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Alejandro Escovedo came to town with a just a buddy to upendexpectations. Yes, it was just two guys with acoustic guitars, but thiswas not evening of polite, gentle strumming; it's surprising they onlybroke one string in the course of the evening. Ecovedo's lyrics suggestthat he's a singer/songwriter, but he knows how to rock. To put itanother way, he knows how to make a lot of noise, but his lyrics conveygenuine emotional complexity. He hits you in the heart, the feet andthe brain. I frequently found myself with an irrepressible smile on myface.
The pair were previewing songs from Escovedo's upcoming album, due inJune. Although he described it as a rock album with a full band, he wastouring unplugged with fellow guitarist David Pulkingham. Theirinteraction was a paradox, effortlessly spontaneous and organic as aresult of lots of practice. They had worked hard to make it look thateasy. With a quick exchange of glances they could alter the tempo orintensity, and both clearly enjoyed the freedom they had in workingtogether to make something so beautiful or so raucous.
Boston just isn't showing Escovedo the love he deserves, with the900-seat venue maybe a third full. Rather than lamenting the poorturn-out (and he didn't mince words about another nearby venue wherehe'd played earlier in his career), he used the intimacy to hisadvantage. Especially since no one was in the balcony, the pair steppeddown from the stage, away from the microphones, to perform a handful ofsongs in the aisles among the audience.
Escovedo peppered the set with stories about his family, taking greatpride in their musical accomplishments. His father was a musician whobore 12 children, eight of whom went on to become professionalmusicians themselves. His 17-year-old son Paris is a punk rocker, andAlejandro is amused that Paris dismisses his father's current output atold man music for old people.
Escovedo was once a young punk rocker himself as a member of the Nunsin the mid-'70s. That bandis now most famous as the launching point of his eventual solo career.Ironically, he emerged from a genre that disparaged virtuosity throughhis virtuosity, but the punk spirit still lives in this "old man."
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