{"id":20255,"date":"2021-12-09T18:11:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T01:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=20255"},"modified":"2021-12-09T18:12:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T01:12:31","slug":"the-band-of-heathens-ed-jurdi-gordy-quist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2021\/12\/the-band-of-heathens-ed-jurdi-gordy-quist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Band of Heathens&#8217; ED JURDI &#038; GORDY QUIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Musician: <strong>The Band of Heathens\u2019 ED JURDI &amp; GORDY QUIST<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Video: \u201c<strong>South by Somewhere<\/strong>\u201d<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T32xF1f9hoY\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE BAND OF HEATHENS\u2019 ED JURDI &amp; GORDY QUIST FEATURED AT BLUE ROCK\u2019S <em>COOL NIGHTS 21<\/em> <\/strong><strong>THIS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ed Jurdi &amp; Gordy Quist of The Band of Heathens will be featured at Blue Rock aLive! <em>Cool Nights 21<\/em> livestreaming concert series\u2014this Thursday, December 9.<\/p>\n<p>The Band of Heathens recorded <em>Stranger<\/em>\u00a0with Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket) in Portland, OR.\u00a0With Martine at the helm,\u00a0<em>Stranger<\/em>\u00a0[2020] emphasizes songcraft and intricate arrangements set in a spacious sonic landscape that reinvents the band\u2019s sound.\u00a0The songs teem with the emotion borne of personal experience, as has been The Band of Heathens\u2019 method from the very start.\u00a0<em>Stranger<\/em>\u00a0moves off into a new place, but still echoes the group\u2019s artful songwriting and multi-layered narrative observations. Martine\u2019s influence amplifies the unique voice that The Band of Heathens has created throughout their celebrated career, making\u00a0<em>Stranger<\/em>\u00a0their most engaging release thus far.<\/p>\n<p>The Band of Heathens has a soulful way of using powerful vocal harmonies, signature hooks and inspired lyrics to promote understanding and compassion, with the definite intention of encouraging others and lifting spirits. When they play together, it\u2019s easy to tell they love making music and spreading joy.<\/p>\n<p>Check out their livestream this Thursday, December 9, at Blue Rock Texas\u2014where innovation, quality and creativity are evidenced in concerts produced with broadcast quality audio-video from their renowned Texas room\u2014streamed straight to you. Tickets are $25. Inquire about a Season Pass ($105) which lets you can have a seat in the house\u2014by sending in your headshot. What\u2019s unique is they will place your headshot on a seat, so you will literally be <em>sitting<\/em> in the room. Go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/bluerocktexas.com\/events\">https:\/\/bluerocktexas.com\/events<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20263\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-1-Photo-credit-Jason-Quigley.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20263\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20263\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-1-Photo-credit-Jason-Quigley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-1-Photo-credit-Jason-Quigley.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-1-Photo-credit-Jason-Quigley-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Band of Heathens recording at Flora Recording &amp; Playback in Portland, OR, Oct 2019. Photo by Jason Quigley.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>ED JURDI (The Band of Heathens) <\/strong>Interview<br \/>\nwith\u00a0<em>M Music &amp; Musicians<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>magazine publisher, Merlin David<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about a song you will play at Blue Rock\u2019s <em>Cool Nights 21<\/em> <\/strong>(<em>on Dec 9<\/em>)<strong>.<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cSouth by Somewhere\u201d is a song we recorded for our most recent album <em>Stranger<\/em>. The song came together very quickly. While staying in Austin, I had returned from a night out. There was a groove and a melody line that kept pulsing in my head as I tried to go to sleep. Not wanting to ignore the muse, I popped out of bed, grabbed my iPhone and recorded an idea that was almost the entirety of the song. The song examines the idea of inspiration and how to stay in touch with the most basic and pure idea of what you believe it to be.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20262\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-2-Photo-credit-JasonQuigley.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20262\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20262\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-2-Photo-credit-JasonQuigley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-2-Photo-credit-JasonQuigley.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-2-Photo-credit-JasonQuigley-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Band of Heathens recording at Flora Recording &amp; Playback in Portland, OR, Oct 2019. Photo by Jason Quigley.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>What did you learn about yourselves after recording the album <em>Stranger<\/em>?