Some careers start in an obvious spot then continue to grow from there. Alejandro Escovedo, on the other hand, took a few decades to find a sound that fit him just right. First, in the late ’70s, came a flirtation with punk. Next came formative forays, more heralded than heard, into what eventually became alt-country. Finally, Escovedo stumbled on an expansive approach to rock and roll that somehow seamlessly made room for all his disparate interests, from the Sex Pistols to the Stones, marked by dynamic, often string-laden arrangements, and always held together by the simplicity and poetry of a master storyteller with no dearth of material.

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Master storyteller Escovedo finds the right setting at Old Town