Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Texicali (CD)
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Jimmie Dale Gilmore's voice, that haunting West Texas tenor, has been one of Americana's most distinctive instruments since his days with the Flatlanders alongside Joe Ely and Butch Hancock. Pairing him with Dave Alvin, whose Blasters roots run just as deep in American vernacular music, makes for a genuine meeting of two lifers who earned their credibility the hard way, on the road and in the grooves.
TexiCali, the new album from Grammy winner Dave Alvin and Grammy nominee Jimmie Dale Gilmore, continues to bridge the distance between the two troubadours' respective home bases of California (Alvin) and Texas (Gilmore). The 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. As Alvin puts it in the liner notes, those road trips informed the music they made on TexiCali. The 11 songs on this double LP also connect their shared fondness for a broad range of American music forms. 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.
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UPC: 634457163973
Label: Yep Roc Records
Release Date: 6.21.24
Format: CD