<br \/>\n<\/strong>This is actually the first record we\u2019ve done under the proper supervision of a producer, Tucker Martine. He had a gentle hand in the process, but actually informed the songs and the sound of the album with his flavor. His style ultimately reinforced that we have good chemistry and shorthand for communicating ideas as a group\u2014and finding the essence of a song in the studio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you set aside time to write?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Gordy and I are committed to write a song a week. We\u2019ve figured out a way to motivate each other: if we don\u2019t turn a song in by Friday at midnight, we owe the other $100. (<em>Laughs<\/em>) It\u2019s hard to sit down and tackle the beast. Whenever I sit down to play\/sing, I always feel better after doing it. The best analogy is exercising. It\u2019s hard to get myself there to do it, but it always yields a positive result. Once I commit to doing it, I always feel great.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-3-Ed-Jurdi-Photo-credit-Jeff-Fasano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20261\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-3-Ed-Jurdi-Photo-credit-Jeff-Fasano.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-3-Ed-Jurdi-Photo-credit-Jeff-Fasano.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-3-Ed-Jurdi-Photo-credit-Jeff-Fasano-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-3-Ed-Jurdi-Photo-credit-Jeff-Fasano-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Who originally inspired you to write songs?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I was inspired to write songs initially as a means of expressing myself. I always liked to write in school and writing songs was initially an extension of that creative outlet. I\u2019m not sure I can point to one specific thing that inspired me to write songs, but I do know that the cumulative effect of great books, films and music certainly made me want to see if I could write something that made me feel the same way that those works of art did.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><strong><em>The Band of Heathens has a soulful way of using powerful vocal harmonies, signature hooks and inspired lyrics to promote understanding and compassion, with the definite intention of encouraging others and lifting spirits. When they play together, it\u2019s easy to tell they love making music and spreading joy.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What songwriting tip would you like to offer?<\/strong><br \/>\nJust do it\u2014and keep doing it. Repetition is the key. You can\u2019t be afraid to waste ideas or think that if you write too much you\u2019ll somehow dilute your ideas. It\u2019s impossible to say where and when a good idea will come from, so you have to keep exercising the songwriting muscle and be prepared for when the moment arrives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about a song you continue to play at live performances?<br \/>\n<\/strong>We play \u201cLA County Blues\u201d almost every night and I never get tired of singing and playing it. I think most of my best songs happen when I\u2019m not trying to write them. This song was no exception. I had a bit of an out of body experience writing the song and I try to reach for that same place whenever I\u2019m performing it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-4-Photo-credit-Jeff-Fasano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20260\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-4-Photo-credit-Jeff-Fasano.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-4-Photo-credit-Jeff-Fasano.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-4-Photo-credit-Jeff-Fasano-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>How did the idea of this song come to you?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I literally wrote \u201cLA County Blues\u201d on a walk. When I lived in Austin, I would take my dog for a walk after dinner around a cool little wilderness walking trail. I remember the sun was setting a certain way, I looked at it and I started humming the melody. The song unraveled like a bottle of yarn. Within that 20-30 min walk, I\u2019d hummed out the entire sketch of the song\u2014singing the whole song syllabically. At the end of the walk, there were a couple of lines that really stuck with me. I started to wonder what the song was about. I got home and grabbed a piece of paper and pen, and it just flowed. I picked up the guitar and I already had the key. My wife wanted to say something to me and I said, \u201cGive me a second\u2014I need to write this thing down before it goes away.\u201d It was ephemeral. It came in this rush\u2014this flood. I knew I just had to write it down and not think about it or criticize it. I\u2019d had it happen before but not quite like that\u2014where the whole song, fully formed, came to me. That\u2019s pure joy. I was just a medium for this thing given\u2014like someone opened up the sky and dropped this thing on me. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who inspired the song?