Jimmie Dale Gilmore in Denton

Last night we went to see Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Dave Alvin play at Dan's Silverleaf in Denton. Denton was the first stop on their tour, and the whole affair was very casual. Jimmie Dale talked about the old days in Austin and the time he played at a Leonard Cohen tribute for Cohen himself and accidentally botched a lyric, and a thousand other things, but he did not want to talk politics. So he played Woody Guthrie's "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos" instead. That's all he needed to say. And his version of "Deportee" is the best I've ever heard.

Jimmie Dale can still sing with the angels, and Dave Alvin plays a fine guitar. It was a great time, and any show that ends with "Dallas," as in "Have you ever seen Dallas from a DC-9 at night?," is a good one in my books.

Here is a video of the Flatlanders playing one of my favorite songs of the night.