Biography:

Shakey Graves, aka Alejandro Rose-Garcia from Austin, Texas, plays a gnarly composite of blues and folk as a one-man-band of epic sonic proportions. The sound emitted from his hollow body guitar, mildly distorted amp and suitcase drum belie the young singer’s lean frame. He fingerpicks while keeping time with a double-pedal kick drum, hitting a snare fitted into his suitcase drum and a tambourine fashioned to its side. And when he sings, Rose-Garcia unleashes an unearthly howl.

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Other songs:

• Built To Roam
• Call It Heaven
• Dearly Departed
• Family And Genius
• Georgia Moon
• Hard Wired
• A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
• Big Time Nashville Star
• Bullys Lament
• Calendar Girl
• Chinatown
• City In A Bottle
• Climb On The Cross
• Cops And Robbers
• Counting Sheep
• Daisy Chains
• Dining Alone
• Doe Jane
• Excuses
• Family Tree
• Good Police
• House Of Winston
• I Am An Animal
• Kids These Days
• Kiss The Girl
• Late July
• Love Patiently
• Mansion Door
• O Death
• Oh My Poison
• Once In A While
• Only Son
• Pansy Waltz
• Pay The Road
• Proper Fence
• Roll The Bones
• Rotten Ol Me
• Seeing All Red
• Stereotypes Of A Blue Collar Male
• The Daily All
• The Donor Blues
• The Perfect Parts
• The Waters
• To Cure What Ails
• Tomorrow
• Unlucky Skin
• War Horn
• Wild Card
• Wolfman Agenda
• Word Of Mouth

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