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Dave Alvin And Jimmie Dale Gilmore On World Cafe

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Dave Alvin And Jimmie Dale Gilmore On World Cafe

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As the longtime acquaintances found out when they were thrown together as tour mates, Alvin and Gilmore have the blues, classic folk and the L.A. club The Ash Grove in common.

Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore On World Cafe

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Dave And Phil Alvin On Mountain Stage

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Dave And Phil Alvin On Mountain Stage

The brothers, who as members of The Blasters were core players in American roots-rock, perform songs from their first album together in decades, a tribute to Big Bill Broonzy.

Dave And Phil Alvin On Mountain Stage

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In Big Bill Broonzy's Blues, Brothers Find A Way To Sing Together

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Music Interviews

In Big Bill Broonzy's Blues, Brothers Find A Way To Sing Together

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Dave and Phil Alvin have made their first full album together in nearly 30 years, a tribute to one of their early influences. "His persona was so big to me," Phil Alvin tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross.

In Big Bill Broonzy's Blues, Brothers Find A Way To Sing Together

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Dave And Phil Alvin On World Cafe

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Dave And Phil Alvin On World Cafe

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After a 30-year hiatus from musical collaboration, the brothers and former Blasters have overcome personal differences to record a tribute to Big Bill Broonzy. Here, they perform three songs.

Dave And Phil Alvin On World Cafe

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Dave Alvin On Mountain Stage

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Dave Alvin On Mountain Stage

In his sixth appearance on Mountain Stage, Alvin returns to his fiery electric roots with songs from his latest record, Eleven Eleven.

Dave Alvin On Mountain Stage

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Beginning with The Blasters and later in a long solo career, Alvin has enjoyed a long and varied career in the roots-rock world. His latest project finds him performing with an all-female band. Here, they perform on Mountain Stage.

Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women in Concert on Mountain Stage

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Dave Alvin And Roots-Rock's Guilty Women

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Dave Alvin And Roots-Rock's Guilty Women

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Alvin is a Grammy-winning guitarist, singer and songwriter whose interpretation of roots music has won countless fans for its raw yet dignified power. For more than 25 years, he's been cooking up batches of folksy songs that range from rockabilly to punk to blues. His latest project, Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women, is yet another step in yet another direction.

Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women on World Cafe 09/23/09

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Song Of The Day

Dave Alvin: The Sad Song Of 'Everett Ruess'

Writer, artist and explorer Everett Ruess went missing 75 years ago, but his body was found only recently. Dave Alvin wrote a song called "Everett Ruess" for his 2004 album Ashgrove, and it's a beautiful, delicate, ambling tune, sung from the perspective of Ruess himself.

Everett Ruess

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Music Interviews

Dave Alvin's Musical California

Fresh Air

Dave Alvin is best known for his work in the Blasters and X, as well as his solo career. His new CD West of the West is a tribute to California songwriters, and features Alvin performing songs by Jerry Garcia, Tom Waits, Brian Wilson, Merle Haggard and others.

Dave Alvin's Musical California

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What's In a Song? 'The Man in the Bed'

As part of our occasional series from the Western Folklife Center, we present a Father's Day segment: Dave Alvin talks about his song "The Man in the Bed." The series "What's In a Song" is produced by Taki Telonidis and Hal Cannon.

What's In a Song? 'The Man in the Bed'

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