Dave Alvin was great Saturday night as expected.  He played acoustic guitar and sang and was accompanied by Chris “No Filler – Just Killer” Miller on Fender Telecaster guitar.  I didn’t buy a ticket for the second show, so I was only able to see the early show.   Amy LaVere and her talented combo opened the show with a short set of not much more than about 35 minutes.   Amy plays doghouse bass, sings and looks good in high heels.

Dave acknowledged that he’s working on a new album which is coming out in June.  I’m guessing that he’ll tour from about June to October this year.  So the big question in my mind is: Will it be with The Guilty Women, The Guilty Men, or a combination of the two (Guilty People)?  One thing new I learned after seeing Dave 30 or 35 times is that he said he wrote "King of California" for his mother.  

5 March 2011 – The Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago

Border Radio
Rio Grande
Harlan County Line
Evening Blues
Boss of the Blues
Black Rose of Texas*
Johnny Ace is Dead*
Dry River
Everett Ruess
Abilene
Ashgrove
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encore:
Blue Wing
King of California


* I’m not sure of the actual name of this new song.