The Sounds of Texas Music Series features influential storyteller and songwriter Alejandro Escovedo and legendary roadhouse rocker Joe Ely, two beloved Texas music icons on a rare double bill.

Escovedo has been hailed as a poet, as a storyteller and more. He blends rock, folk, blues and classically influenced music into a boundary-defying style that has won him a devoted following all over the world. Honky-tonk firebrand Ely has toured the globe from Lubbock to London and back again. Over the storied span of his four-decade career, he's shared the stage with everyone from The Clash to Bruce Springsteen, and won a Grammy for his work with Los Super Seven. Ely's relentlessly riveting, high-octane shows are the stuff of Texas legend.