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August 7, 2008

Texas Troubadour Mines Glam-Punk Past

Veteran rocker Alejandro Escovedo on his epic life and great new album
December 11, 2006

Alejandro Escovedo Plays Zankel Hall

The underappreciated troubadour sets his sights on Carnegie Hall
June 25, 2003

Benefits Aid Ailing Escovedo

Fastball, Gourds members play to help pay medical bills
May 8, 2001

Under the Influence of Alejandro

Underground Texas legend Escovedo returns with first album of new material in five years

Recordings and Reviews

Real Animal

To call Alejandro Escovedo the godfather of modern country rock would sell him short. He fronted the influential twang-rock outfits Rank and File, and True Believers, but as a solo artist, he's transcended labels, and his latest is a chrome-bright autobiographical song cycle with flashbacks that roa...

2008 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

The Boxing Mirror

2006

Gravity

2002

Thirteen Years

2002

A Man Under The Influence

2001

With These Hands

1996

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Biography

By the time he released his debut solo album, Alejandro Escovedo had already spent more than a decade playing punk (with the Nuns); cow punk (Rank & File); and full-tilt, triple-guitar rock & roll (True Believers). But the San Antonio-born artist really came into his own with Gravity and its equally stunning followup, Thirteen Years. Both albums -- smartly produced by guitarist Stephen Bruton --...

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