Photos: Dave Alvin/Jimmie Dale Gillmore

Opener: Dead Rock West at The Birchmere

Aug 19, 2023

Photos from Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gillmore with the Guilty Ones on August 16, 2023 at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Va.

More photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/glenncookphoto/albums/72177720310632510

Dead Rock West opened the show.

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