![]() ![]() Sit back…and smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.įalmouth’s All The Fire also makes beautiful music. Try the breathtaking ballad “Can’t Make Me Run,” “Big Station” and Bottom of the World. This record has some Springsteen touches ( see “Bottom of the World”) and is most notably, a great late night after the party record with a terrific smoky blues bar feel. Alejandro, as much as others are credited, notably Whiskeytown, is really the founder of the alt-country genre. A founding member of the legendary punk rockers, the Nuns, Alejandro moved to Austin to form Rank & File (the birth of cow-punk) with the Kinman Brothers and True Believers (with his brother Javier and the Skunks, John Dee Graham). While I am not a big believer in history, Alejandro has played in several legendary bands and has recorded an amazing wealth of amazing songs over the past 40 years. At 61, Alejandro has not slowed down and this is a great straight forward, hook laden rock record. “Man of the World”, the first track on this record says it all – he is a man of the world. Okay, he’s older than I am by a few years. Although some of you may recognize some of these, it is always good to pull out some gems that need some dusting off and which over time have grown into some of my all time favorites.Īlejandro Escovedo is as old as time. I think you will find that this month’s offerings are amongst the most diverse I’ve dropped ever, and I managed to sneak in some oldies that I’ve been listening too as well. I have been hard at work on a special project, of sorts, compiling some of the best, rarest, unreleased recordings, live shows, demos and outtakes, but there has been such a rush of great new recordings that felt that project should be put on the back burner so I could get this new stuff into the drop box. It has been a while since the last blast into the drop box. Stay tuned….įor those of you who tuned in – here are the older notes that I could locate ( in reverse chronological order i.e newest first: I’m going to place the old drop box notes that I can find on this page so everyone will have access to the complete recorded history of the drop box. ![]()
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