Alejandro Escovedo
Friday, November 13 2009
by Frank Stasio and Katy Barron
alejandroescovedo.com
Alejandro Escovedo is considered one of the most important and influential singer-songwriters of the last two decades. He was born in Texas and moved to southern California when he was eight. He learned to surf, throw a baseball and play the guitar. In the 1970s he fronted the seminal San Francisco punk band The Nuns. He moved to New York and back to Texas changing bandmates and names and even styles before hitting his stride with his first solo album "Gravity" in 1992. He spent some time in North Carolina after that, making another celebrated solo album, "Man under the Influence," with legendary producer Chris Stamey. He also worked with Raleigh rockers Whiskeytown on their breakthrough album, "Stranger's Almanac." Alejandro and his band team up with indie rockers Lambchop to play at Duke tonight at 8 pm in the Reynolds Theater. But first, Alejandro Escovedo stops by the studio to sing, play and visit with host Frank Stasio.
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