i'm off to see Alejandro Escovedo, and you're not! neener-neener!

[KG]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx6N6KZL2JE

[hippywife]

1. Wow!

Have a great time! I love, love, love Castanets! One of my favorite get outta your seat and move tunes. :hi:

[taterguy]

3. He removed Castanets from his set-list when he found out it was on W's Ipod

He said it was "bad karma."

The man is a musical treasure.

I've been lucky enough to see him live twice:

In 1986 at a bar when he was in the True Believers and in 2001 at an under-attended outdoor festival.

If I had to use one word to describe him I'd use "transcendent"

With These Hands is a near-perfect album that should be in everyone's collection.

Sadly, it's not.

[KG]

4. but then, he found out it was a Los Lonely Boys cover, so he decided it was ok to play it live

again, so he did last night. acoustic.

[taterguy]

5. I hope you're being facetious

Los Lonely Boys did a version of it for the Por Vida CD that helped pay Escovedo's medical bills.

How was the show?

[KG]

6. that was the story he told. it was great. 2 guys with guitars.

it was an intimate setting, an old church turned in to concert venue. several songs they stood and played at the front of the stage unmiced. he's a friend of the local community radio station, WMNF-FM.

[tekisui]

2. Damn, Lucky!

For a period he was my audio.

I heard he had Hep C, I guess he's doing better. Great songwriter.

[alarimer]

7. I think he is doing better.

He didn't have health insurance so they recorded a benefit CD (which is also very good). I guess they must have raised enough to get him the treatment he needed.