WEBVTT 00:01.233 --> 00:02.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] I was lucky enough 00:02.500 --> 00:04.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to be at the show at the Paramount-- 00:04.433 --> 00:05.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% [ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO] Oh thanks. [AUDIENCE MEMBER] --back in January. 00:05.366 --> 00:06.600 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% It was absolutely brilliant. 00:06.600 --> 00:08.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Thank you. (audience clapping) 00:08.100 --> 00:09.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Absolutely brilliant. (audience clapping) 00:09.433 --> 00:10.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I watched your development with Don Antonio, 00:10.666 --> 00:12.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% just wondering how the two of you met. 00:12.266 --> 00:14.300 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] I'm sorry? 00:14.300 --> 00:15.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] How you met Don Antonio. [EVAN SMITH] How did the two of you meet? 00:15.233 --> 00:16.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] Oh we met, you know, 00:16.500 --> 00:18.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% it was less than two years ago, actually. 00:18.166 --> 00:19.866 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% I was gonna tour Europe. 00:19.866 --> 00:21.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I was given the choice of three bands 00:21.833 --> 00:24.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and I chose the Italian band. 00:24.866 --> 00:26.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% They're amazing musicians. 00:26.700 --> 00:29.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I mean, exquisite musicians. 00:31.100 --> 00:32.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Also, they were not trying to sound American. 00:32.366 --> 00:34.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% They were sticking true to their Italian roots, 00:34.566 --> 00:37.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and I just felt that the combination of my songs 00:37.433 --> 00:40.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and their music was something that could work very well, 00:40.800 --> 00:42.533 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and it did, you know. 00:42.533 --> 00:44.033 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% So we did, 00:44.033 --> 00:46.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% it's funny because I flew to Bologna with Nancy, 00:46.900 --> 00:49.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we got picked up by Francesco and Antonio, 00:49.666 --> 00:51.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% driven to their town of Modigliana, 00:51.433 --> 00:55.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% which is this gorgeous little village of 5,000 people 00:55.533 --> 00:57.500 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% at the foothills of the mountains 00:57.500 --> 01:01.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% there in Emilia-Romagna is the province. 01:01.200 --> 01:03.066 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Went to dinner. 01:03.066 --> 01:04.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% In Italy, that's all you do, 01:04.500 --> 01:06.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% is eat, basically, of course. [SMITH] Eat, right, yep. 01:06.366 --> 01:07.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% (audience laughs) [ESCOVEDO] It was amazing. 01:07.600 --> 01:10.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And then we walked a few blocks to his studio. 01:10.800 --> 01:13.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We rehearsed two hours that night. 01:13.066 --> 01:15.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Right away, I could tell it was amazing. 01:15.433 --> 01:17.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The next day, we rehearsed a full day. 01:17.500 --> 01:20.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The following day, we got up at five in the morning, 01:20.233 --> 01:21.466 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% packed up all our stuff, 01:21.466 --> 01:24.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% drove 10 hours to Frankfurt, Germany, 01:24.033 --> 01:28.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% played that night and began a 32-show in 36-day, 01:28.733 --> 01:29.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% 10-country tour of Europe. 01:29.966 --> 01:31.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [SMITH] Just on the basis of that 01:31.400 --> 01:32.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% first couple days together. [ESCOVEDO] Yeah, yeah. 01:32.866 --> 01:35.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [SMTIH] Amazing. [ESCOVEDO] And we just hit it off. 01:35.000 --> 01:39.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And right away, the gigs were amazing, 01:39.133 --> 01:42.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the people were all walking away with a smile on their face. 01:42.066 --> 01:43.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [SMITH] Was it, did you have any reason to think 01:43.766 --> 01:45.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% going into it that it would be that good? 01:45.566 --> 01:47.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] Not really. [SMITH] It exceeded expectations? 01:47.066 --> 01:48.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] Not really, you never know, you know? 01:48.966 --> 01:53.933 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% But that joint in forces 01:53.933 --> 01:57.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% between Don Antonio and myself 01:57.033 --> 02:01.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% lent itself so much to the story of the boys in 02:01.300 --> 02:02.600 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Salvo and Diego. 02:02.600 --> 02:05.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And really, it's, you know, in a large sense, 02:05.500 --> 02:08.