Totally Gourdgeous are an Australian folk band, in which the members' instruments are manufactured from gourds made by the group's Penelope Swales. They formed in Melbourne in 1998, with Swales on guitar,

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, hulusi, aslatuas, mandolin, vocals; Andrew Clermont on fiddle, guitar, mandolin and vocals;

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on drums, guitar and vocals; and

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on fretless bass guitar, mbira, gourd trumpet and vocals. The group made their live debut at the 1999-2000 Woodford Folk Festival, and have become popular mainstays of folk and country festivals around Australia. The group have released five albums, the two most recent of which being distributed by

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. During performances and recording the members alternate lead and backing vocals, typically depending on who wrote each song. Their music style ranges from folk-rock and country to soul and funk, and their lyrics, whilst typically comedic or tongue-in-cheek in nature, frequently cover topics including peace, conservation, philosophy, love, and activism.

Members

* Andrew Clermont – fiddle, guitar, mandolin, vocals *

– percussion, drums, guitar, vocals * Penelope Swales – guitar,

, hulusi, aslatuas, mandolin, vocals *

– bass guitar, mbira, gourd trumpet, vocals The members take turns as lead vocalist and backing vocalists.

Discography

* ''Totally Gourdgeous'' (2000) – Independent (GRD1) * ''D'vine'' (2002) – Independent (GRD2) * ''The Stroke of Midnight'' (2005) – Independent (GRD3) * ''Pun Kin'' (2011) – Independent/

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(GRD4) *''Gourd in the Act'' (2020) – Independent/

(GRD5) *Plus 3 DVDs ''The Bazaar Clips'' (2007) – Independent - Live @ Woodford Folk Fest ''Shades of the Vine'' (2014) Independent - Live @ Enrec Studio ''The Ripe Stuff'' - Independent - Live @ West End, Brisbane

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://web.archive.org/web/20150228111335/http://malwebb.customer.netspace.net.au/gourd.html archived from th
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on 28 February 2015, accessed on 6 December 2018. Australian folk music groups