Alejandro Escovedo with Dave Gonzalez of The Paladins Friday, October 24th on the Hotel Congress Plaza – KXCI Presents!

Alejandro Escovedo returns to Tucson in a KXCI Presents! show on the Hotel Congress Plaza, Friday October 24th. Escovedo traces a one-of-a-kind musical life from ‘70s New York punk to Austin’s “musical conscience and hometown hero” (NPR Alt Latino) as an unflinching advocate for musicians’ mental health and immigrant causes. Dave Gonzalez of the rockabilly blues band The Paladins opens the show at 7:30pm.

*CLICK FOR CONTEST RULES* The deadline to enter is through 10am on Friday, October 24th.  The winners of (1) pair of tickets will be selected at random (one entry per person). Ticket winners will be put on the guest list and must present ID at the venue box office on the night of the show to gain entry. Winners will be notified to the email address entered in the contest after the deadline and drawing.

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ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO
w/ Dave Gonzalez
Hotel Congress Plaza Stage – mostly seated
Fri, Oct 24 at 7:30 | Doors at 7

Find TICKETS HERE
Upper Level Premium Seating: 39.50 + fees
Premium Seating: $39.50 + fees
General Admission Seating: $34.50 + fees
General Admission Standing: $29.50 + fees

Alejandro Escovedo returns to explore “one of the most fascinating paths in music” (NPR Music) on Echo Dancing – a career-spanning collection that’s less a look back than a bold new turn for this sonic adventurer and singular creative mind. Completely reinventing and re-recording his previous work – with inspiration from Brian Eno and Judy Nylon and Suicide – Escovedo traces a one-of-a-kind musical life from ‘70s New York punk to Austin’s “musical conscience and hometown hero” (NPR Alt Latino) to unflinching advocate for musicians’ mental health and immigrant causes. With the announcement of Echo Dancing – last Spring via Yep Roc Records – Escovedo has also shared a scorching reimagining of “Bury Me,” a song he first wrote in the early ‘90s contemplating what would happen if he “should die before he turns 43″…fittingly it’s released today, on his 73rd birthday.

Dave Gonzalez is a preeminent American roots music guitarist. In 1980 he was the founding member of the rockabilly blues band The Paladins. His group would go on to record twelve albums and headline festivals around the world. Endorsed by Fender, the company made a Signature Model guitar for him called the Guild Paladin and Guitar Player Magazine has called him one of the Top 101 Unsung Guitar Heroes. In 2003 Gonzalez, along with vocalist Chris Gaffney, founded the western soul band, The Hacienda Brothers. This ensemble would go on to gain critical acclaim, including a 2007 nomination by the Americana Music Association for “Group of The Year.”