Alejandro Escovedo
Rock
The next Alejandro Escovedo concert is scheduled for Friday, June 6, 2025 at Radio East in Austin, TX, United States. See all 6 upcoming concerts
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About Alejandro Escovedo
Hometown
San Antonio, TX, United States
Born
January 10, 1951
Genre
Rock
The scope of Alejandro Escovedo’s life in music is staggering. Born in 1951 in San Antonio to a mariachi musician father, Escovedo relocated to California with his family as a teenager. He ended up doing punk with The Nuns in San Francisco; alt-country with Rank And File in Austin; and roots rock with the True Believers. But he didn’t go solo until 1992’s Gravity, released a year after the suicide of his second wife, Bobbie Levie. Through a dynamic meld of folk, rock, blues, and country, Escovedo deftly handles themes of love and death on that record, establishing his prowess and stylistic diversity as a songwriter. His work since has followed suit—he turns despair into sweeping, folky grace on 1999’s “I Was Drunk”; explores lusty blues rock on 2001’s “Castanets”; and makes a Springsteen-approved rocker with 2008’s “Always A Friend.” He’s never stopped dealing with heavy subjects: In 2018 he released The Crossing, an album about Italian and Mexican immigrants seeking the American dream, which he followed with a Spanish-language version, La Cruzada, in 2020.
Alejandro Escovedo has also released music as a member of True Believers, Rank And File, The Setters, The Nuns, Buick MacKane The Fauntleroys.
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