Alejandro Escovedo

Coming from a family of musicians, it’s easy to be overshadowed by another family member, but Alejandro Escovedo broke free of this trap at a young age when he made a break into the singer/songwriter scene. Starting out as a member in a band, Escovedo has had extensive experience performing with other musicians, which was evident in his performance with the way that he interacted with his own band onstage.
He opened the show with the track Sally Was a Cop, which as a slow track, got everyone moving to the front of the auditorium to sing along and wave their arms in the air in appreciation of the music. After the song he stopped to introduce himself and the band and had a bit of a chat with the audience. He mentioned his collaborations with Ryan Adams, which had everyone cheering, and he even played Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight for everyone.
Seeing him play his acoustic solo set was wonderful as his vocal and instrumental talents were equally balanced, and it was great for us as an audience to really appreciate the skill involved in his musicianship. His backing vocalists, guitarists, and drummer were also phenomenal musicians, and the way that they created an additional depth to Escovedo’s sound was a wonderful touch to the performance.

Eef Barzelay, Brendan Fitzpatrick and Ben Martin decided to come together and form a band called Clem Snide, and that decision has allowed them to travel on an international scale to play their music for everyone who wanted. Originally from New York, New York, the alt-country/ indie-rock bands took a bit of a hiatus, but are still going strong til this day.

The venues that they play in are a bit small, but their fans pack the house regardless. Once the band takes the stage, you are deafened with cheers until it finally dies down and you can hear the band start to play. Dressed up in suits, they finish off their first song, which is met with great cheer. Between songs Eef takes the time to talk to everyone in the audience while him and the rest of the band tune up their instruments for the next song, a pattern that he continues between all the songs that follow. He touches upon things like stories from his childhood, or the inspiration of a song, to just a thank you for all of the love and support that the crowd has given them. Because of how much he speaks to the crowd, the band really gives an intimate, unique show to the crowd.