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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] 
I was lucky enough

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to be at the show 
at the Paramount--

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[ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO] 
Oh thanks. [AUDIENCE 
MEMBER] --back in January.

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It was absolutely brilliant.

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[ESCOVEDO] Thank you. 
(audience clapping)

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] Absolutely 
brilliant. (audience clapping)

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And I watched your 
development with Don Antonio,

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just wondering how 
the two of you met.

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[ESCOVEDO] I'm sorry?

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] How you 
met Don Antonio. [EVAN SMITH] 
How did the two of you meet?

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[ESCOVEDO] Oh we met, you know,

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it was less than two 
years ago, actually.

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I was gonna tour Europe.

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I was given the 
choice of three bands

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and I chose the Italian band.

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They're amazing musicians.

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I mean, exquisite musicians.

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Also, they were not 
trying to sound American.

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They were sticking true 
to their Italian roots,

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and I just felt that the 
combination of my songs

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and their music was something 
that could work very well,

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and it did, you know.

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So we did,

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it's funny because I flew 
to Bologna with Nancy,

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we got picked up by 
Francesco and Antonio,

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driven to their 
town of Modigliana,

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which is this gorgeous little 
village of 5,000 people

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at the foothills 
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there in Emilia-Romagna 
is the province.

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Went to dinner.

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In Italy, that's all you do,

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is eat, basically, of course. 
[SMITH] Eat, right, yep.

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(audience laughs) 
[ESCOVEDO] It was amazing.

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And then we walked a few 
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We rehearsed two 
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Right away, I could 
tell it was amazing.

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The next day, we 
rehearsed a full day.

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The following day, we got 
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packed up all our stuff,

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drove 10 hours to 
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played that night and 
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10-country tour of Europe.

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[SMITH] Just on 
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first couple days together. 
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[SMTIH] Amazing. [ESCOVEDO] 
And we just hit it off.

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And right away, the 
gigs were amazing,

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the people were all walking 
away with a smile on their face.

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[SMITH] Was it, did you 
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going into it that it 
would be that good?

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[ESCOVEDO] Not really. [SMITH] 
It exceeded expectations?

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[ESCOVEDO] Not really, 
you never know, you know?

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But that joint in forces

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between Don Antonio and myself

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lent itself so much to 
the story of the boys in

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Salvo and Diego.

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And really, it's, you 
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it is the story of 
Antonio and myself.

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Because he came to Texas,

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his first place in America

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that he wanted to 
come to was Texas.

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Their favorite guitar player 
is Jimmy Vaughan, right, so.

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(audience laughs)

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So they wanted to come 
to Texas to see this.

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And so his perspective 
was really important.

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the back roads of Texas 
talking to a lot of dreamers.

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and getting their stories. 
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there's at least one 
song that, what was it,

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"Texas is My Mother.' 
[ESCOVEDO] "Texas is My Mother."

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Exactly. 
[SMITH] Right, yeah.

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[ESCOVEDO] So that's 
part of it, you know.

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But it was just such 
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to have them as 
musicians, and my songs,

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and, you know, we're gonna 
keep working together.

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It's not the end of it, yeah.

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[SMITH] That's great.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] It's a 
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as a listener. [ESCOVEDO] 
Thank you, thanks a lot.

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[SMITH] Sir, hi.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] Hello.

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[ESCOVEDO] Hey, how you 
doing? [AUDIENCE MEMBER] 
It's good to see you

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in the daytime, Al.

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[ESCOVEDO] Yeah. 
(laughing)

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] Might 
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Let's say "The Crossing," 
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gets turned into a movie.

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[SMITH] Right.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] Who directs 
that, if you could choose?

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[ESCOVEDO] I was thinking 
that the guy who did Roma.

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[SMITH] Cuarón. 
[AUDIENCE MEMBER] Oh okay.

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[ESCOVEDO] Or the guy 
who did the water film.

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[SMITH] The lady who falls 
in love with the fish movie--

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[ESCOVEDO] Yeah, yeah, yeah. 
[SMITH] Right?

