Dave Alvin

David Albert Alvin is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, music producer and poet. He is a former and founding member of the roots rock band the Blasters. Alvin has recorded and performed as a solo artist since the late 1980s and has been involved in various side projects and collaborations.

These days the touring band is prinarily Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore with The Guilty Ones.

Jimmie Dale Gilmore is a Texan who spent a few formative years in California. Dave Alvin is a Californian who has spent alot of time in Texas. So of course, when the Blaster and the Flatlander began performing together after nearly thirty years of friendship, they leaned into the overlap. The duo’s first album, 2018’s Downey to Lubbock, was named for their respective childhood homes. Now they’re back with Texicali,  from Yep Roc Records. (Texas Monthly)

More about Jimmie Dale:

Jimmie Dale Gilmore

The Blasters

with brother Phil Alvin.

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