LISTEN UP!: LONE STARS
Jimmie Dale Gilmore marvels at how his walk-on role in “The Big Lebowski” still gets him “more attention than 40 years of playing my own music!” Of course, he’s only half-joking; Gilmore’s crusty wit and disarming Texas twang are well-known to fans of the Flatlanders, the acoustic country-rock group he co-founded in 1972 with Butch Hancock and Joe Ely. They made just one album before launching successful solo careers, but that sealed the legend; they’ve reunited and recorded several times since, and they’re celebrating the release of their long-lost first session, “The Odessa Tapes,” with a tour that brings them to B.B. King’s on Monday. “Rock ’n’ roll is very much in our DNA,” Gilmore says, “but I think we’ve always been experimental and old-fashioned at the same time. Rediscovering these songs has been a lot of fun, so we’re excited to just get out there and play.” 8 p.m. at 237 W. 42nd St.; more info at bbkingblues.com.
— Bill Murphy
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