I'm still reeling from last night's show at Higher Ground! I will say, without a doubt, this was the most amazing concert I've ever been to... and that's saying a lot! I'm still a little tongue-tied and am reliving every song Alejandro and his fellow musicians performed. A partial set list and not in any particular order: Dear Head On the Wall (opener), Rosalie, I Was Drunk, Seven Years, Evita's Lullaby, Arizona, Put You Down, With These Hands, Everybody Loves Me, Velvet Guitar. What was great fun was that he has added "Castanets" to his set list - after a moratorium in protest to the fact that he found out GW Bush had (the Los Lonely Boys' version recorded on the tribute CD Por Vida) the song on his iPod! He played it with total abandon!!! He also did a few new ones that were just fantastic. He is collaborating with singer/songwriter Chuck Prophet and is headed soon to the studio to record a new album - if I could pre-order right now I would!
The stunning conclusion to the show was when everyone unplugged and joined us in the middle of the small audience to perform "I Wish I Was Your Mother". I can't begin to express how gorgeous and moving it was and I was nearly weeping. I admit I can get really emotional about music - but I don't think I was the only one there with tears welling up. Escovedo is an astonishing songwriter, poet, musician, arranger, etc. and he has put together a group of musicians of the highest degree of excellence.
If you ever have the chance to see Escovedo live... run, don't walk. You will be moved.
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