-- Bar None, Springfield, IL
Thursday, September 16, 2010
It’s always great to take off work early and even greater if it’s to get the heck out of Dodge and see a musician you greatly admire. That’s what Mark and I did late Thursday afternoon. We drove to Springfield, IL, checked into the President Abraham Lincoln hotel, took a mini walking tour of the downtown area, and then made our way to our destination, a fairly small establishment called Bar None. It's there that we saw Alejandro Escovedo play, and, from hard rock to sensitive acoustic, from old songs to new songs, play he did. I remember the first time I saw Alejandro perform live. It was several years ago at Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room. I walked to the car after the show that night thinking he wasn't exactly what I expected; he was more. At times loud and robust, at other times tender and heartbreaking, he was most importantly at all times, absolutely captivating.
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| Bar None on the corner |
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| Look who walked out when the doors opened |
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| Alejandro and friends, corner of 5th and Monroe |
The song below was played beautifully by Alejandro and his amazing guitar partner David Pulkingham. At one point during the quiet song Alejandro had to shush the noisy audience and afterward he said something to the effect of "You know, I don't like to tell people to shut up, but shut up. I didn’t drive all the way here to listen to you talk". Coming from someone else the statement may have sounded arrogant or rude but coming from Alejandro in his friendly yet matter of fact way the audience understood and from that point on showed him the respect he so well deserved.
Alejandro and his band on Letterman 7-21-2010 (love the red boots)
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