Bourbonitis Blues

Bourbonitis Blues is an album by the musician Alejandro Escovedo, released in 1999 on Bloodshot Records.^[5][6]

Bourbonitis Blues
Studio album by Alejandro Escovedo
Released	May 4, 1999 (1999-05-04)
Genre	Alternative rock, alternative country, chicano rock
Label	Bloodshot
Producer	Chris Stamey
Alejandro Escovedo chronology
More Miles Than Money: Live 1994-1996 (1998) Bourbonitis Blues (1999) A Man Under the Influence (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Orlando Sentinel	[3]
Pitchfork Media	6.1/10[4]

Production

The tracks were recorded in Austin and in North Carolina, with a few live recordings from a Chicago show.^[7]

Critical reception

No Depression deemed the album "a modest effort: a mix of covers and fresh originals, studio tracks and live cuts, bound together with no apparent logic other than it’s all good, warm, current work."^[8]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Alejandro Escovedo; except where indicated

1. "I Was Drunk" (Live) – 4:53
2. "Irene Wilde" (Ian Hunter) – 2:52
3. "California Blues" (Live) (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:21
4. "Guilty" – 4:54
5. "Amsterdam" (John Cale) – 3:43
6. "Everybody Loves Me" – 3:26
7. "Pale Blue Eyes" (Live) (Lou Reed) – 6:15
8. "Sacramento & Polk" (Live) – 4:44
9. "Sex Beat" (Jeffrey Lee Pierce) – 4:09

Personnel

• Alejandro Escovedo - acoustic and electric guitar, vocals
• Bill McCullough - pedal steel
• Glenn Fukunaga - bass
• Mycle Konopka - mixing
• Hector Muñoz - drums
• David Perales - violin, backing vocals
• Maya Escovedo - photography
• Joe Eddy Hines - acoustic and electric guitar
• Todd V. Wolfson - photography
• Chris Phillips - drums, percussion
• Dana Lee Smith - artwork
• Melissa Swingle - harmonica, backing vocals
• Timothy Powell - engineer
• Brian Standefer - cello
• Tom V. Ray - bass
• Chris Stamey - bass, guitar, harmonium, producer, engineer
• Tim Harper - engineer
• Kelly Hogan - vocals
• Jon Langford - acoustic guitar, vocals