Fair & Square (Jimmie Dale Gilmore album)
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| Fair & Square | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Honky tonk | |||
| Label | HighTone | |||
| Producer | Joe Ely | |||
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Fair & Square is the debut solo album by the American musician Jimmie Dale Gilmore, released in 1988.[1][2] Gilmore supported the album with several live dates.[3] The first single was "Trying to Get to You".[4]
The album was produced by Joe Ely, who also provided backing vocals.[5][6] Gilmore was backed by his band, the Continental Drifters.[7] Lloyd Maines contributed on steel guitar.[8] Most of the songs are representative of traditional honky tonk music.[9] "Just a Wave, Not the Water" and "99 Holes" are covers of the Butch Hancock songs.[10][11] "White Freight Liner Blues" was written by Townes Van Zandt.[12] "Honky Tonk Masquerade" is a cover of the notable Ely song.[13] "Rain Just Falls" was written by Gilmore's guitarist, David Halley.[14] "Singing the Blues" is a version of the popular standard.[15]
