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Jimmy LaFave Songwriter Rendezvous

by Chronicle Staff May 19, 2017October 30, 2025

Jaimee Harris kicked off an almost four-hour tribute to Jimmy LaFave at the Paramount on Thursday, May 18.
Christine Albert & Chris Gage
Eliza Gilkyson & Sam Baker
Shinyribs’ Kevin Russell
Kevin Russell
Kevin Welch
Woody Guthrie Tribute: (l-r) Michael Fracasso, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Joe Ely, Eliza Gilkyson, Ellis Paul
Woody Guthrie Tribute: (l-r) Michael Fracasso, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Joe Ely, Eliza Gilkyson, Ellis Paul, Ray Bonneville, Slaid Cleaves
Backing band MVP Kym Warner of Austin’s onetime Greencards
Fracasso, Guthrie, Ely & Gilkyson
Fracasso, Guthrie & Ely
Backing bandmember Warren Hood
Butch Hancock
Abra Moore
Michael Fracasso
Backing bandleader Chris Gaga with real-life partner Christine Albert and Jaimee Harris
Marcia Ball
Eliza Gilkyson
Ruthie Foster
Ruthie Foster
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Christine Albert leading into the grand finale
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Jimmy LaFave finally appeared onstage at the end of the show
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LaFave’s longtime booker Val Denn (left)
One of many LaFave family reps
Jaimee Harris and Chris Gage
Ray Bonneville
Christine Albert
Writer Dave Marsh spoke about LaFave’s terminal cancer, sarcoma
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Ellis Paul
Tish Hinojosa
Longtime LaFave guitarist John Inmon
LaFave drummer Bobby Kallus
LaFave keyboardist Radoslav Lorkovic
Kevin Welch
Sarah Lee Guthrie
Michael Fracasso
Eliza Gilkyson & Joe Ely
Ely & Gilkyson
Warren Hood
Gilkyson, Ely, Guthrie
Fracasso & Guthrie
John Fullbright
Slaid Cleaves
Butch Hancock
Abra Moore
Michael Fracasso
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Marcia Ball
Gretchen Peters
Eliza Gilkyson
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Jimmy LaFave
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Emcee Jody Denberg (l) with Butch Hancock and Kevin Connor
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