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% it is the story of Antonio and myself. 02:08.933 --> 02:10.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Because he came to Texas, 02:10.866 --> 02:12.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% his first place in America 02:12.800 --> 02:15.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that he wanted to come to was Texas. 02:15.166 --> 02:19.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Their favorite guitar player is Jimmy Vaughan, right, so. 02:19.066 --> 02:20.333 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (audience laughs) 02:20.333 --> 02:22.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So they wanted to come to Texas to see this. 02:22.700 --> 02:25.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And so his perspective was really important. 02:25.833 --> 02:28.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The other thing was that we drove around 02:28.066 --> 02:31.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the back roads of Texas talking to a lot of dreamers. 02:31.633 --> 02:33.100 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% And interviewing them, 02:33.100 --> 02:34.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and getting their stories. [SMITH] Well, in fact, 02:34.300 --> 02:35.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% there's at least one song that, what was it, 02:35.666 --> 02:36.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% "Texas is My Mother.' [ESCOVEDO] "Texas is My Mother." 02:36.733 --> 02:37.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Exactly. [SMITH] Right, yeah. 02:37.966 --> 02:39.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] So that's part of it, you know. 02:39.200 --> 02:40.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But it was just such a beautiful thing 02:40.366 --> 02:43.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to have them as musicians, and my songs, 02:43.933 --> 02:46.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and, you know, we're gonna keep working together. 02:46.566 --> 02:47.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% It's not the end of it, yeah. 02:47.833 --> 02:49.333 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% [SMITH] That's great. 02:49.333 --> 02:50.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] It's a beautiful union to witness, 02:50.866 --> 02:51.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% as a listener. [ESCOVEDO] Thank you, thanks a lot. 02:51.566 --> 02:53.466 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% [SMITH] Sir, hi. 02:53.466 --> 02:55.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Hello. 02:55.166 --> 02:56.000 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Hey, how you doing? [AUDIENCE MEMBER] It's good to see you 02:56.000 --> 02:57.066 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% in the daytime, Al. 02:57.066 --> 02:58.300 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% [ESCOVEDO] Yeah. (laughing) 02:58.300 --> 03:00.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Might be the second time. 03:00.500 --> 03:04.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Let's say "The Crossing," with the budget aside, 03:04.300 --> 03:05.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% gets turned into a movie. 03:05.900 --> 03:07.366 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% [SMITH] Right. 03:07.366 --> 03:08.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Who directs that, if you could choose? 03:08.966 --> 03:12.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] I was thinking that the guy who did Roma. 03:12.333 --> 03:13.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [SMITH] Cuarón. [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Oh okay. 03:13.700 --> 03:18.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Or the guy who did the water film. 03:18.666 --> 03:20.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [SMITH] The lady who falls in love with the fish movie-- 03:20.966 --> 03:22.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] Yeah, yeah, yeah. [SMITH] Right? 03:22.266 --> 03:23.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Of course. [SMITH] Yeah. 03:23.066 --> 03:24.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Yeah, yeah. 03:24.600 --> 03:25.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Oh nice, so let's talk about that. 03:25.866 --> 03:26.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Those two directors, I think, 03:26.933 --> 03:28.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% would really understand the journey. 03:28.500 --> 03:30.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Yeah, if you could go, 03:30.066 --> 03:31.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I know I'm asking two questions, 03:31.833 --> 03:35.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but if, historically, anybody could direct it, 03:35.600 --> 03:37.333 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% would you have-- 03:37.333 --> 03:39.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] Well, Pasolini would be pretty interesting. 03:39.166 --> 03:40.700 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (laughing) 03:40.700 --> 03:42.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Yeah, thank you. 03:42.233 --> 03:43.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [SMITH] You do know more about film than the average person. 03:43.400 --> 03:46.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% (laughing) I will say, props on that. Sir? 03:46.866 --> 03:48.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Welcome back to Studio 1A. 03:48.333 --> 03:49.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The last time I saw you was when you performed here 03:49.766 --> 03:51.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% for the "Austin City Limits." 03:51.933 --> 03:54.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And one really fond memory of that taping 03:54.500 --> 03:58.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% was the poster by Chuck Sperry out of Firehouse Design. 03:58.200 --> 03:59.500 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Oh right. 03:59.500 --> 04:00.