Alejandro Escovedo: Gravity (Watermelon)
Jason Cohen, Creem, November 1992
A MEMBER of the same clan that produced percussionists Coke, Pete, and Sheila, the fortysomething Escovedo played in S.F. prototype punkers the Nuns, cowpunk originators Rank and File, and hard-edged roots-mongers the True Believers.
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