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Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio

Alejandro Escovedo

Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio

NPR

Music

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The veteran rocker and a backup band from Italy play songs from their album The Crossing, chronicling an American Dream of rock and roll and Beat poetry.

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I'm Bob Boylan from All Songs Considered. The following is the audio from our latest Tiny Desk concert.

0:05.2

To see the video, subscribe to the All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Concerts.

0:10.2

Or go to NPR.org slash Tiny Desk concerts.

0:14.0

One for the money.

0:16.0

Two for the show.

0:18.0

Three to get ready for go a hundred roll. I'm going to do. I got my teenage luggage I'm headed out looking for American a record shop.

0:57.0

Looking for America in a record shop.

1:05.0

Outside of Lubbock, we got picked up

1:11.0

by a cowboy named Joey had a hole in this lock.

1:17.0

Santa plays a punk with a trouble pass.

1:24.0

Sitting like a diva in a holding tank.

1:30.0

There's a fire in the underground skins are on the rod.

1:37.0

Desai Boys have been here, they'll never disappear.

1:44.0

You think you know me?

1:48.0

No, you don't know me?

1:50.0

You'll never know me, no. No, you don't know me you know me you're never know me or you think you know me you'll never

1:58.6

know me you're just a bigot with a back in love.

2:26.0

Italian love is centuries, Italian love is blood.

2:35.0

Love can be a jewel.

2:37.0

Love can be a jewel.

2:43.0

Love can be a pyramid salvo was a fool. You think you know me?

2:47.0

No you don't know me?

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