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] And the poster, of course, 04:00.500 --> 04:02.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% it's the Virgin of Guadalupe, 04:02.033 --> 04:03.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and it's just this, I think, one of the most beautiful-- 04:03.400 --> 04:04.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] That was a gorgeous poster. 04:04.800 --> 04:06.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] --most beautiful concert posters ever. 04:06.066 --> 04:07.300 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% [ESCOVEDO] Yeah. 04:07.300 --> 04:08.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] And I asked Chuck Sperry 04:08.833 --> 04:10.366 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% why Rank and File, 04:10.366 --> 04:12.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and he said he couldn't do The Nuns for the t-shirt, 04:12.233 --> 04:13.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% he felt like he was pushing it a little bit-- 04:13.866 --> 04:15.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] Yeah, yeah. [AUDIENCE MEMBER] --as it was. 04:15.400 --> 04:18.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% But he said he had a long relationship with your family, 04:18.033 --> 04:19.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% with Sheila E, and with your family. 04:19.400 --> 04:21.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Could you comment on that a little bit, or-- 04:21.266 --> 04:22.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] I'm sorry. [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Could you comment 04:22.500 --> 04:23.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% on the relationship between, 04:23.900 --> 04:24.733 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] With Chuck? 04:24.733 --> 04:26.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Yeah. 04:26.233 --> 04:27.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] Well, I met Chuck a long time ago, you know, 04:27.533 --> 04:30.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% in Portland, I think it was. 04:30.333 --> 04:33.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I think that's where we met. 04:33.500 --> 04:36.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But he's been making such wonderful posters, 04:36.233 --> 04:39.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and especially that poster. 04:39.233 --> 04:41.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I know he worked with my brothers on some posters 04:41.633 --> 04:43.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and maybe album design or something, 04:43.900 --> 04:45.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and Sheila and everybody. 04:45.766 --> 04:47.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So he's kind of part of the family, you know. 04:47.933 --> 04:49.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Yeah. [ESCOVEDO] That we go to him 04:49.000 --> 04:51.433 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% for artwork. 04:51.433 --> 04:53.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Beautiful poster, it's one of my favorite 04:53.066 --> 04:54.300 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% that we've ever had. 04:54.300 --> 04:55.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Mine too, thank you. 04:55.533 --> 04:57.300 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% [ESCOVEDO] Yeah, thank you, good. 04:57.300 --> 04:59.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% [SMITH] Anything else for Al? 04:59.166 --> 05:01.333 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Sure, okay, of course. 05:01.333 --> 05:02.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Steve, how's our time, seven, okay, get the camera. 05:02.766 --> 05:04.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] You have such a huge family, 05:04.400 --> 05:06.200 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% how often do you get together 05:06.200 --> 05:08.400 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% with your brothers and sisters? 05:08.400 --> 05:10.333 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] Well, not that often because we're-- 05:10.333 --> 05:11.733 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% [SMITH] How many of you are left? 05:11.733 --> 05:12.966 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Coke passed away a while ago. 05:12.966 --> 05:14.433 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Well, Coke passed away, 05:14.433 --> 05:18.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Phillip passed away, my sister, Alice, passed away, 05:18.433 --> 05:22.466 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% my brother Phillip passed away. 05:22.466 --> 05:25.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So, we don't, you know, since everyone's a musician, 05:25.300 --> 05:27.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% we don't get to see each other that often. 05:27.100 --> 05:28.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [SMITH] But wasn't there some kind of a 05:28.700 --> 05:30.200 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% reunion where you all, 05:30.200 --> 05:32.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% how many Escovedos can we get on stage to play music? 05:32.100 --> 05:34.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] Oh that was, my brother was making a record 05:34.100 --> 05:36.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% my brother Pete, and he invited all the Escovedos 05:36.966 --> 05:39.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to come and play, who played in the family. 05:39.466 --> 05:42.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% This is nephews, nieces, cousins, all that kinda, 05:42.666 --> 05:45.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% there was over 50 musicians in the studio. 05:45.333 --> 05:47.200 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (audience laughing) 05:47.200 --> 05:48.700 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% [SMITH] So great. 05:48.700 --> 05:50.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] It was so funny, I'll tell you funny story. 05:50.200 --> 05:53.