Jimmie Dale Gilmore

13 of This Weekend's Best Shows: Neil Halstead, The Coathangers, KISS and more

Neil HalsteadSaturday, August 4, at Good RecordsOnce the lead singer of one of the loudest and dreamiest shoegaze acts, Slowdive, Neil Halstead has somehow found himself far away from the style he once perfected. After a decade of playing country pop in Mojave 3, he's now strumming solo, in preview ... More >>

13 of This Weekend's Best Concerts: H2O Music Festival, Gillian Welch, Latin Energy Festival and More

H2O Music FestivalSaturday, June 9, at The Cotton BowlThere's something for everyone at H2O Music Festival. For those of us on this side of 30, Weezer has is somewhat familiar. (Remember when Pinkerton occupied our stereo for an entire summer?) They'll be joined by Snoop Dogg, Ozomatli, Yelawolf, Ju ... More >>

Preview: Emmylou Harris at Will Rogers Memorial Center

Saturday, June 2, at Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth

Shelby Lynne at the Kessler and the Best of Your Weekend

Shelby Lynne​It's kind of hard to look the other way when you see that Shelby Lynne's coming to Dallas, and the Kessler Theater of all venues. Should be a great, intimate place to catch a handful of the country star's hits.That's just the start.We already mentioned Daniel Hart at El Sibil on Satur ... More >>

By Way of Joe Ely, Rhett Miller Helps Remind Us How This Blog Got Its Name.

What do you say we go and print some of these suckers up now that we're famous?​Every few months or so, it just so happens that someone will pop up on our radar and ask us how this here blog got its name. To be honest: We're not quite sure who picked it. Our memories here in the music department t ... More >>

Joe Ely Tells Us Why He's Now Satisfied At Last

Joe Ely​At 64, Joe Ely is the elder statesman of Texas music. For over three decades, Ely has continuously released some of the most influential country-rock and folk albums around, inspiring and influencing bands as disparate as The Clash and Uncle Tupelo. Beginning his career in Lubbock while pl ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Senses Fail at Lola's Saloon, Dylan Sneed at the Kessler Theater and Willis Alan Ramsey at Poor David's Pub

Not a bad selection of shows for a Wednesday night, especially if you're into poppy punk or prime Americana.

Joe Ely Does "Dallas," In Dallas

What you see above is a Jeff Liles-filmed two-fer from Joe Ely's extraordinary, intimate "Storytellers" performance at the Kessler last night: Dig All Night's "Behind the Bamboo Shade" followed by Ely's rendition of the immortal "Dallas," penned by Jimmie Dale Gilmore and originally released as the ... More >>

Over The Weekend: The Flatlanders at Sons of Hermann Hall

Better than: Seeing the Flatlanders at the Wyly or the Granada, where they've played their last two shows. The ballroom at the Sons of Hermann Hall is their natural element, as dusty and real as the colorful West Texas characters that populate the band's best songs.Will Van Overbeek​The silver-hai ... More >>

Because Of The Wind

Rhett Miller Was A Legless, Prosthetic-Armed Al Queda Member (On Squidbillies' Season Finale).

Rhett as a squid? Sure thing.​Rhett Miller, singer/songwriter extraordinaire and frontman for the Old 97's, made a TV appearance last night as a legless, prosthetic-armed Al Queda member. No, really. The creators of Squidbillies, the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim staple about Appalachian squids, gath ... More >>

Picture Show: The Flatlanders at the Wyly Theatre

Patrick MichelsRyan Bingham, singing with Joe Ely here, played Shemp to the Flatlanders' Jimmie, Butch and Joe.​ Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock christened the Wyly Theatre's concert stage Tuesday night (they're the first non-Shakespearean act to play the new theater, at least), wra ... More >>

Free Flatlanders: A Contest!

​The folks at the AT&T Performing Arts Center picked quite the inaugural concert for the Wyly Theatre: The Flatlanders, otherwise known as Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock. No doubt they'll break in the joint Tuesday night with the first song on their first album, recorded in 197 ... More >>

Picture Show: The Flatlanders at the HOB

Gloria Levario In last week's paper, Noah wrote about The Flatlanders' enduring relevance and knack for writing about the times we're living in--and, on Friday night at the House of Blues, Butch Hancock, Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore put on a show to prove it.Check out more photos in our slideshow ... More >>

The Flatlanders' Legendary Careers Keep Growing

Good Friday: Calhoun, Hayes Carll, Red Headed Stranglers, Metal Rouge, Wildflower!, The Lash Outs, A Tribute To Stephen Bruton, Dem Southernfolkz, QCBS Benefit

There are so many options for music lovers this weekend that it's almost overwhelming. Remember, back in the days when you used to go to video stores to rent movies, how it felt to just stare at the cases with no idea what you wanted to watch, and there were so many choices that you got a headache b ... More >>

Poster Of The Week: 100 Damned Guns, Blackland River Devils And Whiskey Folk Ramblers

This week's winner promotes 100 Damned Guns, Blackland River Devils and Whiskey Folk Ramblers Saturday at The Double-Wide. Clearly, the guys in 100 Damned Guns are in no need of an ego massage if they boast the "Heart of Hank Williams," "Brain of Waylon Jennings" and "Muscles of Jimmie Dale Gilmore ... More >>

Celebrate Nicholas Altobelli's CD Release This Friday in Grapevine

Since we're on the topic of CD release parties already: You may recall a few months ago when I wrote about this local, young, up and coming alt-country singer/songwriter, Nicholas Altobelli. Basically, I stumbled, quite literally, into The Cavern one night and was taken aback by Altobelli's way-beyo ... More >>

What's That The Texas Observer Smells in Dallas?

Late Notice, But, Hey, It's Story Time!

Blog Log

Your New Favorite Music Blog: DC-9 at Night

"O, Dallas, you shine with an evil light."

Soak in Some Sound

Charity Cases

Good ways to spend some money. Just get a receipt for your taxes.

Best Night of Local Music Ever. Oughta Be, Anyway.

Pain in the ACL

This Here Utopia

Raise some funds for the Kinkster's keepers

Fortunate Sons

For the supergroup The Flatlanders, three albums in three decades ain’t so bad

The Flatlanders

June 26

Various Artists

Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt (FreeFalls Entertainment)

His and hers

For Buddy and Julie Miller, love, God, and country music are all that matters

Out There

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Rave on

For Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, and Butch Hancock, The Flatlanders is more a bond than a band

Terry saves

Lubbock-born sculptor-songwriter finally finds a little Salivation

Country and Midwestern

The best of the alt-country lot salute the majesty of the past--while defining the future

Events for the week

Out of the past

Slaid Cleaves finally molds his influences into the shape of his own voice

Black Maria, Don't You Cry

Mary Cutrufello's music is full of country heartache. But Texas' most unlikely honky-tonk star is about to become her own boss.

Pop mart

South by Southwest '97: Will guitars give up the ghost? Yes and no, but mostly no

Town and country

Whiskeytown and No Depression pour into town

Roadshows

Spirit of '96

Last year showed pop still has more than a ghost of a chance

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

Two area favorites are back--one returning, the other reborn

Out Here

Cosmic cowboy

Jimmie Dale Gilmore goes once more into the mystic

Roadshows

Roadshows

Dust and wind

Joe Ely sends a sad, beautiful Letter to Laredo