Biography

Born in San Francisco into the well-known musical Escovedo family (brother Coke Escovedo was in Santana, and his niece is 1980s pop star Sheila E), Alejandro Escovedo was an integral part of the original alternative country scene as a member of the pioneering Rank and File and leader of the True Believers. His solo career, commencing with 1992's Gravity, has made him a beloved cult figure on the alt-country scene; he was named Artist of the Decade by No Depression magazine in 1999. After he became seriously ill with Hepatitis C, a 2003 tribute album helped pay his medical bills.

Top Tracks

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• Anchor

• Break This Time

• Chelsea Hotel '78

• Chip 'n' Tony

• Don't Need You

• Faith

• Five Hearts Breaking

• Hollywood Hills

• I Was Drunk

• Last To Know

• Losing Your Touch

• Mountain Of Mud

• Notes On Air

• Nuns Song

• One More Time

• One True Love

• Pissed Off 2am

• Put You Down

• Rosalie

• Sometimes

• Tender Heart

• The End

• Velvet Guitar

Discography

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• Street Songs of Love

  Concord / Fantasy

  2010

• An Introduction

  Retroworld

  2009

• Real Animal

  Back Porch/Manhattan

  2008

• The Boxing Mirror

  Back Porch Music

  2006

• By the Hand of the Father

  Texas Music Group/Lone Star Records / Texas Music Group

  2002

• A Man Under the Influence

  Bloodshot

  2001

• Bourbonitis Blues

  Bloodshot

  1999

• More Miles Than Money: Live 1994-1996

  Bloodshot

  1998

• With These Hands

  Ryko Distribution / Rykodisc

  1996

• Thirteen Years

  Watermelon

  1994

• The End/Losing Your Touch

  Watermelon

  1994

• Gravity

  Watermelon

  1992