The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Heirloom Music – review

(Neanderthal Records)Jimmie Dale Gilmore is a Texan legend, a member of the Flatlanders (along with Joe Ely and Butch Hancock) and the composer of my all-time favourite from the south-west, Dallas. Who else could write lyrics such as, "Did you ever see Dallas from a DC9 at night"? This time, he's gone back to his roots, in the company of a band of old-time and bluegrass enthusiasts from San Francisco. Heirloom Music consists of just that, a collection of what Gilmore calls "early 20th-century, f...

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