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Amazon.com's Best of 2000
His distinctive Texas vocal twang has always shone on ballads, and on the sublime One Endless Night, singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore sang some of his best yet. Whether performing soulful covers of fellow Lone Star talents or a country-noir version of "Mack the Knife," Gilmore continues to prove himself one of country music's most enduring artists. --Jason Verlinde
Though often praised as a songwriter, Jimmie Dale Gilmore mostly considers himself a "song lover." Thus it should come as no surprise that 10 of the baker's dozen songs on One Endless Night are covers. Nor shou
Amazon.com's Best of 2000
His distinctive Texas vocal twang has always shone on ballads, and on the sublime One Endless Night, singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale Gilmore sang some of his best yet. Whether performing soulful covers of fellow Lone Star talents or a country-noir version of "Mack the Knife," Gilmore continues to prove himself one of country music's most enduring artists. --Jason Verlinde
Though often praised as a songwriter, Jimmie Dale Gilmore mostly considers himself a "song lover." Thus it should come as no surprise that 10 of the baker's dozen songs on One Endless Night are covers. Nor should it surprise anyone that Gilmore's distinctive plaintive twang so effectively conveys his passion for these songs. On his first record in nearly four years, Gilmore looks to his fellow contemplative Texans to provide much of the material here: songs by Townes Van Zandt, Walter Hyatt, and Willis Alan Ramsey join a pair from fellow Flatlander Butch Hancock. Add to that songs by "outsiders" like John Hiatt, Jesse Winchester, the Grateful Dead (a lovely reading of "Ripple"), and even Kurt Weill (a spooky reading of "Mack the Knife"), and you get a sense of who Gilmore is as an artist: entrenched in country music, he also has an open and curious mind, a wandering spirit, and an affection for timeless melodies. Boasting an assortment of guests, including coproducer Buddy Miller (another firmly rooted freethinker), Emmylou Harris, and Jim Lauderdale, One Endless Night is as vast and dusty, as soothing and warm as the high Texas plains. --Marc Greilsamer
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Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd
Release date: 29 February 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0011661317321 UPC: 011661317321
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