The CD was indeed available here in the States, but I'm sure not very widely.
At the time of its release, Kevin was operating out of Iowa City--he had been a
student in the wrtier's workshop there--hence the Bo Ramsey connection. Kevin
played lots and lots of gigs with Bo and still, I believe, makes it up to Iowa
City for a show or two each year, for those of you in the Midwest. At any rate,
Iowa City record shops used to have lots of copies of CARNIVAL TIME in stock. I
haven't lived there for over a year and so I can't say if any are still around.
However, if you want to do some detective work you could look up phone numbers
for either Real Records, BJ's Compact Discs, and/or Apollo CDs, and give 'em a
call to find out. The folks at Real are likely to be the most knowledgable,
although BJ's once had an outstanding alt-country selection and Apollo was
owned and operated by the drummer for IC's great bar band, High and Lonesome.
So you would have a chance of tracking down a copy by calling any of those
guys. I don't have the numbers but the area code is 319.
Dallas
James Matthews wrote:
> In 1993 Kevin Gordon & Bo Ramsey made a brief tour of New Zealand. While
> here Gordon struck a deal with local label Real Groovy Records and a 14
> track album _Carnival Time_ licensed from Shed Records was subsequently
> released. I don't know if this ever saw the light of day in the States
> but if so those looking for more Kevin Gordon output might want to track
> it down. It's every bit as strong as his current _Cadillac Jack's #1 Son_
> if a little rougher around the edges. It also features the excellent slide
> guitar playing of Bo Ramsey on several tracks.
>
> Track listing:
>
> lucy & andy drive to arkansas/hillbilly queen/scared of love/wild one/
> thing about you/king of kings/carnival time/black dress/hellcat/quiet child/
> heart of mine/get across/six feet under/lonesome track (All songs written
> by Kevin Gordon)
>
> Drop me a line for further details.
>
> np: _Fever: The Best Of Little Willie John_
>
> cheers,
>
> - james matthews .... [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "name me a song that everybody knows, i'll bet you it
> belongs to acuff/rose"
