Alejandro is a musician and singer-songwriter born in San Antonio, Texas. He began performing in the first-wave punk rock group The Nuns and in 1980 he moved to Austin, Texas, where he adapted a roots rock/alternative country style. It was with the release of his first solo albums, Gravity in 1992 and Thirteen Years in 1994, and on through his sixth album, A Man Under the Influence (produced in 2001), that he found his true voice. He has a huge underground following, and many popular artists cite Escovedo as a strong influence.