One of my favorite bands, Lucero, is playing tonight at the Bottleneck in Lawrence. They can’t be easily categorized, maybe alt country or country punk, and they are masters of the sad song. The lead singer, Ben Nichols, has a way of baring his soul in the lyrics he writes. Some of my favorites are “All These Love Songs”, “Nights Like These”, “Tears Don’t Matter Much” and “What Else Would You Have Me Be”.
And they’re one of the best damn live acts around. Dangerboy and I saw them at the Blue Note in Columbia earlier this year and they were incredible. Of course, there’s always at least one annoying person in the audience, and this show was no exception. One young guy got up close to the stage and kept pointing at Ben and yelling at him to play certain songs. I wanted to grab that guy’s finger, break it, and shove it up his ass.
Anyway, here’s a video clip from a Lucero show for you to enjoy…
“Tears Don’t Matter Much”
Nice to see you in concert mode. I have missed the concerts while I was away so we will have to plan something soon:)
Awesome!! Thanks for sharing this.
you are so right they fuckin’ jam!!!! we need them here in northern california!!!!!