You won’t find a bigger smile in Austin’s country music circles than that of Blake Whitmire, who leads his band toting a fiddle, acoustic guitar, and hours of Western swing and honky tonk tunes. The smooth-voiced, curly-haired Texan met with Dim Lights, Thick Smoke this week in Austin’s Mueller neighborhood for coffee and a recorded conversation about building confidence, learning how to write songs, and reclaiming the use of eye-catching Western wear.