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 Photo by Dave Prewitt
Expanding from the roots-rock world outward, Alejandro Escovedo is many
things to many people—including a musical melting pot. As Ira Robbins
of Trouser Press puts it, he's "a one-man travelogue of places,
eras and styles." Escovedo hit both coasts in the '70s before settling
in Texas, journeys that no doubt contributed to his multifaceted,
multicultural approach to rock music. His sound is a study in dynamics
and extremes, his work personal and profound. To witness him move from
the hushed confessions of his solo outings to the beautiful
thunderstorms he stirs up with various glam-twang ensembles and the
speaker-trembling Buick MacKane is to be awed by his ability to revel
in both the glory that's found in words and the glory that's found in
noise. He's clearly signed on as a music lifer—it's not for nothing
that his '80s Austin-based band was named True Believers. And though
his work caused No Depression magazine to proclaim him Artist of the Decade for the '90s, last year's hard-riffing Real Animal demonstrated that he still has plenty in the tank. Sharing the bill is
Lambchop, exemplifiers of the more-is-less-is-more phenomenon. Its
overflowing roster somehow equates to less sound clutter and more space
for Kurt Wagner's parlor room-soul vocals. At Reynolds Industries
Theater.
By Rick Cornell - indyweek.com
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405503
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