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2004-08-17
Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo is a new double-disc benefit album for the Texas singer-songwriter who fell ill from Hepatitis C in April of 2003.The collection brings together an eclectic cast of Escovedo’s friends, family members and peers to record songs written throughout his career. Included are familiar names like Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Cowboy Junkies, Son Volt, Charlie Musselwhite, the Jayhawks and Escovedo himself mingling with up-and-coming acts like Los Lonely Boys, Calexico, M Ward, Tres Chicas and the Nicolas Tremulis Orchestra.
A portion of the proceeds from sales of this album will be donated to the Alejandro Escovedo Medical and Living Expense Fund.
Adrienne Young & Little Sadie
The Art of Virtue
PSAPP (“Sap”)
The Only Thing I Ever Wanted
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Keep the Light Alive: Celebrating the Music of Lowen and Navarro
THE SILOS
Come On Like the Fast Lane
WILLIE NELSON
Lost Highway
Jaymay
Autumn Falli'
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