1. Pedro Alejandro Escovedo was born on January 10,1951 and is an American rock musician, songwriter, and singer, who has been recording and touring since the late 1970s.
21 Facts About Alejandro Escovedo
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Alejandro Escovedo has played in various rock genres, including punk rock, roots rock and alternative country, and is most closely associated with the music scene in Austin, Texas but San Francisco and New York.
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Alejandro Escovedo moved to New York in 1978 and joined the Judy Nylon band.
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In 1997, Alejandro Escovedo collaborated with Ryan Adams and the band Whiskeytown in recording sessions for their album Strangers Almanac.
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Alejandro Escovedo was involved in a side project with Buick MacKane, who released the album The Pawn Shop Years in 1997.
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Alejandro Escovedo went on a short tour with the Quintet, which included a date at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall in early December 2006.
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In June 2010, Alejandro Escovedo released Street Songs of Love, produced by Visconti but released on a new label, featuring songs that were originally presented during "Sessions on South Congress" at the Continental Club in Austin, Texas with his band, The Sensitive Boys.
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In 2014, Alejandro Escovedo appeared in the movie and contributed to the soundtrack of the movie Veronica Mars, singing an acoustic version of "We Used to Be Friends".
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In October 2016, Alejandro Escovedo released the album Burn Something Beautiful, which had been recorded in April of that year in Portland, Oregon.
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In 2017 Alejandro Escovedo recorded "The Crossing" in Villafranca, Italy at Cosabeat, he co-wrote with Don Antonio band.
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The band Don Antonio and Alejandro Escovedo toured the US and Europe extensively.
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The New Yorker magazine wrote a feature article on Alejandro Escovedo published October 2018 by Nick Paumgarten.
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Alejandro Escovedo received the Townes Van Zandt Songwriting Award at the 37th annual Austin Music Awards in 2019.
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Alejandro Escovedo received the Independent Icon Award at the 2020 A2IM Libera Awards.
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Alejandro Escovedo was honored to be inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame in 2021.
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In 2023 Alejandro Escovedo was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Alejandro Escovedo is in the works of his memoir, a screenplay and more music to follow.
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In 2003, after having lived with Hepatitis C for many years, Alejandro Escovedo collapsed onstage in Arizona as a result of the disease.
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Alejandro Escovedo lacked health insurance and several musicians performed benefit concerts to assist with his medical bills.
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In 2005, media reports on George W Bush's iPod playlist included Escovedo's song "Castanets" In response, Escovedo announced that he would not play the song again as long it was on Bush's iPod or until he was out of office.