Jimmie Dale Gilmore - After Awhile '1991

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       While Jimmie Dale Gilmore's first two solo albums presented him as an
enlightened honky tonk cowboy, 1991's After Awhile, his first set for Elektra,
was less stylistically bound to country music, and approached Gilmore as a
singer/songwriter, albeit one with a decided West Texas sensibility. The result
was a considerably more subdued and personal set than Gilmore had offered in the
past; Gilmore wrote all of the album's 12 songs (except for Butch Hancock's "My
Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own," which fits Gilmore like a glove), and the
quieter, often acoustic-based arrangements provide a more sympathetic backdrop
for the more cerebral corners of his songs than the spunky old-school country
frameworks of his work for Hightone (Gilmore discusses his interest in Buddhist
and Hindu teachings in the liner notes, which would have seemed a bit odd on
Fair and Square or Jimmie Dale Gilmore). While the bluesy wail of "Midnight
Train" and the uptempo shuffle of "My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own" proved
Gilmore hadn't turned his back on the rootsier side of his musical vocabulary,
the more languid tracks reflect a high and lonesome mood that's solely Gilmore's
province, and "Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown," "Treat Me Like a Saturday
Night," and "Blue Moon Waltz" are simply beautiful performances of remarkable
songs that could have come from no one else. After Awhile is a subtle, unforced
masterpiece that captures Gilmore at the subtle peak of his abilities.

Tracklist:
1 01. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown (02:54)
1 02. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own (02:31)
1 03. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Treat Me Like a Saturday Night (03:27)
1 04. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Chase the Wind (03:09)
1 05. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Go to Sleep Alone (03:08)
1 06. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - "After Awhile" (03:36)
1 07. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Number 16 (02:48)
1 08. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Don't Be a Stranger to Your Heart (03:49)
1 09. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Blue Moon Waltz (02:54)
1 10. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - These Blues (02:22)
1 11. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Midnight Train (04:48)
1 12. Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Story of You (03:01) 

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