Do you remember how you felt when you got a new pair of sneakers as a kid. Like you could bounce all the way up to touch the net of the basket. Like you could trampoline to the sky, like you could run fast enough to fly. I used to have dreams that I could run so fast that it would launch me into the air. What precipitated this riff? I got some new Chuck’s, and boy do they feel good. I don’t recall that sensation sticking around long when I was a kid, but I have had my Converse's for a month now and they still delight. Just looking at them, they make me happy.
Photo Credit: Kim MaguireI feel the same way about Colin Gilmore’s music. I first met him leaning against a now long gone cigarette machine at Antone’s several years ago, during SXSW®. Wow, how long ago was it when there still were cigarette machines? He gave me a copy of the 4 of No Kind EP that day. I brought it into XM and put “The You That I Knew” and “Winds Of Heaven” on the air immediately. He came to visit in DC when I booked his dad, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, at XM for a performance segment, and Colin got to play with him and sing a song or two. His music has made me happy for years, even when he is singing about sorrow. I was delighted he was able to come play for us at Threadgill’s this past March during the Music Fog Marathon. His most recent album came out last year, his first after about five years, and here is the Music Fog version of the title track, “Goodnight Lane.” Dancing to this in my Chucks!
- Jessie Scott
