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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0744302002729 Format: Live Label: Bloodshot Records Manufacturer: Bloodshot Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Bloodshot Records Release Date: March 10, 1998 Studio: Bloodshot Records Sales Rank: 136201 MPN: 20027
Amazon.com essential recording: More Miles Than Money: Live 1994-96 is the most compelling solo release yet from this Austin roots rock legend, an alumnus of Rank & File, True Believers, and Buick MacKane. On these live recordings, Alejandro Escovedo broods--usually quietly--in front of solemn picking and a weary cello or violin, as is the case during a beautiful version of his best song, "Pissed Off 2 A.M." A couple of times, though, he shows he can still rock out (a wicked "I Wanna Be Your Dog"), and when the electric guitar springs in to steal the show, during the Stones' "Sway," the sudden contrast takes your breath away. --David Cantwell
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Uncommonly talented and different
This CD was a real surprise. First, I had never heard of the genre that this artist is supposed to represent. I was looking for Latino music when I came across "Por Vida-A tribute to the songs of Alejandro ... Read More
Rating: - From a whisper to a scream
A great album. Of course it doesn't capture the pure, raging range of Escovedo's live shows, but it comes close. (And in any event, what one album possibly could? Of the ten best concerts I've ever seen, ... Read More
Rating: - the next best thing
this album is only a shadow of what alejandro escovedo is like live. his music is moving...he has a gift that enables him to really touch your soul when you here him. overall, a very good album. if you are lucky ... Read More
Rating: - too bad about the money, al
really nice disk from austin-based alt.country rocker alejandro escovedo. actually, the alt.country label may be both overly confining and misleading: escovedo started out as a punk (the nuns) and subsequently ... Read More
Rating: - A really good record
This is my favorite solo Escovedo record -- it catches his world-weary sound much better than his studio recordings. The live versions of his own songs, particularly _Pissed Off_, and _Broken Bottle_ are riveting, ... Read More
- Uncommonly talented and different
- the next best thing