Colin Gilmore

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Colin Gilmore (born in Lubbock, TX, and now based in Austin) is an American singer-songwriter. Gilmore is building his reputation the old-fashioned way: hard work and imagination. He and his wife's idea of the perfect honeymoon was a tour of Japan, where he played eight cities in 10 days, complete with a different backing band at each gig. Subsequently, he toured the US west coast, played the Old Town Art Fair in Chicago, and played an online interactive concert at Mike Nesmith's Videoranch. "I'm getting out there and doing it," says Gilmore, who was invited to open for pals Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines, two Grammy-winning members of Austin's musical royalty, at the Columbus (Ohio) Performing Arts Center. He was particularly thrilled with the reception he got at a song swap with a few other Austin notables: Ruthie Foster and Grammy winners Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel) and Joel Guzman (Los Super Seven, etc.). "I felt like I was in my element and made a real connection with the crowd," he recalls. Gilmore's self-described blend of "West Texas-style rock, with a country/punk/psychedelic/pop edge," is also earning him a fan base – and airplay – nationally (including sations like KPIG-FM, no less). In California he played camp ground radio broadcasts at the Strawberry Music Festival in Yosemite and made more than 15,000 new fans at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco (they loved "The You That I Knew"). He played at that event – and toured the country

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Black Wine

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SXSW 2009 Showcasing Artists

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SXSW 2010 Showcasing Artists

Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe

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SXSW 2008 Showcasing Artists

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The Wild and Hollow

Goodnight Lane

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The Day the World Stopped and Spun the Other Way

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SXSW 2011 Showcasing Artists

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SXSW 2006 Showcasing Artist

4 of No Kind

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SXSW 2005 Showcasing Artist

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