Alejandro is a Mexican-American rock musician, songwriter and singer that has been recording and touring since the late 1970s. The son of Mexican immigrants to Texas, Escovedo is from a musical family that includes several professionals, including his brothers Coke Escovedo and Pete Escovedo, and Sheila E. (Pete’s daughter and Alejandro’s niece). Alejandro’s brother Mario fronted the hard rock band the Dragons, and another brother, Javier, was in the punk rock band, the Zeros. He began performing in the first-wave punk rock group the Nuns, with Jennifer Miro and Jeff Olener in San Francisco. In the 1980s Escovedo moved to Austin, where he adopted a roots rock/alternative country style in the bands Rank and File and the True Believers (with his brother Javier). His first solo albums, Gravity and Thirteen Years, were released in 1992 and 1994. In 1995 he signed with Rykodisc and released his solo album, With These Hands. With a bit more money at his disposal, the production on this record displays greater depth and polish and he was able to bring along a few celebrity side guests – Willie Nelson, Jennifer Warnes, and his cousin Sheila E. – who add to the music without calling undue attention to themselves. In 1998 No Depression magazine named him Artist of the Decade. In 1999 he contributed to a tribute album for Skip Spence, co-founder of Moby Grape, who was critically ill with cancer. More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album was intended to raise funds to address Spence’s medical bills. In 2003 after having lived with hepatitis C for many years, Alejandro collapsed on stage in Arizona. In his long road to recovery he faced substantial medical bills, which lacking medical insurance, he could not pay. Friends and admirers organized benefit shows to help. This effort grew into the album Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo, whose proceeds benefited the Alejandro Escovedo Medical and Living Expense Fund. Contributing musicians included Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, John Cale, Jennifer Warnes, Ian Hunter, The Jayhawks, Son Volt and various members of Escovedo’s family. Escovedo continues to release solo albums on various labels including Bloodshot, Blue Rose, Fantasy and Yep Roc. In 2014 he appeared in the movie and contributed to the soundtrack of the movie Veronica Mars, singing an acoustic version of “We Used to Be Friends.”

Alejandro Escovedo: With These Hands was mastered for vinyl with lacquers cut by Levi Seitz at Blackbelt Mastering. 2LP, 180g black vinyl pressed at Record Industry in the Netherlands. 2LP comes in a tip-on style gatefold jacket with insert designed by Steven Jurgensmeyer. Each 2LP set is individually numbered.

First pressing c. 2019.