A diverse double-disc tribute/benefit for the celebrated Texas songwriter, whoโ€™s been sidelined with Hepatitis C since 2003.

Escovedo, swerving from orchestral/chamber experimentalism to dusty country/folk to dirty rock โ€˜nโ€™ roll, embodies every impulse to which roots-rockers and indie-minded popsters aspire.

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Prestigious artists from Lucinda Williams to John Cale pay homage here. Itโ€™s Ian Hunter (โ€œI Wish I Was Your Motherโ€ has been in Escovedoโ€™s live set for years) that strikes truest: โ€œOne More Timeโ€, smeared with dollops of slide guitar, steals the show with its