Alejandro Escovedo Live at Mansion O, Washington DC
One of the greatest artists I have had the privledge of listening to over the last 8 years or so is Alejandro Escovedo. My brother, Paul, introduced me to Alejandro at the Bumbershoot Music Festival in Seattle back in 2000. Since then, I have seen him play live maybe 10 times.
This past Sunday, he played an amazing show at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. We had great seats right up front, courtesy of my favorite line place holder, Stuart Pearlman, who I used to work with at AOL. At the end of the show, Alejandro mentioned that they had added another DC show for the following Sunday at a small hotel/club called Mansion O near Dupont Circle. They were video taping the show and tickets were available.
The three piece band featured Susan Voelz on violin. She is an amazing violinist and even Alejandro mentioned that one fan thought she was Jimi Hendrix on Violin. Anyway, since my eleven year old son is learning the viola right now, I thought he would really get a kick out of seeing her play. So I got us a couple of passes and we did it…even on a school night.
During the show Jake was absolutely amazed. He kept talking about how the hair on her bow kept breaking and how fast she could play. If only she had lit her violin on fire at the end. I shot a bunch of stuff during the performance and captured some great moments. Enjoy.
Story and Photos by Carl Hutzler