<br \/>\n<\/strong>It\u2019s a character-driven song inspired by Hunter S. Thompson. It\u2019s an iconoclast song about someone living outside the boundaries of the law. I had a line about Las Vegas. I love <em>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas<\/em>, it\u2019s one of my favorite books. It\u2019s sort of about his life as an outcast kid growing up in Louisville. It became a mini-biography of this character\u2014stream of conscious thing that came faster than I could think of it. The first lines of the song, and of the chorus, came early. A lot of times, I\u2019ll have the name of the song or the key line in the chorus, and it helps open the door and I follow it. Two things are key: groove and melody\u2014if I can figure out how to combine them, I can create a structure to work in. This song was a happy accident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What instruments\/equipment can you not live without?<br \/>\n<\/strong>When I\u2019m writing, I need a guitar or a piano. My trusty Martin D28 or my Gibson Hummingbird always inspires me. Moleskin notepads (because I still like to write things down) and my iPhone (so I can record voice memos). The list of recording gear can go on forever, but for vocals, I love Neumann U47, AKG 414 and an RCA77. Fender amps (Princetons and Tweed Deluxes) are always a good starting point. I have a bunch of Teles and Strats made by Gamble Guitar Works and an amazing Tom Murphy Gibson Les Paul.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any accessories?<br \/>\n<\/strong>For live performance, we use Fishman Aura DI\u2019s\u2014they\u2019re really nice because they have a blend function that allows you to simulate a little microphone tone into the pickup. At Blue Rock, we\u2019ll have microphones on the acoustic guitars and that\u2019s the best way to hear it\u2014put a microphone in front of a great sounding guitar. I use G7th capos where you apply pressure for them to stay on. I use Kysers quite a bit. I love the Kysers. I still use them all the time because it\u2019s the only capos I\u2019ve never lost. I just clip it onto my guitar headstock and it never leaves my side. During the pandemic, I got a few Thalia capos. They\u2019re nice. They\u2019re like the Cadillac of capos. They have inserts for the neck radius of your guitar so it\u2019s a better fit. They are pretty sweet. I also use these Dunlop corriciadan bottles for slide guitar\u2014like Duane Allman. I think Derek Trucks uses the same slide. I\u2019ve gotten into these new Dunlop picks\u2014I like them a lot. It\u2019s really about having a good guitar and a good pickup system for plugging it in. Gordy has an amazing arsenal of nice Gibson guitars. Whenever I\u2019m in town, I steal his guitars and play them.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-5-Photo-credit-Campbell-Stetter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20259\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-5-Photo-credit-Campbell-Stetter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-5-Photo-credit-Campbell-Stetter.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-5-Photo-credit-Campbell-Stetter-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Which Top 5 Musicians\u00a0inspired you to become a musician?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I\u2019m going to pick five out of a hat because it\u2019s different people, depending on the day: Van Morrison, Chris Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Paul McCartney.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your Top 5 favorite albums of all time?<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Rubber Soul<\/em> (1965) \u2014 The Beatles<br \/>\n<em>Tupelo Honey<\/em> (1971) \u2014 Van Morrison<br \/>\n<em>Blonde on Blonde<\/em> (1966) \u2014 Bob Dylan<br \/>\n<em>Dixie Chicken<\/em> (1973) \u2014 Little Feat<br \/>\n<em>Modern Sounds in Country and Western<\/em> (1962) \u2014 Ray Charles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about \u201cJackson Station.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>That\u2019s the first song that Gordy and I wrote together. It was the first time we ever sat down to write together. I went over to his place in East Austin and he said, \u201cI got this thing\u2014this idea of Jackson Station in the first verse.\u201d It was pretty cool. We didn\u2019t think it was the best song we\u2019d written but it was a good omen. We liked the Ry Cooder vibe\u2014cool, swampy thing. It\u2019s not a full chorus but a chorus refrain. I was nerding out on the songwriter side of things. It was different. When we brought it to the band, they thought it was awesome. We played it, and felt much better about it. Now we play it all the time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did you choose to cover \u201cHurricane\u201d?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Our keyboard player, Jesse Wilson, thought it would be a cool song to cover. He had Levon Helms\u2019 <em>American Son<\/em> and played the tune for me. We have the utmost respect for Levon and his artistry. We\u2019re all huge fans of The Band. But I felt the vibe didn\u2019t support the lyrics. We reworked it to be more of a dirge. There\u2019s the triumph element of overcoming the adversity of hurricanes and storms, but a somber tone to it. We took all the threes out of the song\u2014left ones and fives. Kept it ambiguous\u2014is it major, minor or neither? We slowed it way down and added a bigger vocal harmony to the chorus. We had to unlock the song for ourselves\u2014to make it our own. It\u2019s a great song, but we wanted to put our imprint on it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20258\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-6.