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] Of course. 
[SMITH] Yeah.

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[ESCOVEDO] Yeah, yeah.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] Oh nice, 
so let's talk about that.

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[ESCOVEDO] Those two 
directors, I think,

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would really 
understand the journey.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] 
Yeah, if you could go,

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I know I'm asking two questions,

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but if, historically, 
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would you have--

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[ESCOVEDO] Well, Pasolini 
would be pretty interesting.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] 
Yeah, thank you.

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[SMITH] You do know more about 
film than the average person.

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(laughing) 
I will say, props on that. Sir?

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[ESCOVEDO] Welcome 
back to Studio 1A.

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The last time I saw you 
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for the "Austin City Limits."

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And one really fond 
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was the poster by Chuck Sperry 
out of Firehouse Design.

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[ESCOVEDO] Oh right.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] And 
the poster, of course,

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it's the Virgin of Guadalupe,

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and it's just this, I think, 
one of the most beautiful--

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[ESCOVEDO] That was 
a gorgeous poster.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] --most 
beautiful concert posters ever.

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[ESCOVEDO] Yeah.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] And 
I asked Chuck Sperry

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why Rank and File,

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and he said he couldn't do 
The Nuns for the t-shirt,

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he felt like he was 
pushing it a little bit--

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[ESCOVEDO] Yeah, yeah. 
[AUDIENCE MEMBER] --as it was.

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But he said he had a long 
relationship with your family,

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with Sheila E, and 
with your family.

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Could you comment on 
that a little bit, or--

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[ESCOVEDO] I'm sorry. [AUDIENCE 
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on the relationship between,

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[ESCOVEDO] With Chuck?

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] Yeah.

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[ESCOVEDO] Well, I met Chuck 
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in Portland, I think it was.

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I think that's where we met.

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But he's been making 
such wonderful posters,

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and especially that poster.

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I know he worked with my 
brothers on some posters

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and maybe album 
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and Sheila and everybody.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] Yeah. 
[ESCOVEDO] That we go to him

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for artwork.

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Beautiful poster, it's 
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that we've ever had.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] 
Mine too, thank you.

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[ESCOVEDO] Yeah, 
thank you, good.

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[SMITH] Anything else for Al?

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Sure, okay, of course.

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Steve, how's our time, 
seven, okay, get the camera.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] You 
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how often do you get together

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with your brothers and sisters?

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[ESCOVEDO] Well, not that 
often because we're--

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[SMITH] How many 
of you are left?

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Coke passed away a while ago.

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[ESCOVEDO] Well, 
Coke passed away,

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Phillip passed away, my 
sister, Alice, passed away,

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my brother Phillip passed away.

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So, we don't, you know, 
since everyone's a musician,

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we don't get to see 
each other that often.

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[SMITH] But wasn't 
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reunion where you all,

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how many Escovedos can we 
get on stage to play music?

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[ESCOVEDO] Oh that was, my 
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my brother Pete, and he 
invited all the Escovedos

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to come and play, who 
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This is nephews, nieces, 
cousins, all that kinda,

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there was over 50 
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(audience laughing)

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[SMITH] So great.

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[ESCOVEDO] It was so funny, 
I'll tell you funny story.

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So there was like the guitar 
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And they were filming 
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talent shows at Christmas,

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and they were like The 
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It was embarrassing 
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'cause like, you know. 
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Some Mango, I would try

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to do some Mango Kingz 
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you know, and it 
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[SMITH] Sheila may be 
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of the entire family, right?

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[ESCOVEDO] Unbelievable. 
[SMITH] I mean, amazing.

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[ESCOVEDO] Unbelievable. 
[SMITH] Right.

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[ESCOVEDO] And so 
they had everyone,

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and so Sheila and 
everyone's dancing,

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and some of the kids 
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they're all there dancing.

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So the guitar players are 
just kinda standing around.

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Guitar players don't 
dance very well, you know.

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So we said, well can you show 
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to do while you 
guys are filming?

