Jimmie Dale Gilmore - One Endless Night

After two critically acclaimed albums on Hightone Records in the 1980s, Jimmie Dale Gilmore moved up to major label Elektra in the '90s. But the kudos did not translate into sales -- only one of his three Elektra albums scraped into the bottom reaches of the country charts -- and by the turn of the century he was back on an independent: the folkie label Rounder (distributing his own Windcharger imprint). Three and a half years separated Braver New World, the last Elektra album, from One Endless Night, his Rounder debut, but Gilmore apparently hadn't spent much time writing in the interim. Of the 12 listed songs (there was also a bonus track, the rockabilly "DFW," referring to Fort Worth and Dallas), only two are co-written by the singer. One Endless Night is a compendium of Texas songwriting, including the work of Gilmore cronies and mentors Butch Hancock, Townes Van Zandt, Willis Alan Ramsey, and Walter Hyatt, as well as such familiar names as John Hiatt, Jesse Winchester, Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, and Steve Gillette. Though Gilmore had always mixed his own compositions with covers, this album presents him as an interpretive singer. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Buddy Miller Mando-Guitar, Guitar (Baritone), Guitar (12 String), Guitar (Electric), Mixing, Engineer, Producer, Mastering Byron House Bass Dar Williams Vocals Darrell Scott Guitar (Steel), Dobro, Mandolin, Guitar (Acoustic), Bouzouki Don Heffington Drums (Snare) Emmylou Harris Vocals Frank Olinsky Design Jenny Grisham Stylist Jim Hoke Autoharp Jim Lauderdale Vocals Jimmie Dale Gilmore Producer Julie Miller Vocals Lucy Kaplansky Vocals Phil Madeira Organ (Hammond) Richard Shindell Vocals Rob Gjersoe Guitar (Acoustic), Dobro, Guitar (Electric) Steve Hindalong Percussion Tammy Rogers Fiddle Victoria Williams Vocals