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Alejandro Escovedo

Born in 1951 in San Antonio, TX

Alejandro Escovedo's Genre:

Americana, Alternative Country-Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Country, Roots Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Progressive Country, Country-Rock

Biography

Alejandro Escovedo's family tree includes former Santana percussionist Pete Escovedo and Pete's daughter Sheila E (also Prince's former drummer and later a pop star). He began his music career with the Nuns, a mid-'70s punk band based in San Francisco. He co-founded the pioneering cowpunk band Rank and File in 1979, which moved to Austin, Texas in 1981 after a stint in New York City. The band released Sundown on Slash Records in 1982, but shortly after, Escovedo left to form the True Believers with brother Javier. The band recorded two albums for EMI and toured the country, often as an opening act for Los Lobos. However, EMI opted not to release the second album, which eventually led to the group's breakup. (It eventually surfaced as a bonus item when Rykodisc reissued the first set on CD in 1994.) Escovedo released a solo album in 1992 on Watermelon Records, Gravity, uniting his wide variety of styles; the album was produced by Stephen Bruton of Bonnie Raitt's band. Escovedo also began gigging periodically with the band Buick MacKane, which fused old-school punk with '70s glam rock; after Rykodisc released Escovedo's With These Hands in 1996, they followed it up with Buick MacKane's long-awaited album. After Escovedo parted ways with Rykodisc, he signed in 1998 with the Chicago-based alt-country label Bloodshot, which released the live album More Miles Than Money: Live 1994-1996 and the acclaimed studio set A Man Under the Influence. In April 2003, Escovedo collapsed following a show in Phoenix, AZ, after which it was subsequently revealed that he had been diagnosed with Hepatitis C in the late '90s but had not sought treatment. An outpouring of support from musicians led to a series of successful benefit concerts to help pay Escovedo's medical expenses and keep his music before the public, followed by a tribute album, Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo, which was released in 2004. In 2006, Escovedo released Boxing Mirror and toured with the Alejandro Escovedo String Quintet to promote the album. His next album, Real Animal, was produced by Tony Visconti and released in June 2008. Escovedo re-teamed with Visconti for 2010's Street Songs of Love. Visconti also produced his follow-up, Big Station, which was released in the early summer of 2012. ~ John Bush

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Americana

It’s time to hit the country back roads with Americana on Slacker Radio. Travel through the prairies, swamps, dance halls and pubs to discover rock that twangs, country, folk, and bluegrass. Americana features all of the greats of the genre including Gram Parsons and The Byrds, Lyle Lovett, Ryan Adams, Lucinda Williams and more.

The Current

The Current brings you the best authentic new music alongside the music that inspired it, from unique to universal, indie to influential, new to nostalgic. Broadcasting from the musical hotbed that is Minnesota, listen to The Current and you’ll see why we say, “Great Music Lives Here.” Find playlist, interviews and more at thecurrent.org.

Alejandro Escovedo

This station plays the best music from and music from related artists like Lucinda Williams, Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, Old 97's, Steve Earle, James McMurtry, Drive-By Truckers, Todd Snider, Whiskeytown, Robert Earl Keen, Jr. and more.

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Alejandro Escovedo's Selected Discography (21)

Por Vida Live

Big Station

201212 Songs

Street Songs of Love

201013 Songs

Real Animal

200813 Songs

The Boxing Mirror

200612 Songs

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