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Monday Morning Video – More True Believers

Monday, July 26, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

Last week’s True Believers blast of rock and roll just wasn’t enough for me. Here’s a set from a band reunion at SXSW back in 2013. You better believe I was there in person to revel in the glorious wash of electric guitar. Well, make that guitars. I’ve queued it up for “Who Calls My […]

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Javier Escovedo, Jon Dee Graham, True Believers

Monday Morning Video – True Believers

Monday, July 19, 2021 By Mayer Danzig

The feels like a week that calls out for rock and roll. One of the great shoulda been huge rock purveyors were Austin, Texas’s True Believers. Three singer-songwriters, three guitars, and a pounding rhythm section – it doesn’t get much better. Here’s a vintage clip of the group performing “The Rain Won’t Help You When […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Javier Escovedo, Jon Dee Graham, True Believers

Tuesday Morning Video, SXSW 2013 Highlights Part 2

Tuesday, April 02, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

We continue our celebration of SXSW 2013 with a special Tuesday edition of our Morning Video series. We’ll call this the SXSW classic rock and country showcase, led off by a three-fer featuring Alejandro Escovedo. The True Believers let their guitars do the talking on “She’s Got” and “All Mixed Up” Bobby Bare Sr., joined […]

Filed Under: Americana, Rock, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Bobby Bare Jr., Bobby Bare Sr., Buddy Miller, Foo Fighters, Javier Escovedo, Jim Lauderdale, Jon Dee Graham, Richard Thompson, Rick Springfield, True Believers, Willie Nile

Monday Morning Video: True Believers

Monday, February 11, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

Let the guitars ring out, the True Believers have reunited! Back in the mid-1980’s, the legendary Austin band scorched a blazing trail as they criss-crossed the country with their three guitar attack. A solid debut album was released. A follow-up album was recorded but was lost for years in record company limbo. The frustrations mounted […]

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Javier Escovedo, Jon Dee Graham, True Believers

SXSW 2010: The Scene

Monday, April 26, 2010 By Mayer Danzig

SXSW 2010 has come and gone. Over the next week I’ll be sharing a few highlights of my experience. All in good fun. Children By the Million Sing for Alex Chilton This year’s SXSW began and ended with the passing of Alex Chilton. The co-founder of Big Star was scheduled to participate in a panel […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B, SXSW Tagged With: Akina Adderley, Alejandro Escovedo, Alex Chilton, Bellrays, Ben Gibbard, Big Star, Billy Bragg, Bodeans, Chris Shiflett, Courtney Love, Evan Dando, Foo Fighters, Freelance Whales, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Hole, John Doe, Jon Auer, Jon Dee Graham, Ken Stringfellow, Mike Mills, Nakia, Orgone, R.E.M., Raphael Saadiq, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, She & Him, Stone Temple Pilots, Street Sweeper Social Club, Surfer Blood, the Clash, the Posies, the xx, Tom Morello, True Believers, Wayne Kramer

Alejandro Escovedo’s Legendary Conclusion to SXSW 2010 at the Continental Club

Friday, April 09, 2010 By John Anderson

It was two years ago at the unofficial Sunday night South-by closing ceremonies at the Continental Club that Alejandro Escovedo world premiered his then-forthcoming album, Real Animal live and in sequence from the first track to the last. It was a remarkable show, and it proved to be an album that raised Alejandro’s profile considerably, […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Rock, SXSW Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra, Continental Club, Hector Munoz, Javier Escovedo, Jon Dee Graham, Street Songs of Love, SXSW 2010, True Believers

Exclusive: Alejandro Escovedo Still Talking

Thursday, August 14, 2008 By Mayer Danzig

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Interviews, Podcasts, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Austin, True Believers

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