK WIKIDPEDIA PEOPLE !!! RUMOR HAS IT THEY CHANGED NAMES FOR COPYRIGHT REASONS
People are still not getting this. Dave Mathews has NEVER done a cover of Gin and Juice. Soggy Bottom Boys have NEVER done a cover of Gin and Juice. Suggesting they changed the name for copyright reasons is just silly. The Gourds started playing it back in 97, and put it on an album in 2000. (And Snoop loved it BTW...)
There may NOW be other bluegrass bands that have done a cover of it, but if so they are covering the cover done by The Gourds. If Soggy Bottom Boys ever do this song (which they have not) they will be following in the footsteps of the Gourds. And they will be doing so ten years after the fact...
To reiterate:
If you found a bluegrass cover of Gin and Juice on the internet it is 99.9999999% that it is the Gourds. That mp3 spread far and wide and was renamed just all sorts of things.... but its all the same song recorded by The Gourds.
I should note there are two versions out there, one studio and one live. BOTH by The Gourds. Both versions are accoustic and odds are 90+% the one you have or have heard is the studio version, because that's the one that exploded on Napster and started getting mislabeled. The live version is more likely to have the artist tag list "The Gourds" the studio version is more likely to list almost anything else other than the Gourds as the artist, DMB, SBB, Phish, Travis Tritt, Salmon, or tons of other misnamings. But the Gourds are the first band to do a bluegrass version of this song and their version is still BY FAR the most common one you'll find.
Additional note: There is a hip-hop cover done by a NY city rapper called... Phish. You'll immediately know the difference if you get that one. It's hip-hop, not bluegrass. There are no banjos in that one.
Rant completed.
Gin and Juice is definately by the Austin TX alt country band, "THE GOURDS". As a matter of fact, they will be in NYC at the Mercury Lounge on June 21st and they usually end their set with Gin and Juice. I may be in NYC that week and will definately go to the show. I live in Austin currently and I love this band. On their website, there is actually a video of Snoop Dogg rocking out to the song and singing along -
http://www.thegourds.com/videos.html
Gin and Juice is definately by the Austin TX alt country band, "THE GOURDS". As a matter of fact, they will be in NYC at the Mercury Lounge on June 21st and they usually end their set with Gin and Juice. I may be in NYC that week and will definately go to the show. I live in Austin currently and I love this band. On their website, there is actually a video of Snoop Dogg rocking out to the song and singing along -
http://www.thegourds.com/videos.html
But seeing as how I cannot find a video of G&J by either DMB or Phish, I will have to concede that it was performed by The Gourds.
Hi
You'll be pleased to know that, to further confuse the issue, someone has posted 'Gin and Juice' on Frostwire (a music sharing site) stating it is by the Barenaked Ladies!!!
Take care
Debs (Manchester, England)
x
I'll never forget where I was when I first heard the words "Gin & Juice, the acoustic version." It was at the tail end of my buddy's bachelor party, and we had just arrived at Yogi's, a place on Broadway at 76 Street that's best described as a shithole, only it's not as clean.
Gin and Juice is actually a cover by a band called the Gourds. They’re from Texas.
Read about it here:
http://indyweek.com/durham/2002-10-09/music.html
I was always under the impression it was Blues Traveler, but I was wrong. Consequently, I’m the same Brad that e-mailed you the translation to Jay-Z’s "Izzo."
Glad to see you’re back.
Fo shizzle,
-Brad
Posted by brad at December 27, 2002 12:31 AM