Earlier this month, it seemed as if Alejandro Escovedo's perpetually rotten luck in career matters was holding true to form when health reasons forced some dates to be canceled -- including what would have been his first-ever performance on CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman." But he has landed a pretty great substitute. Tonight, he'll open for Hillary Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, performing his song "People (We're Only Gonna Live So Long)." That's supposed to happen at 7:45 p.m. Eastern Time, and I'm crossing my fingers that at least one cable news channel carries his performance.
Meanwhile, Escovedo is also still scheduled to play Cat's Cradle on Oct. 23.
ADDENDUM (9/10/08): Convention diary.
Comments
DNC video
Thu, 08/28/2008 - 12:25 — eugene (not verified)From the Alejandro mailing list:
Kudos for an excellent performace by Alejandro, David Pulkingham, Susan Voelz and Brian Standefer onstage at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night. They did "People (We're Only Gonna Live So Long)" and really tore it up and the crowd got into it.
You can watch the video at the DNC website.
You may need to download a couple of plug-ins, but when you play the
video it is crystal clear and well worth it.
Good to hear Al is rockin'
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 09:43 — allison (not verified)Good to hear Al is rockin' the free world again. Such an amazing & inspirational man.
Try CSPAN instead
Tue, 08/26/2008 - 11:18 — Anonymous (not verified)Try CSPAN instead
I'd bet you could catch
Tue, 08/26/2008 - 11:05 — jpr58 (not verified)I'd bet you could catch Alejandro's performance on one of the C-SPANs.