The artist was Colin Gilmore, the son of Jimmie Dale Gilmore and he brought Jared Hall along on accordian.  CG definitely has some familiar sound in his voice of his daddy, but he is different. “Goodnight Lane” is his latest release in 2010 and it has been getting stellar reviews. His combination of sounds are edgy rock to Lubbock native country sounding mixed together.  Hall’s accordian playing brought an intimate side to an instrument like I’ve never seen. His imagination is driven by his organ/keyboard mentality that was really a cool jamming element to the show.

Ear catching tunes included “The You That I Knew”, “Good Nite Lane”, “As Blue Shadows Fall” a tune his dad does not play so he stole it, and “Everything is Slipping By the Minute”.  The crowd was more than well behaved and enthusiastic throughout. “The Way We Are” had a Celtic feel to it which was neato.  A Nick Lowe gem “You Made Me” and “We’re Growing Up Together” scored well also.  At times I believe a microphone would of helped keep the interest level higher especially in the second set.  Dude’s nasal type delivery got a bit quiet at times and a tad hard to stay with.  All in all Colin is not his dad and that’s good. He’s his own style which is more pop hooks, good lyrics, and an overall straight forward approach to his songwriting and delivery. A nice sing along that revved the crowd was the 1956 tune “Green Door” which spoke about “a happy crowd” who “laugh a lot!”

Sounds like an ample description of this worth while house gig for sure.  Put it on your list and “like” these folks on Facebook while you’re at it…………..Peace and Good night.