{"id":1478,"date":"2023-04-17T15:51:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T20:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/music-of-texas-spring-2023\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2023-04-26T14:13:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T19:13:56","slug":"who-is-shakey-graves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/music-of-texas-spring-2023\/2023\/04\/17\/who-is-shakey-graves\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Shakey Graves?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shakey Graves, also known as Alejandro Rose-Garcia, is a musician from Austin, Texas. This 35-year-old artist has a unique sound and offers a different vibe to Texan music. He’s influenced by various genres like rock, blues, country, and even folk. Through his music, one can tell that he experiments with intertwining all these sounds into his songs. What intrigued people most of all about him was his one-man band setup. Typically people have other musicians, but for Shakey Graves, it’s a suitcase converted into a kick drum with a tambourine stand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upbringing and Debut <\/h2>\n\n\n
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Converted Suitcase <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Reddit: Photo of Garcia’s Parents holding him up with friend off to the left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Shakey Graves on the right (Spy Kids 3)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Rose-Garcia’s family always encouraged his creative endeavors. His mother was an actress, director, and writer. His father also managed a theater. Since his family was interested in acting, it’s no surprise that Rose-Garcia pursued an acting career. Starting in his high school’s drama club and then moving to Los Angeles to be a part of movies like Spy Kids 3: Game Over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Rose-Garcia gained popularity through his music, he would record and play songs in his spare time. In 2007 he attended the Old Settler’s Music Festival in Driftwood, Texas, with his friends when a random drunk man approached them. They had talked with the man for about 20 minutes when he rambled something along the lines of “spooky wagon,” and Shakey thought it sounded like some guitarist’s stage name. This ended up starting a conversation about what the rest of their stage names would be and a friend said “Shakey Graves”. Ever since then, he’s been using it to perform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same year, he followed suit by pursuing music full-time and took inspiration from another older artist named Bob Log 3. This is where Rose-Garcia had the idea to perform as a one-man band just like Bob. He enjoyed how Bob constantly grabbed the attention of listeners by changing up the tempo and key throughout his songs.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bob Log III<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Not long after, he gained tons of recognition for his 2011 album\u00a0Roll the Bones<\/em><\/strong>. This album was so popular that the Mayor of Austin declared February 9th “Shakey Graves Day” in 2012. Currently, his newest album, which came out this year on February 9th, is titled\u00a0Deadstock – A Shakey Graves Day Anthology<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0Anthology means previously unreleased songs or pieces of work.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performances<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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