Win Tickets ($70): Grammy Winner Dave Alvin & Grammy Nominee Jimmie Dale Gilmore with The Guilty Ones @ Aladdin Theater | Folk
We are giving away a pair of tickets to Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore with The Guilty Ones @ Aladdin Theater on July 11. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed July July 8.
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Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore with The Guilty Ones
July 11, 2024
Doors 7PM, Show 8PM | $35 | All Ages
More info: etix.com
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR 97202
When Grammy winner Dave Alvin and Grammy nominee Jimmie Dale Gilmore made the album Downey To Lubbock together in 2018, they wrote the title track as a sort of mission statement. “I know someday this old highway’s gonna come to an end,” Alvin sings near the song’s conclusion. Gilmore answers: “But I know when it does you’re going to be my friend.”
Six years later, they’re serving notice that the old highway hasn’t ended yet. “We’re still standing, no matter what you might hear,” they sing on “We’re Still Here,” the final track to their new album Texicali. Texicali continues to bridge the distance between the two troubadours’ respective home bases of California (Alvin) and Texas (Gilmore).
The album’s geographic theme reflects Alvin’s repeated journeys to record in Central Texas with Gilmore and the Austin-based backing band that has toured with the duo for the past few years. The 11 songs on Texicali also connect the duo’s shared fondness for a broad range of American music forms. On their own, both have been prominent artists for decades. A philosophical songwriter with a captivating, almost mystical voice, Gilmore co-founded influential Lubbock group the Flatlanders in the early 1970s. Alvin first drew attention as a firebrand guitarist and budding young songwriter with Los Angeles roots-rockers the Blasters in the early 1980s.
Gilmore is primarily known for left-of-center country music, while Alvin’s compass points largely toward old-school blues. But there’s a lot of ground to cover beyond those foundations, and both artists also are well-known for transcending genre limitations. So it’s not surprising that they’ve spiked Texicali with cosmic folk narratives, deep R&B grooves and even swinging reggae rhythms. “There’s such a strange variety through the whole thing,” Gilmore says. “And I love that.”
They’re both quick to credit the musicians who joined them in the studio as crucial to the sound and spirit of the album. On Downey To Lubbock, they recorded primarily in Los Angeles with a crew that included ringers such as the late Don Heffington on drums and Van Dyke Parks on accordion. This time, though, Alvin’s longtime rhythm section of drummer Lisa Pankratz and bassist Brad Fordham played a larger role, along with guitarist Chris Miller and keyboardist Bukka Allen. “After the time we spent touring, Jimmie and I became members of this band,” Alvin says. “The band can play just about anything, which the album shows off.”
I’d love this!!
What a fantasy show!!
awesome lineup, would love to go!
I heard them on YouTube, cant wait to see them and hear live. They Rock!
This is going to be a knock out concert, would love to go.
legends.
Dave and Jimmie together. What a treat.
Two of the very best songwriters anywhere. Can’t get to Downey or Lubbock next month, but def can make it to the Aladdin!
I need this in my life.
My kind of Music
I’ve seen them both before, but never together. This is going to be a great show
What an amazing show this will be.
Love Dave! Would love to win tickets and see him again!
Grammy’s and grandpa’s! Both good things!
It’s been many years since I saw Jimmy Dale Gilmore at the Aladdin, but the last time I did, a red balloon drifted in (from the back door apparently?) and onto the stage, and it was such a crazy cosmic moment 😂 Would love a repeat!
Please, please, please! I am a huge Dave Alvin fan. Jimmie Dale is fun too. Would make my summer!
Will be a great show. Would like to surprise my wife with tickets. Thanks!