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Alejandro Escovedo (10 Jan 1951 - )

Male Person - United States

Releases (36)

Official

Album

  1. Gravity 10 Sep 1992
  2. Thirteen Years 1993
  3. With These Hands 19 Mar 1996
  4. Bourbonitis Blues 04 May 1999
  5. A Man Under the Influence 24 Apr 2001
  6. By the Hand of the Father 14 May 2002
  7. The Boxing Mirror 02 May 2006
  8. Real Animal 24 Jun 2008
  9. Street Songs of Love 29 Jun 2010
  10. Big Station 05 Jun 2012
  11. Burn Something Beautiful 28 Oct 2016
  12. Echo Dancing 29 Mar 2024

Album - Live

  1. More Miles Than Money: Live 1994-96 10 Mar 1998
  2. "Bürgerhaus", Heilbronn (Germany) 12.12.2002 2003

Album - Compilation / Live

  1. Por Vida 2004

Album - Compilation

  1. An Introduction 21 Apr 2009
  2. True Believer: The Best of Alejandro Escovedo 2011

Single

  1. The End/Losing Your Touch 1994
  2. Arizona 23 May 2006
  3. 1968 12 May 2009
  4. Anchor 01 Jun 2010

EP - Live

  1. Live Animal 2008
  2. Live on KCRW 03 Jul 2020
  3. Live on World Cafe 04 Sep 2020

Promotion

Single

  1. Always a Friend 2008

Other - Interview

  1. 'With These Hands' Music & Interview Session 1996

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. 2002-02-08: Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA 2002
  2. 2008-03-15: SxSW, Maria's Taco Xpress, Austin, TX, USA 2008
  3. 2010-06-10: Thursday in the Square, Buffalo, New York 10 Jun 2010
  4. 2013-06-04: Continental Club, Austin, TX, USA Jun 2013
  5. 2013-07-13: Out of the Box Festival on Boston Common, Boston, MA, USA Jul 2013
  6. 2015-03-08: State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ, USA Mar 2015
  7. 2015-05-07: Dakota Jazz Club, Minneapolis, MN, USA May 2015
  8. 2015-10-09: The Mondavi Center, Davis, CA, USA 2015
  9. 2015-03-27: SPACE, Evanston, IL, USA 2015
  10. 2016-07-29: Dosey Doe Music Café, Conroe, TX, USA 2016

Relationships (12)

Member Of

  1. The Nuns original
  2. Rank and File
  3. The Setters
  4. Alejandro Escovedo String Quintet
  5. The True Believers
  6. Buick MacKane
  7. Alejandro Escovedo & Joe Ely

Married

  1. Kim Christoff

Siblings

  1. Javier Escovedo
  2. Mario Escovedo
  3. Coke Escovedo
  4. Pete Escovedo

Recordings by (227)

