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Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker 

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Music: Classic Pop & Rock

Johnnie Walker plays classic tracks from the Seventies

Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker : Alejandro Escovedo

05/05/2019

Alejandro Escovedo

Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker, Alejandro Escovedo

Mexican-American musician Alejandro Escovedo is Johnnie's guest.

Alejandro Escovedo joins Johnnie to chat about his experience of the 1970s.

Alejandro Escovedo is a Mexican-American musician. He joins Johnnie to chat about his life in the 1970s. 
Alejandro has been writing and performing since the 1970s, his first band was a punk outfit called The Nuns, based in San Francisco. He's most closely associated with the music scene in Austin, Texas. His main instrument is the guitar and he has played punk, rock, roots rock and country styles during his career. He's collaborated with many other artists over the years including singer-songwriter Ryan Adams. 
His latest album is called 'The Crossing'.

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