Jimmie Dale Gilmore is a Texan who spent a few formative years in California. Dave Alvin is a Californian who has spent alot of time in Texas. So of course, when the Blaster and the Flatlander began ...

Dave Alvin was barely into his 20s when he wrote “American Music,” the roots-rock anthem that serves as his watchword. With the Blasters, the Knitters, and on his own, Alvin surveys the expanse of ...

Dave Alvin and the Guilty Ones had just violated a rule — “in roots rock, never, ever play a ballad at the Zoo Bar” doing “King of California” when Alvin took to the microphone for a little commentary ...