Lucero
Lucero’s sixth studio album and major label debut, 1372 Overton Park, is due October 6 on Universal Republic Records. Produced by Ted Hutt (The Gaslight Anthem) and featuring horn arrangements by legendary Memphis session player Jim Spake (Al Green, John Hiatt, Solomon Burke, Cat Power), the record marks a decided turn toward the Memphis soul sound that has long informed the band’s records from afar. 1372 Overton Park follows the band’s 2006 release, Rebels, Rogues &Sworn Brothers, hailed by Pitchfork as “the best showcase for the band’s taut dynamic yet.” After a run of festival and club dates this summer, Lucero will tour throughout the fall in support of the new album with the Lucero Ramblin’ Roadshow &Memphis Revue, a traveling roadshow featuring Amy LaVere, Cedric Burnside with Lightnin’ Malcolm, Jack Oblivian, John Paul Keith &the One Four Fives and The Dirty Streets.
While 1372 Overton Park serves as a love letter to Memphis and its musical heritage, the band has far from abandoned the country/rock/punk influences that they’ve become known for over their previous five records and countless tour dates in front of rabid fans. “I think the fact that we don't claim a genre is very important to what Lucero is,” according to Nichols. “There are too many rules in punk rock. Too many rules in country music. We’re hard headed and…god damn if we don’t do things the way we want to do them.”
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- Tour Dates
- September 10 The Blue Note Columbia, MO
- September 11 Crossroads Kansas City, MO
- September 12 The Arkansas Music Pavillion Fayetville, AR
- September 17 Canopy Club Urbana, IL
- September 18 DIY Street Fair Ferndale, MI
- September 19 Rumba Cafe Columbus, OH
- October 9 Cannery Ballroom Nashville, TN
- October 10 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
- October 11 The Pour House Charleston, SC
- October 13 Cats Cradle Carrboro, NC
- October 14 The National Richmond, VA
- October 15 9:30 Club Washington D.C.
- October 16 Starlight Ballroom Philadelphia, PA
- October 17 Webster Hall New York, NY
- October 18 The Middle East Cambridge, MA
- October 20 Lee's Palace Toronto, ON
- October 21 The Magic Stick Detroit, MI
- October 22 Turner Hall Milwaukee, WI
- October 23 Varsity Theater Minneapolis, MN
- October 26 Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins, CO
- October 27 Ogden Theater Denver, CO
- October 29 The Crocodile Seattle, WA
- October 30 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR
- November 1 Mezzanine San Francisco, CA
- November 4 The Casbah San Diego, CA
- November 5 The Clubhouse Tempe, AZ
- November 7 Longhorn Saloon Ft. Worth, TX
- November 8 Fun Fun Fun Fest Austin, TX
- November 9 Meridian Houston, TX
- November 10 Alabama Music Box Mobile, AL
- November 12 Club Down Under @ Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
- November 13 Czar Tampa, FL
- November 14 Lizzie McCormick Stage Orlando, FL
- November 15 Cafe Eleven St. Augustine, FL
- November 17 Visulite Theatre Charlotte, NC
- November 18 40 Watt Athens, GA
- November 19 Valarium Knoxville, TN
- November 20 Orange Peel Asheville, NC
- November 21 Headliners Louisville, KY