Road trip: Alejandro Escovedo, Old 97’s and Tilly and the Wall

Pioneering punk artist Alejandro Escovedo plays Tipitina’s in New Orleans at 10 p.m. Friday, July 18. $18 in advance. $20 at the door. Touring behind the well-received 2008 release, Blame it On Gravity, Dallas alt-country rockers Old 97’s play the House of Blues on Saturday, July 19. Opening acts: Sleepercar and Crash that Took Me. 9 p.m. Tickets start at $16. Also Saturday, Omaha’s own alternative-pop band Tilly and the Wall stop in at One Eyed Jacks. Doors at 8 p.m. $10.