Fifty years into his career, Alejandro Escovedo still rocks

“I only got a few minutes here, so I wanna make the most of it with music,” Alejandro Escovedo said after his band stomped through their fourth blues-rock barn-burner. They were the first words he said during his Free at Noon set; the past fifteen minutes were music and music only. No banter, no thank yous or you’re welcomes, hardly even a pause between Escovedo’s epic jams; they didn’t even stop to tune, with Escovedo’s backing guitarist turning his knobs as the songs themselves were finishing. There’s obviously a lot of reasons to keep the chit-chat to a minimum on stage, especially at a radio gig; efficiency is chief among them, and Escovedo’s band loves to stretch out and jam for a bit.

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