Alejandro Escovedo is his name and he's appearing at the end of this month at the Strand Theater in Rockland. I've never seen him perform. Let's be honest here, I'd never heard of him until it was time for me to find something artsy to blog about this week. I'm in the great position of receiving press releases from entertainment venues in Maine so it's relatively easy to come up with something to write about.I was initially skeptical about Alejandro Escovedo. He was described as a punk-rocker from San Fransisco and I'm not really into punk rock. But the same release said he was actually able to move an audience in Ellsworth to tears. He was accompanied only by a string quartet when that happened. Now we're talking my style, so I decided to give his videos on Youtube a peek.
The title of this song I Was Drunk didn't do much to entice me, but once the band kicked in, I found myself enjoying his style. I don't think I'd listen to a lot of his music, but certainly as a musician, I can appreciate his talent and songwriting capabilities.
The best part of his scheduled performance in Rockland is venues like the Strand, The Grand in Ellsworth and now Shangri-La in Ellsworth exposing Mainers to a wonderful variety of talented entertainers.
by Susan Patten
Photo provided to press by Shangri-La
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