Alejandro Escovedo

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Alejandro Escovedo is a Texas-born singer/songwriter who comes from a rich family of musicians including his niece, Sheila E. Alejandro started out in the pioneering San Francisco punk band the Nuns in 1975. From there he moved to New York, and then eventually settled in Austin where he started playing rootsy rock with bands like Rank and File, as well as The True Believers.

In March, Alejandro Escovedo released his latest album, Echo Dancing, a retrospective of his career that spans five decades. Inspired by artists like Brian Eno and Suicide, Alejandro Escovedo both re-imagines and re-records his previous work on the new album.

On today’s episode Bruce Headlam talks to Alejandro Escovedo about his upbringing in San Antonio and Huntington Beach, where he’d sometimes pretend to be Hawaiian to avoid getting beat up. He also tells some great stories about his swings through Austin and San Francisco—like being on the bill for the Sex Pistol’s final show.

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0:00.0	Pushkin.
0:10.8	Alejandro Escobito is a Texas-born singer-songwriter who comes from a rich family of musicians,
0:16.7	including his niece, Sheila E. Of course, for Escovito.
0:21.5	Alejandro started out in the pioneering San Francisco punk band, The Nuns in 1975.
0:27.0	From there, he moved to New York and then eventually settled in Austin,
0:30.2	where he started playing Rootsie Rock with bands like Rankin' File, as well as the True Believers.
0:35.4	In March, Alejandro Escovito released his latest album, Echo Dancing,
0:39.7	a retrospective of his career that spans five decades. Inspired by artists like Brianino and
0:45.9	suicide, Alejandro Ascovito both re-imagines and re-records his previous work on this album.
0:52.7	On today's episode, Bruce Hedlam talks to Alejandro Oskavito
0:55.5	about his late start in music, his upbringing in San Antonio and Huntington Beach, where he'd
1:00.2	sometimes pretend to be Hawaiian to avoid ass kickings, along with some great stories about
1:04.9	his swings through Austin and San Francisco, like being on the bill for the Sex Pistols' final show,
1:10.5	and what makes those scenes so special?
1:13.8	Alejandro also discusses why he's tried not to foreground his Chicano identity,
1:17.9	even as it's been front and center for better and worse through much of his personal life.
1:24.5	This is Broken Record.
1:26.5	Liner Notes for the Digital Age.
1:28.3	I'm Justin Richmond.
1:33.7	Here's Bruce Headlum's conversation with Alejandro Escovito.
1:38.4	For people who don't know your...
1:41.3	Well, they might even know your career,
	...

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