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

Slim's presents Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore with the Guilty Ones;
with opener, Jon Langford's Four Lost Souls
Great American Music Hall
859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94109-7005 USA
8:00 PM, Friday, July 27, 2018

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

1. [8:18 PM] Fish Out of Water
2. [8:22 PM] Natchez Trace
3. [8:25 PM] I Thought He Was Dead
4. [8:31 PM] In Oxford Mississippi
5. [8:35 PM] Mystery
6. [8:39 PM] Snake Behind Glass
7. [8:42 PM] Poor Valley Radio
8. [8:46 PM] Masterpiece (TN)
9. [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]

• Jon Langford: guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Tawny Newsome: vox;
• John Szymanski: guitar;
• Bethany Thomas: vox.

[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]

1. [9:34 PM] Downey to Lubbock
2. [9:42 PM] Tonight, Downtown (JDG)
3. [9:45 PM] Johnny Ace Is Dead (DA)
   [9:52 PM Silverlake story]
4. [9:58 PM] Silverlake (JDG)
   [Ash Grove stories]
5. [10:07 PM] Stealin' Stealin'
6. [10:11 PM] 4th of July (DA)
7. [10:18 PM] Billy the Kid and Geronimo (JDG)
8. [10:24 PM] Lawdy Miss Clawdy (JDG)
9. [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]

• Dave Alvin: guitar, acoustic guitar, vox;
• Brad Fordham: bass, harmony vox;
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore: acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead & harmony vox;
• Chris Miller: guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar;
• Lisa Pankratz: drums.

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.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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