  1. Paradise 4:17 (10 Sep 1992)
  2. Broken Bottle 3:52 (10 Sep 1992)
  3. One More Time 3:49 (10 Sep 1992)
  4. By Eleven 4:03 (10 Sep 1992)
  5. Bury Me 5:23 (10 Sep 1992)
  6. Five Hearts Breaking 4:10 (10 Sep 1992)
  7. Oxford 4:27 (10 Sep 1992)
  8. Last to Know 5:01 (10 Sep 1992)
  9. She Doesn't Live Here Anymore 4:23 (10 Sep 1992)
  10. Pyramid of Tears 4:01 (10 Sep 1992)
  11. Gravity / Falling Down Again 7:24 (10 Sep 1992)
  12. Ballad of the Sun and the Moon 4:32 (1993)
  13. Try, Try, Try 4:34 (1993)
  14. Way It Goes 4:56 (1993)
  15. Losing Your Touch 3:59 (1993)
  16. Thirteen Years 4:02 (1993)
  17. Helpless 4:38 (1993)
  18. Mountain of Mud 3:50 (1993)
  19. Tell Me Why 3:45 (1993)
  20. Thirteen Years Theme 1:30 (1993)
  21. She Towers Above 4:49 (1993)
  22. Baby’s Got New Plans 5:00 (1993)
  23. The End 3:41 (1993)
  24. Pale Blue Eyes 6:56 (1994) live, 1993-12-10: Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI, USA
  25. Two Angels 4:43 (1994)
  26. I Wish I Was Your Mother 5:19 (1994)
  27. Gravity 2:40 (1994)
  28. Put You Down 5:48 (19 Mar 1996)
  29. Slip 4:47 (19 Mar 1996)
  30. Crooked Frame 4:01 (19 Mar 1996)
  31. Pissed Off 2AM 4:35 (19 Mar 1996)
  32. Nickel and a Spoon 5:22 (19 Mar 1996)
  33. Little Bottles 3:18 (19 Mar 1996)
  34. Sometimes 6:28 (19 Mar 1996)
  35. Guilty 4:35 (19 Mar 1996)
  36. Tired Skin 3:50 (19 Mar 1996)
  37. With These Hands 3:29 (19 Mar 1996)
  38. Tugboat 6:04 (19 Mar 1996)
  39. Pissed Off 2 A.M. 5:48 (1996)
  40. The New Album, 'With These Hands': "Hello Everybody.../... Does That Makes Sense?" 2:13 (1996)
  41. The Song "Guilty": "The New Album 'With These Hands'.../... Back Into Society, You Know" 1:25 (1996)
  42. Guest Musicians on the Album, the Song "2am": "One Thing That Was True.../... That's What That Song's About." 2:25 (1996)
  43. 2am 4:35 (1996)
  44. Austin/ Gravity & Thirteen Years: "What Brought You to Austin.../... That's What Inspired That Song." 2:48 (1996)
  45. Try Try Try 4:34 (1996)
  46. The Musical Escovedo Family: "Alejandro, You Said the Song We Just Heard.../... They All Played Percussion." 1:58 (1996)
  47. The Song "Thirteen Years," Written From a Woman's Perspectiv: "Now Coming From a Musical Family.../... Promises That Never Come True." 0:58 (1996)
  48. The Songwriting Process: "Al, With the Release of the New Album.../... Take That Ride With You." 1:56 (1996)
  49. Making Gravity / The Song "One More Time": "Your First Solo Album.../... One More Time." 1:37 (1996)
  50. The Song "Pyramid of Tears": "There's a Song Called Pyramid of Tears.../... Crying a Pyramid of Tears, You Know." 0:42 (1996)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Marianne 2:59 The True Believers (May 1986) guitar
  2. Five Hearts Breaking 4:10 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) acoustic guitar
  3. Gravity / Falling Down Again 7:24 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) acoustic guitar
  4. Pyramid of Tears 4:01 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) acoustic guitar
  5. Paradise 4:17 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) acoustic guitar
  6. By Eleven 4:03 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) acoustic guitar
  7. Tugboat 6:04 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) acoustic guitar
  8. Guilty 4:35 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) acoustic guitar
  9. Crooked Frame 4:01 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  10. Little Bottles 3:18 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) electric guitar
  11. Put You Down 5:48 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) electric guitar
  12. Slip 4:47 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) guitar
  13. Pissed Off 2AM 4:35 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) acoustic guitar
  14. Nickel and a Spoon 5:22 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) acoustic guitar
  15. Sometimes 6:28 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) acoustic guitar
  16. With These Hands 3:29 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) acoustic guitar
  17. The End 3:22 Buick MacKane (1997) electric guitar
  18. Falling Down Again 5:25 Buick MacKane (1997) electric guitar
  19. Black Shiny Beast 3:49 Buick MacKane (1997) electric guitar
  20. John Conquest, You’ve Got Enough Dandruff on Your Collar to Bread a Veal Cutlet 5:23 Buick MacKane (1997) electric guitar
  21. Loose 6:03 Buick MacKane (1997) electric guitar
  22. Edith 4:02 Buick MacKane (1997) electric guitar

Vocals

  1. One More Time 3:49 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) lead vocals
  2. Last to Know 5:01 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) lead vocals
  3. Bury Me 5:23 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) lead vocals
  4. She Doesn't Live Here Anymore 4:23 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) lead vocals
  5. Five Hearts Breaking 4:10 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) lead vocals
  6. Paradise 4:17 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) lead vocals
  7. By Eleven 4:03 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) lead vocals
  8. Gravity / Falling Down Again 7:24 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) lead vocals
  9. Oxford 4:27 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) lead vocals
  10. Broken Bottle 3:52 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) lead vocals
  11. Pyramid of Tears 4:01 Alejandro Escovedo (10 Sep 1992) lead vocals
  12. Slip 4:47 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) lead vocals
  13. Guilty 4:35 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) lead vocals
  14. Pissed Off 2AM 4:35 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) lead vocals
  15. Little Bottles 3:18 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) lead vocals
  16. Crooked Frame 4:01 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) lead vocals
  17. With These Hands 3:29 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) lead vocals
  18. Put You Down 5:48 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) lead vocals
  19. Nickel and a Spoon 5:22 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) lead vocals
  20. Sometimes 6:28 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) lead vocals
  21. Tired Skin 3:50 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) lead vocals
  22. Tugboat 6:04 Alejandro Escovedo (19 Mar 1996) lead vocals
  23. Not Home Anymore 5:54 Whiskeytown (29 Jul 1997) guest, additional, background vocals
  24. Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight 3:14 Whiskeytown (29 Jul 1997) guest, additional, background vocals
  25. Dancing with the Women at the Bar 4:38 Whiskeytown (29 Jul 1997) guest, additional, background vocals
  26. Big Shoe Head 4:52 Buick MacKane (1997)
  27. John Conquest, You’ve Got Enough Dandruff on Your Collar to Bread a Veal Cutlet 5:23 Buick MacKane (1997)
  28. Wandering Eye 2:55 Buick MacKane (1997)

