Jimmie Dale Gilmore's tremulous, twangy whine is a beautiful thing, full of loneliness and humble awe. On After Awhile he uses it to fine advantage, on definitive versions of his standards, Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown and Treat Me Like a Saturday Night, as well as on a driving cover of Butch Hancock's My Mind's Got a Mind of Its Own, which includes hot mandolin from Richard Bowden. After awhile, though, the stripped-down arrangements and melodies here can start to sound alike. Thankfully, the bluesy Midnight Train, with snarling electric guitar from James Pennebaker, heats things back up and then some.