Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore in concert tonight (Lancaster, PA)

[Mousetoescamper]

A pleasant evening at Long's Park Amphitheater in my home town.

Dave Alvin began his career with brother Phil as co-founders of blues-rocking band The Blasters in 1979. Jimmie Dale Gilmore is a singer/songwriter and a founding member of The Flatlanders. They're now on tour with the Guilty Ones band.

Dave Alvin


Jimmie Dale Gilmore


Unidentified member of the Guilty Ones

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

1. Nice shots!

[Mousetoescamper]

2. Thanks!

[3Hotdogs]

3. I guess it was about 15 years ago, JDG played at the Stanhope House, Stanhope, N.J.

The room has a capacity of about 50 people. Our table was 5 ft from the stage.

Great night.

[Gato Moteado]

4. great shots!

when i lived in austin, i worked with jimmie dale gilmore's wife, janet...she is one of the coolest people i've ever worked with. she would bring jimmie to company functions. he was quite shy.

do you get a lot of touring bands up that way to play that stage?

[Mousetoescamper]

5. Long's Park has hosted many national touring acts over the past 60 years

including Count Basie, Judy Collins, the Coasters, the Drifters, Roberta Flack, Tom Chapin, the Turtles, Richie Havens, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Los Lobos, Angelique Kidjo, Robert Hazard, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Booker T & the MGs and many more.

In recent years I've seen Arlo Guthrie, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Dawes, Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, John McEuen, and Sonny Landreth.

Here's an iPhone photo I took of Arlo Guthrie at the amphitheater in 2017


Thanks, Gato!

[Gato Moteado]

7. cool shot of arlo.....

...i've seen him a couple times. his biggest hit, "city of new orleans", was written by steve goodman who was from my home town (chicago). i got to see goodman a couple times before he died back in 1984.

sonny landreth is awesome....i think he was touring with john hiatt on at least one of the times i saw hiatt (i've seen hiatt a bunch) and he's on some of hiatt's studio albums.

i think landreth is all over this whole album:

[Mousetoescamper]

8. Glad I got to see Arlo before he retired from touring

I dig Landreth's simple slide and steel guitar parts on Slow Turning.

Feels Like Rain is a favorite.

[Tikki]

6. We saw them in February..

Excellent music. Amazing crowd. Felt comfortable and exciting all at the same time.
We saw them with the drummer from the Guilty Women/Guilty Ones.

The Tikkis