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And they showed us a simple 
little step, you know.

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And then they started 
rolling the film,

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they had to stop and they go,

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guitar players, 
please don't move.

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(audience laughs)

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And they walked over 
to me and they go,

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could I see your birth 
certificate, I wanna make--

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[SMITH] Are you 
actually an Escovedo?

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[SMITH] (laughs) I love that.

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That's great. So what's 
Sheila doing now?

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[ESCOVEDO] Well, she just 
worked with Gary Clark Jr.

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[SMITH] She did, 
that's exactly right.

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[ESCOVEDO] Yeah. 
[SMITH] That's right.

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[ESCOVEDO] And I just 
talked to her recently,

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they've been touring 
a lot, on her own.

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[SMITH] So will she 
do, Gary Clark Jr's

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about to be on 
Saturday Night Live.

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Blackstock, right?

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Is she gonna perform with,

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will she perform? 
[ESCOVEDO] I have no idea.

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[SMITH] I remember when she 
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a million years ago 
and Chevy Chase joked

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that the E in Sheila E 
stood for Eisenberg, right?

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(laughing)

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[ESCOVEDO] That's too funny.

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[SMITH] I have this 
very clear memory,

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Sheila Eisenberg.

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Okay, go ahead.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] Hi, my 
first recollection of you,

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other than working 
around Waterloo,

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when I used to go in,

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was a Chronicle party at Laguna 
Gloria in '92 for "Gravity."

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[ESCOVEDO] For "Gravity?"

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] For "Gravity," 
right. When it came out.

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You played a party the 
Chronicle at the Laguna Gloria.

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[ESCOVEDO] Oh right. 
[AUDIENCE MEMBER] Yeah.

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[ESCOVEDO] That was 
a beautiful party.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] It 
was, yeah. [ESCOVEDO] 
I remember that. Yeah.

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A few people have 
come up to me recently

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and said they remember that.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] 
'Cause you played right

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on the little patio

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with the big wind chimes 
overhang (laughs).

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[ESCOVEDO] Yeah, it was 
gorgeous, I remember that.

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[AUDIENCE MEMBER] But my 
question is, is during,

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when your treatments 
were going on,

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was there a particular 
artist or song or album

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that you used to play 
that would help you

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get along through it?

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[ESCOVEDO] Oh well, you 
know, I love Mott the Hoople,

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and I love Ian Hunter, and 
I remember when, you know,

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whenever I was going 
through some hard times

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it was always like 
Mott or Bowie.

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And, you know, it's funny 
'cause I remember songs,

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like I remember The Everly 
Brothers' song "Dream,"

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right, you know? 
[AUDIENCE MEMBER] Yep.

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[ESCOVEDO] Or Roy 
Orbison's voice.

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They would always console me.

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"In My Room" was the song,

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I don't know how many 
times I played it.

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And then, you know,

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so those kind of songs 
always lent themselves

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to what I became as a 
songwriter, I think,

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because the greatest 
gift of a songwriter,

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or maybe any artist,

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is when someone comes 
up to you and says,

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you know, this music,

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this song helped me through 
some very difficult times,

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and I want to 
thank you for that.

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And so to have that ability 
without being aware,

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I try never to, I think 
it's creative death

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when you start to pat yourself 
on the back for anything.

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And I think you always have 
to be kind of unsure, almost,

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about what you're doing, so 
that you're still searching.

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And I'm still in that place, 
because getting this award,

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you know, I asked 
Louis several times,

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are you sure that 
this is for me?

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(audience laughing)

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I don't think this 
is meant for me, no.

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[SMITH] Yeah, I think we 
all know the answer to that.

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(laughing)

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It is for you.

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All right, let's 
stop right there.

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Please give Al a big hand.

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Thank him for being here,

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thank you all for being here. 
[ESCOVEDO] Thank you.

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[SMITH] We'll see you again.

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[ESCOVEDO] Thanks again.

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[SMITH] My pleasure, 
you're welcome.

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[ESCOVEDO] Thank you very much.

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(audience clapping)