Photos: Dave Alvin/Jimmie Dale Gillmore
Opener: Dead Rock West at The Birchmere
Photos from Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gillmore with the Guilty Ones on August 16, 2023 at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Va.
Dead Rock West opened the show.
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