A friend turned me on to this Austin City Limits video a few weeks ago. As a result I ventured over to the local brick and mortar and picked up his latest, "Burn Something Beautiful", which just came out late last year. Heartbeat Smile is from the record.

I had forgotten about Alejandro. I own Real Animal (2008) but it's the only thing I own and I've never seen him. It got tucked away and ignored in the CD rack.

Real Animal is a good record but after spinning Burn Something Beautiful a BUNCH of times, I'm really sold on this dude. GREAT record! And lots of variety.........it's certainly not all rockers like Heartbeat Smile. The liner notes say "All songs written by Alejandro Escovedo, Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey". Both Buck (R.E.M.) and McCaughey play on the record.

Escovedo is Sheila E.'s Uncle and has four brothers who are musicians. He turned 66 earlier this year. Old guys ROCK............

[Edited on 4/4/2017 by robslob]