This came out in 2000 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
If you go to Austin, Tex., you might be lucky enough to see Jimmie Dale Gilmore plying his trade like any other local joe.
The rest of us, sadly, have to make do with his all-too-infrequent recordings. One Endless Night, his first in four years, is, as always, well worth the wait. With his usual Zen-like serenity and simplicity, Gilmore takes his nasal, hill-country twang on a journey through a roots-rock landscape of the cursed and blessed, the drifters and downtrodden, the lovers and the brokenhearted. As always, he brings along his extended musical family — Emmylou Harris, Buddy and Julie Miller, Victoria Williams and Jim Lauderdale all pitch in on these loose-limbed, back-porch jams. And while Gilmore only penned two tunes, he has the likes of Butch Hancock, Townes Van Zandt and John Hiatt picking up the slack, so it’s hard to complain. Especially after hearing his high-lonesome covers of Mack the Knife and The Grateful Dead’s Ripple. They’re enough to tide you over till his next CD — or your trip to Texas.