Credited as (21)

  1. Alejandro Escovedo
  2. Alejandro Escovedo & Vin Scelsa
  3. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band feat. Alejandro Escovedo
  4. Los Lobos with Alejandro Escovedo
  5. Tony Visconti with Alejandro Escovedo
  6. Los Texmaniacs feat. Alejandro Escovedo
  7. Bun E. Carlos feat. Alejandro Escovedo
  8. Steve Wynn with the Alejandro Escovedo Band
  9. Grady feat. Alejandro Escovedo
  10. Alejandro Escovedo with Don Antonio
  11. Alejandro Escovedo with Rosie Flores
  12. Alejandro Escovedo with Ian McLagan and The Bump Band
  13. John Cale with Alejandro Escovedo
  14. Suzanna Choffel feat. Alejandro Escovedo
  15. Alejandro Escovedo & Mother Falcon
  16. Mike Flanigin feat. Alejandro Escovedo
  17. Alejandro Escovedo con Don Antonio
  18. Alejandro Escovedo, Jon Langford & Dave Alvin
  19. Diane Gentile & Alejandro Escovedo and The Gentle Men
  20. Diane Gentile & Alejandro Escovedo
  21. The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project feat. Alejandro Escovedo

Works (200)

Wrote

  1. Meet Me at the End of the World (2017)
  2. No Solution
  3. Andare
  4. Footsteps in the Shadows
  5. Texas Is My Mother
  6. Teenage Luggage
  7. Something Blue
  8. Outlaw for You
  9. Amor Puro
  10. Waiting for Me
  11. How Many Times
  12. Cherry Blossom Rain
All Works Results >>

Composed

  1. Wave
  2. Rosalie
  3. Across the River
  4. Castanets
  5. Don’t Need You
  6. As I Fall
  7. About This Love
  8. Arizona
  9. Looking for Love
  10. The Ladder
  11. Break This Time
  12. Evita’s Lullaby
  13. Died a Little Today
  14. The Boxing Mirror
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Lyrics

  1. I Was Drunk
  2. Everybody Loves Me
  3. Sacramento & Polk
  4. Wave
  5. Rosalie
  6. Across the River
  7. Castanets
  8. Don’t Need You
  9. As I Fall
  10. About This Love
  11. Arizona
  12. Looking for Love
  13. The Ladder
  14. Break This Time
  15. Evita’s Lullaby
  16. Died a Little Today
  17. The Boxing Mirror
  18. Silver Cloud
  19. After the Meteor Showers
  20. Fall Apart With You
  21. Faith
  22. Common Mistake
  23. Party People
  24. Sad & Dreamy (The Big 10)
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Events (13)

Main Performer At

  1. Guinness Fleadh Festival 1998: San Francisco
  2. 2011‐01‐15: Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ, USA
  3. 2010‐07‐23: The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ, USA
  4. Cisco Systems Ottawa Bluesfest 2007, Day 7
  5. Voodoo Music Experience 2009, Day 1
  6. SXSW 2005, day 3: Town Lake Stage at Auditorium Shores time
  7. SXSW 2012, day 2: 30th Annual Austin Music Awards: Austin Music Hall time
  8. SXSW 2007, day 3: Austin Music Hall Ballroom time
  9. SXSW 2012, day 3: Moody Theater time
  10. SXSW 2005, day 1: Austin Music Hall time

Guest Performer At

  1. SXSW 2000, day 1: Gallery Lombardi Lounge time
  2. SXSW 2012, day 3: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
  3. 2008‐04‐14: Toyota Center, Houston, TX, USA

Links (21)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.alejandroescovedo.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/alejandro_escovedo
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb140004015
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/135223083
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n94023779
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94023779

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-6927/alejandro-escovedo/lyrics.html

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/63235

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/179551

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000621423

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/74047935

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974936

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Cc79YAHP7xvQAVQSjveP6

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id4034262
  2. https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Ay3qn3shhjbbhd7cr3vnwftea6e

Purchase Music For Mail-Order

  1. http://www.theconnextion.com/index.cfm?ArtistID=213

Bandcamp

  1. https://alejandroescovedo.bandcamp.com/

Social Networking

  1. https://www.instagram.com/alejandro_escovedo/
  2. https://twitter.com/aescovedo1
  3. https://www.facebook.com/alejandroescovedo

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/alejandroescovedo