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Tell us a \u201cpinch me\u201d moment when you thought \u201c<em>Wow, this is really happening to me!<\/em>\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>Performing with Kris Kristofferson at the Newport Folk Festival. We were playing \u201cSunday Morning Coming Down\u201d and I was playing guitar and singing harmony, looking towards him as I sang. At the exact moment in the chorus that he sings \u201cWishing, Lord, that I was stoned,\u201d he turned towards me and broke into a huge grin. I still get goosebumps talking about it today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the best advice someone has given you?<br \/>\n<\/strong>The best advice given to me was posed as a question: \u201cIs this something you need to do? Could you imagine your life if you weren\u2019t performing and writing music?\u201d My answer back then, and still today, is unequivocally \u201cNo!\u201d I honestly couldn\u2019t imagine what my life would be like if I weren\u2019t writing and performing music\u2014it\u2019s been so fundamental to all of my experiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best advice you\u2019d give upcoming musicians?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I would extend the same advice or pose the question to anyone wanting to follow the muse and chase their dreams. Ultimately, I look at myself as a servant to the music. My goal is to create and make music that I\u2019m inspired by and lifts others in the way that the music I loved inspired me. It\u2019s the most joyous thing I can imagine doing, but it\u2019s not something that you can take lightly\u2014you have to be all <em>in<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is playing at Blue Rock so special?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Billy being a writer and creative person sets the template. Dodee being empathetic and sympathetic to the entire cause is a driving force. I don\u2019t know if she plays music, but the frequency in which she vibrates made it easy for me to have a conversation with her about music. They\u2019re both in-tune to it and what they\u2019ve created out there\u2014the vibe and all the staff\u2014they get it. It\u2019s an artist\u2019s retreat. Like you said, it\u2019s a sacred space for music. Music is the priority. There\u2019s nothing there that keeps you from tapping into your element of creativity. They curated it\u2014from the building itself to the interior design, music space, kitchen space\u2014it is home.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20257\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-7.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-7-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>How do you stay hopeful in this unique socio-political climate?<br \/>\n<\/strong>The thing I\u2019ve found success with is breaking things down to the smallest level possible. When you get lost in the world or the big view on things, it\u2019s easy to drown in that. When I break it down into small things like my family, my group of friends or my community and what we can be doing to make the world a better place, it helps. It\u2019s OK to not agree with people. Ultimately, that\u2019s the construct of this whole experiment. How do you find a way to be respectful where you can disagree? We\u2019re all trying to get to the same place\u2014we just have different vehicles to get there. It\u2019s an exercise in patience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you make all of that practical?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Whenever I get out of my own head, I think \u2018What can I do today in my interactions to make peoples\u2019 lives better. It could be something as simple as holding a door or being kind to someone. There\u2019s something about the cumulative effect of all those acts cascading and creating a positive effect. That\u2019s the whole thing about playing music\u2014whenever we\u2019re able to connect with an audience with music\u2014there\u2019s no ulterior motive. It\u2019s just sharing experience and joy with people to help them connect. It\u2019s good for all of us to be here together and realize there is common ground for us to connect and share. This is what\u2019s so important in the whole human experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can new fans get more info and stay updated?<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><a href=\"%22http:\/\">www.bandofheathens.com<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Instagram: @bandofheathens<br \/>\nTwitter: @bandofheathens<br \/>\nFacebook.com\/thebandofheathens<br \/>\nYouTube.com\/bandofheathensmusic<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20256\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-8.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Band-of-Heathens-8-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musician: The Band of Heathens\u2019 ED JURDI &amp; GORDY QUIST Video: \u201cSouth by Somewhere\u201d \ufeff THE BAND OF HEATHENS\u2019 ED JURDI &amp; GORDY QUIST FEATURED AT BLUE ROCK\u2019S COOL NIGHTS 21 THIS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9 Ed Jurdi &amp; Gordy Quist of The Band of Heathens will be featured at Blue Rock aLive! 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