The legendary Alejandro Escovedo plays Hermosa Beach
Alejandro Ecovedo plays Saint Rocke Thursday night. Alejandro Escovedo felt death. He’d been laid low, bedridden, by hepatitis C. After 30 years on the road, writing and singing songs that had become the fabric of other people’s lives, his own life seemed near exhausted. Escovedo had never achieved broad commercial success. But among other musicians, he was revered. He’d emerged from the San Francisco punk scene of the 1970s and gone on to produce an extremely varied and influential body of work, ranging from hard rock to delicate borderland balladry. Even in his adopted hometown of Austin, Texas – the epicenter of Americana songwriting – Escovedo was known as a songwriter’s songwriter, an inspiration cited by artists ranging from Ryan Adams to Bruce Springsteen (both who performed with Escovedo). Escovedo had never been in it for the money – the title of one of his live albums was aptly called More Miles Than Money – yet now he found himself in a dire position, critically ill without health insurance. His songs came to his rescue. Musical admirers from around the country organized a series of benefit shows, out of which grew a tribute album called Por Vida featuring almost 30…
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