# Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore at Great American Music Hall, July 27, 2018

[Slim's](http://www.slimspresents.com/event/dave-alvin-and-jimme-dale-gilmore-gamh/) presents [Dave Alvin](http://www.davealvin.net/) & [Jimmie Dale Gilmore](http://www.jimmiedalegilmore.com/) with the Guilty Ones;  
with opener, [Jon Langford](http://jonlangford.de/)'s Four Lost Souls  
[Great American Music Hall](http://www.gamh.com/)  
[859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94109-7005 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=859+O%27Farrell+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA+94109-7005+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Friday, July 27, 2018

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## Set One: Jon Langford's Four Lost Souls

[8:16 PM JL out, girls at side stage; lights down, rest of band up onstage after a moment or two]

01. [8:18 PM] _Fish Out of Water_
02. [8:22 PM] _Natchez Trace_
03. [8:25 PM] _I Thought He Was Dead_
04. [8:31 PM] _In Oxford Mississippi_
05. [8:35 PM] _Mystery_
06. [8:39 PM] _Snake Behind Glass_
07. [8:42 PM] _Poor Valley Radio_
08. [8:46 PM] _Masterpiece_ (TN)
09. [8:49 PM] _Half Way Home_
10. [8:54 PM] _I Felt My Courage Fail_
11. [8:58 PM] _What's My Name?_  
[Jon comments: "We move now from secular gospel to doom wop"]
12. [9:01 PM] ? (unidentified tune. lyrics: "The blade takes an edge, the ocean takes a few")  
[set ends 9:04 PM]

### Performers

* [Jon Langford](http://jonlangford.de/): guitar, lead and harmony vox;
* Tawny Newsome: vox;
* John Szymanski: guitar;
* Bethany Thomas: vox.

## Set Two: Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore with the Guilty Ones

[9:16 PM bass and guitar out to get things fixed up; faked out: both off after a few minutes of noodling]  
[9:32 PM lights down, _Down by the Riverside_ on the PA]  
[9:33 PM band out]

01. [9:34 PM] _Downey to Lubbock_
02. [9:42 PM] _Tonight, Downtown_ (JDG)
03. [9:45 PM] _Johnny Ace Is Dead_ (DA)  
[9:52 PM Silverlake story]
04. [9:58 PM] _Silverlake_ (JDG)  
[Ash Grove stories]
05. [10:07 PM] _Stealin' Stealin'_
06. [10:11 PM] _4th of July_ (DA)
07. [10:18 PM] _Billy the Kid and Geronimo_ (JDG)
08. [10:24 PM] _Lawdy Miss Clawdy_ (JDG)
09. [10:27 PM] _Deportee - Plane Wreck at Los Gatos_ (JDG)  
[JDG off, back at 10:38 PM]
10. [10:34 PM] _Dry River_ (DA)  
[Add Jon Langford's Four Lost Souls on harmony vox; CM swaps to acoustic guitar]
11. [10:47 PM] _Get Together_ (JDG)  
[Guests off; CM swaps back to electric guitar]
12. [10:50 PM] _Dallas_ (JDG)
[set ends 10:55 PM; all off; back at 10:58 PM]  
   
**Encore**
13. [11:59 PM] _Bring It on Home to Me_
14. [11:03 PM] _My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own_ (JDG)  
[Les Paul/Andres Segovia tuning story]
15. [11:09 PM] _Marie Marie_ » [11:17 PM] _Downey to Lubbock_ reprise » [11:19 PM] _Down by the Riverside_ (fragment) » [11:20 PM] DA JDG off, outro jam from the band  
[show ends 11:21 PM]


## Performers

* [Dave Alvin](http://www.davealvin.net/): guitar, acoustic guitar, vox;
* Brad Fordham: bass, harmony vox;
* [Jimmie Dale Gilmore](http://www.jimmiedalegilmore.com/): acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead & harmony vox;
* Chris Miller: guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar;
* [Lisa Pankratz](https://www.facebook.com/Lisa-Pankratz-317909839150/): drums.

## Notes

Tonight was a really super excellent show. Reminded me that I need to try harder to see Dave every single time he comes to town.

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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