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See How We Are is the sixth studio album by American rock band X, released in 1987 by Elektra Records. It was their first album without founding guitarist Billy Zoom, who was replaced by ex- Blasters guitarist Dave Alvin for the album's recording sessions and some live shows.
Jun 23, 2007 · John Doe, and fellow Knitter (& Blasters guitarist), Dave Alvin deliver a rare early acoustic version of the X track See How We Are (from the X album of the same name).
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Alvin served a brief stint as the lead guitarist of the Los Angeles–based alternative rock band X. He left X in 1987 to work on a solo project after the group recorded their album See How We Are. Alvin was also a member of the country folk band The Knitters, an offshoot of X.
See How We Are is the sixth studio album by American rock band X, released in 1987 by Elektra Records. It was their first album without founding guitarist Billy Zoom , who was replaced by ex- Blasters guitarist Dave Alvin for the album's recording sessions and some live shows.
X with Dave Alvin. See How We Are. Elektra, 1986 Elektra 60492. Tracks: I'm Lost You 4th of July In the Time It Takes Anyone Can Fill Your Shoes See How We Are
Songfacts®: This was written by the guitarist Dave Alvin, who had recently replaced Billy Zoom in X. Alvin still had ties with his former band, the Blasters, when he wrote the song, and in early 1986 he recorded the song with the group, with Nick Lowe producing.
Album: See How We Are. Label: Elektra. Year: 1987. Dave Alvin is a man of many layers, one part fierce guitar slinger out of the roots rock tradition, one part hard-bitten author out of the Raymond Chandler school of pithy prose - and no part naturally gifted warbler, whether in the Blasters, X, or on his own.
