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Survival Kit
Sunday, August 04, 2002
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Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Today on Survival Kit I will be talking with country singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore, who has had some experience in the area of spiritual retreats. After making a name for himself in the early 1970’s with his band the Flatlanders, he dropped out of the music scene for over a decade to study Eastern religions and meditation, then came back in the late 80’s to resume recording and touring. He is still singing and writing country songs about love and loss, but from a slightly different perspective, and he has now agreed to give us some insight into what makes him tick by sharing the contents of his cultural Survival Kit.
JIMMIE DALE GILMORE’S LIST
1. Maddox Brothers and Rose, Vol. 1 “America’s Most Colorful Hillbilly Band”
2. The Complete Beatles Collection- specifically “In My Life”
3. Mad Magazine Anthology
4. Thomas Merton’s translation of Lao-Tzu
5. The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts
6. Laurel and Hardy films (all of them)
7. Marx Brothers films (all, but especially “A Night At the Opera” and “A Day at the Races”)
8. Jimmie Rodgers records
1. Maddox Brothers and Rose, Vol. 1 “America’s Most Colorful Hillbilly Band”
2. The Complete Beatles Collection- specifically “In My Life”
3. Mad Magazine Anthology
4. Thomas Merton’s translation of Lao-Tzu
5. The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts
6. Laurel and Hardy films (all of them)
7. Marx Brothers films (all, but especially “A Night At the Opera” and “A Day at the Races”)
8. Jimmie Rodgers records