With the heart of a songwriter and a sound that can range from traditional folk to a gritty modern honky tonk, Shakey Graves comes to Red Butte Garden on Tuesday, bringing the latest phase in the artist’s evolution.
Reinvention is nothing new for Alejandro Rose-Garcia, the man behind the Shakey Graves moniker. He used to work as a busker on the streets and tried his hand at acting, making the rounds at auditions in Los Angeles. He landed a small role on “Friday Night Lights,” before focusing more on music.
His busking roots were evident on his first album, 2011’s “Roll The Bones,” a straight-ahead folky collection of stripped-down shoe-gazers.