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Post by thepogo on Aug 25, 2012 12:15:13 GMT -5
Anyone besides me see comparisons with Paul & Alejandro Escovedo?
AE writes great songs. Has the rocker mentality but can play the soft ones as well. Has an artists well being like Paul.
If you dont know who he is go check him out.
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Post by anarkissed on Aug 25, 2012 13:07:00 GMT -5
Followed him off and on since Rank and File...
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Post by thepogo on Aug 25, 2012 13:30:27 GMT -5
He tore it up on Leno last night
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Post by GtrPlyr on Aug 25, 2012 14:19:30 GMT -5
I'm a pretty big Alejandro fan. I saw him live a year or so back doing an acoustic gig with his guitar player and violinist. Got to meet him afterwards ever so briefly.
Yeah, I can see how one would compare the two. Both started out with the punk thing. Rank and File and The Mats definitely would've appealed to similar audiences back in the day. Both have excelled at the heart-on-sleeve songwriting and both are criminally underappreciated.
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Post by anarkissed on Aug 25, 2012 14:39:07 GMT -5
When I saw The Replacements at Liberty Lunch in Austin on the PTMM tour, Escovedo joined them onstage for "Gary's Got A Boner"...
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Post by thepogo on Aug 26, 2012 13:26:18 GMT -5
Thats very cool. When I saw PW at Liberty Lunch I think in 1993, Bob Mould went up on stage and played I Wanna Be Your Dog.
Paul said something like "I hear Bob is in the house". Bob was at the back and walked thru the crowd to the stage.
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Post by anarkissed on Aug 26, 2012 16:43:21 GMT -5
Yeah, a friend of mine was there and told me about it...I was kinda bummed because it would have been pretty easy for me to make that show and I didn't...I think Mould was living in Austin at the time, and maybe still does...
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Post by 4x8 on Aug 27, 2012 13:59:14 GMT -5
Love Alejandro, and yes I agree that like PW he can rock and create some beautilful songs as well.
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Post by ih8music on Aug 27, 2012 14:09:01 GMT -5
I've heard his name mentioned a lot but never got around to checking him out. Where's the best place to start (2-3 first-pick albums)?
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Post by pm on Aug 28, 2012 12:42:28 GMT -5
wow, just checked this Alejandro Escovedo guy out. how can I be so old and still "discovering" amazing artists?
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Post by GtrPlyr on Aug 28, 2012 13:51:49 GMT -5
I've heard his name mentioned a lot but never got around to checking him out. Where's the best place to start (2-3 first-pick albums)? I would start with: Gravity - His first solo record and still my all-time fave. Some great rockers, heartbreaking folkers with some roots and country touches throughout. Not a bad song in the bunch really. A lost classic if you ask me. After that I'd maybe go Real Animal, The Boxing Mirror, Street Songs of Love... You really can't go wrong with any of his solos records. |
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Post by ih8music on Aug 29, 2012 10:47:08 GMT -5
I've heard his name mentioned a lot but never got around to checking him out. Where's the best place to start (2-3 first-pick albums)? I would start with: Gravity - His first solo record and still my all-time fave. Some great rockers, heartbreaking folkers with some roots and country touches throughout. Not a bad song in the bunch really. A lost classic if you ask me. After that I'd maybe go Real Animal, The Boxing Mirror, Street Songs of Love... You really can't go wrong with any of his solos records. Much appreciated. Making my way through Gravity now... very good so far. |
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Post by thepogo on Aug 29, 2012 13:31:03 GMT -5
Yes those are all great. Check out "With These Hands" and he had a rock band in the middle of it all called, Buick MacKane
Back in the 80's we would go see him and his brothers in the True Believers.
He is still rocking it at 61. Im not sure if its posted but try and find his latest visit to Leno. It was last week. Straight up rock.
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Post by bigbak on Aug 29, 2012 16:12:04 GMT -5
Alejandro and the Sensitive Boys are playing the Bluebird in Denver tonight with Jesse Malin (who I still have yet to develop a taste for), and if I can get out early enough I'm going. AE and PW definitely share some music DNA.
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Post by thepogo on Aug 29, 2012 16:20:27 GMT -5
Great job Red Red Wine podcast playing the new Alejandro Escovedo song "Man of The World".
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