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So there was like the guitar players were in a section. 05:53.600 --> 05:56.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And they were filming it for a video 05:56.333 --> 06:01.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and Sheila and Pete's family was always like, 06:01.266 --> 06:06.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% you know, we'd always have talent shows at Christmas, 06:06.000 --> 06:09.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and they were like The Jackson 5 or something. 06:09.033 --> 06:11.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It was embarrassing to go out after them, 06:11.400 --> 06:13.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% 'cause like, you know. (audience laughs) 06:13.500 --> 06:14.700 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Some Mango, I would try 06:14.700 --> 06:16.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to do some Mango Kingz song or something, 06:16.733 --> 06:18.066 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% you know, and it just didn't fly. 06:18.066 --> 06:20.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [SMITH] Sheila may be the best pure musician 06:20.033 --> 06:21.300 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% of the entire family, right? 06:21.300 --> 06:22.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Unbelievable. [SMITH] I mean, amazing. 06:22.400 --> 06:23.700 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Unbelievable. [SMITH] Right. 06:23.700 --> 06:25.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] And so they had everyone, 06:25.833 --> 06:27.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and so Sheila and everyone's dancing, 06:27.933 --> 06:30.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and some of the kids are hip-hop kids, 06:30.166 --> 06:31.666 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% they're all there dancing. 06:31.666 --> 06:33.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So the guitar players are just kinda standing around. 06:33.700 --> 06:36.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Guitar players don't dance very well, you know. 06:36.066 --> 06:37.566 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (audience laughs) 06:37.566 --> 06:39.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So we said, well can you show us a step or two, you know, 06:39.933 --> 06:41.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to do while you guys are filming? 06:41.633 --> 06:45.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And they showed us a simple little step, you know. 06:45.233 --> 06:46.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And then they started rolling the film, 06:46.533 --> 06:48.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% they had to stop and they go, 06:48.333 --> 06:49.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% guitar players, please don't move. 06:49.966 --> 06:53.766 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (audience laughs) 06:53.766 --> 06:55.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And they walked over to me and they go, 06:55.600 --> 06:57.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% could I see your birth certificate, I wanna make-- 06:57.500 --> 06:58.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [SMITH] Are you actually an Escovedo? 06:58.333 --> 07:00.000 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (audience laughs) 07:00.000 --> 07:01.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% [SMITH] (laughs) I love that. 07:01.866 --> 07:03.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% That's great. So what's Sheila doing now? 07:03.633 --> 07:06.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] Well, she just worked with Gary Clark Jr. 07:06.000 --> 07:07.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [SMITH] She did, that's exactly right. 07:07.333 --> 07:08.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Yeah. [SMITH] That's right. 07:08.800 --> 07:11.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] And I just talked to her recently, 07:11.900 --> 07:13.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% they've been touring a lot, on her own. 07:13.366 --> 07:14.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [SMITH] So will she do, Gary Clark Jr's 07:14.733 --> 07:16.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% about to be on Saturday Night Live. 07:16.800 --> 07:18.333 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Blackstock, right? 07:18.333 --> 07:19.866 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Is she gonna perform with, 07:19.866 --> 07:21.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% will she perform? [ESCOVEDO] I have no idea. 07:21.366 --> 07:22.766 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [SMITH] I remember when she was on Saturday Night Live 07:22.766 --> 07:24.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% a million years ago and Chevy Chase joked 07:24.566 --> 07:28.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that the E in Sheila E stood for Eisenberg, right? 07:28.433 --> 07:30.466 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (laughing) 07:30.466 --> 07:31.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] That's too funny. 07:31.700 --> 07:32.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [SMITH] I have this very clear memory, 07:32.966 --> 07:34.166 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Sheila Eisenberg. 07:34.166 --> 07:36.033 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Okay, go ahead. 07:36.033 --> 07:37.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Hi, my first recollection of you, 07:37.800 --> 07:39.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% other than working around Waterloo, 07:39.500 --> 07:40.966 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% when I used to go in, 07:40.966 --> 07:45.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% was a Chronicle party at Laguna Gloria in '92 for "Gravity." 07:46.100 --> 07:47.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] For "Gravity?" 07:47.500 --> 07:48.866 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] For "Gravity," right. When it came out. 07:48.866 --> 07:50.