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The True Believers were a rock band from Austin, Texas active from 1982 to 1987. Founded by brothers Alejandro and Javier Escovedo, True Believers were rooted in hard rock with touches of country and the rebellious energy of punk rock. They found critical praise and toured with many leading bands of the 1980s but never broke out of cult status ...
Pedro Alejandro Escovedo [1] (born January 10, 1951) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and singer, who has been recording and touring since the late 1970s. His primary instrument is the guitar.
The Setters was a collaborative musical project between rock-n-roll songwriters Walter Salas-Humara of the Silos, Alejandro Escovedo of True Believers, and Michael Hall of the Wild Seeds. The band originated when Hall told a music festival he wanted to play at that he was in a band with Salas-Humara and Escovedo.
True believer(s) or The True Believer may refer to: ... True Believers (band), a 1980s American rock band from Texas led by Alejandro Escovedo and Jon Dee Graham;
The True Believers, which included Alejandro Escovedo and his brother, Javier Escovedo, are widely considered by critics to be seminal figures in the fusion of literary songwriting and punk rock, a sound often referred to as cowpunk, a subset of alternative country.
Alejandro Escovedo is currently a prominent recording artist working in the Americana style of music. He and Jon Dee Graham formerly led the True Believers. Javier Escovedo was a member of the pioneering punk rock band The Zeros, as well as of the True Believers. Mario Escovedo fronted critically acclaimed San Diego rockers The Dragons.
All tracks composed by Alejandro Escovedo and Stephen Bruton "Thirteen Years Theme" – 0:49 "Ballad of the Sun and the Moon" – 4:33 "Try, Try, Try" – 4:35
The album was produced by T.S. Bruton. [5] " Tugboat" is a tribute to Sterling Morrison; Escovedo knew him from their days working at the University of Texas. [6] Willie Nelson duets with Escovedo on "Nickel and a Spoon". [7]