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% You played a party the Chronicle at the Laguna Gloria. 07:50.233 --> 07:51.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Oh right. [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Yeah. 07:51.466 --> 07:53.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] That was a beautiful party. 07:53.166 --> 07:55.366 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] It was, yeah. [ESCOVEDO] I remember that. Yeah. 07:55.366 --> 07:57.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% A few people have come up to me recently 07:57.466 --> 07:58.733 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and said they remember that. 07:58.733 --> 07:59.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] 'Cause you played right 07:59.566 --> 08:00.800 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% on the little patio 08:00.800 --> 08:02.300 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% with the big wind chimes overhang (laughs). 08:02.300 --> 08:03.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] Yeah, it was gorgeous, I remember that. 08:03.633 --> 08:05.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [AUDIENCE MEMBER] But my question is, is during, 08:05.566 --> 08:07.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% when your treatments were going on, 08:07.366 --> 08:09.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% was there a particular artist or song or album 08:09.866 --> 08:12.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that you used to play that would help you 08:12.066 --> 08:13.100 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% get along through it? 08:14.866 --> 08:19.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] Oh well, you know, I love Mott the Hoople, 08:19.166 --> 08:22.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and I love Ian Hunter, and I remember when, you know, 08:22.300 --> 08:25.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% whenever I was going through some hard times 08:25.733 --> 08:28.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% it was always like Mott or Bowie. 08:28.866 --> 08:30.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And, you know, it's funny 'cause I remember songs, 08:30.733 --> 08:33.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% like I remember The Everly Brothers' song "Dream," 08:33.800 --> 08:35.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% right, you know? [AUDIENCE MEMBER] Yep. 08:35.033 --> 08:36.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Or Roy Orbison's voice. 08:38.033 --> 08:40.900 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% They would always console me. 08:40.900 --> 08:42.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% "In My Room" was the song, 08:42.366 --> 08:45.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I don't know how many times I played it. 08:45.833 --> 08:47.933 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% And then, you know, 08:47.933 --> 08:50.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% so those kind of songs always lent themselves 08:50.266 --> 08:52.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to what I became as a songwriter, I think, 08:52.733 --> 08:57.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% because the greatest gift of a songwriter, 08:57.366 --> 08:58.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% or maybe any artist, 08:58.600 --> 09:01.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% is when someone comes up to you and says, 09:01.166 --> 09:02.666 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% you know, this music, 09:02.666 --> 09:06.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% this song helped me through some very difficult times, 09:06.400 --> 09:08.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and I want to thank you for that. 09:08.766 --> 09:12.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And so to have that ability without being aware, 09:12.733 --> 09:17.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I try never to, I think it's creative death 09:17.733 --> 09:21.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% when you start to pat yourself on the back for anything. 09:21.400 --> 09:24.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I think you always have to be kind of unsure, almost, 09:24.933 --> 09:28.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% about what you're doing, so that you're still searching. 09:29.566 --> 09:34.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And I'm still in that place, because getting this award, 09:34.066 --> 09:37.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% you know, I asked Louis several times, 09:37.666 --> 09:39.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% are you sure that this is for me? 09:39.733 --> 09:40.966 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (audience laughing) 09:40.966 --> 09:42.600 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I don't think this is meant for me, no. 09:42.600 --> 09:44.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% [SMITH] Yeah, I think we all know the answer to that. 09:44.100 --> 09:44.933 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% (laughing) 09:44.933 --> 09:46.166 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% It is for you. 09:46.166 --> 09:47.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% All right, let's stop right there. 09:47.100 --> 09:48.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Please give Al a big hand. 09:48.033 --> 09:49.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Thank him for being here, 09:49.433 --> 09:50.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% thank you all for being here. [ESCOVEDO] Thank you. 09:50.833 --> 09:51.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% [SMITH] We'll see you again. 09:51.833 --> 09:53.033 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% [ESCOVEDO] Thanks again. 09:53.033 --> 09:53.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% [SMITH] My pleasure, you're welcome. 09:53.966 --> 09:54.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% [ESCOVEDO] Thank you very much. 09:54.766 --> 09:59.500 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (audience clapping)