Comments on: LUCERO – HOUSTON, TEXAS 11/09/09 REVIEW AND INTERVIEWS:

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:08:25 +0000

The “Frat Boys” you speak of couldn’t be further from them. I was right behind this group of “fighters”. There was only one who wasn’t completely covered in tattoos. Not to mention that this whole scrum didn’t go down the way its all been drawn up.

Not once were they ever warned of their actions, and the whole ordeal happened because the stage manager pushed them first. They accidentally bumped into him. He said something to one of the “frat boys”, who then told him to “Chill out”. After this he pushed him, so the guy swung. The rest of the story goes as you drew it up, but like I said, they weren’t the instigators.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:34:42 +0000

The guys who started the shit weren’t frat boys… they were a group of punks and bikers, most of them were covered in tattoos. Get the facts straight. JCS knocked one of the guys on the head pretty good with his bass, but what he didn’t mention is that he got hit and thrown back into his gear. I wonder how that felt? I was right there, for all of it. But on the other hand, great show. One of the best in my books.

By: Romeo Sid Vicious

Romeo Sid Vicious — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:49:22 +0000

@Noah
I feel you on that. For me it was more than just the elbows this time. It was the unbathed TODO MOTO MC dude next to me bragging “I bathe when it rains” and “My Winnebago is a muff factory” along with the girl telling him how much he stunk, the fat chick trying to shove her way up to the front and her boyfriend trying to punk anyone who didn’t let her through, and on and on and on. Someone trying to mosh I can deal with, I think, I usually just toss elbows back and they avoid me. This time it was asshole central. But even that didn’t ruin the show.

@Jeff
I didn’t see everything that went down but John C. told the story a few times afterwards. It was a good story! I saw him back the idiots off with his bass a couple of time but I missed him wielding it like a baseball bat. I wish I could have see it!

They did get a marketing budget for the album. It was small enough they were figuring it may pay for a guy spinning a sign on the side of the road but found a super-fan who works for an ad agency in NYC who hooked them up so they are getting every penny’s worth out of what little the label gave to them. And it’s obviously working. The venues are slightly larger in most places, they are making enough to have a bus and have it make sense, and every single member from the horns to the core band is in good spirits. The boys, before the show, didn’t look like they had been touring a bar fight circuit.

The real proof that this tour is different is the amount of shit John C. is talking at each show. He’s pretty damn funny when he’s not wore out from being crammed in a van with smelly dudes who haven’t showered in a week. The banter is some of the best I have ever heard out of the boys and it’s quite humorous to seen John C. amble over to Ben’s mic and essentially take over for a minute or two. Ben stands there and smirks at him while he rambles on… You can really hear it on the boot from DC Live Tracks.

By: Noah

Noah — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:36:46 +0000

Great interview. It’s good to finally hear a little bit about what the label is doing (pressuring them to do a lot of pre-recording prep) and isn’t (paying for the van).

I have also gotten too old for the front row at Lucero shows. Actually, I don’t think getting old has anything to do with it. It’s just that I’ll be damned if I want some kid who can’t handle his booze yet to ram an elbow into me while he tries to mosh to My Best Girl or something equally inappropriate. Fuck `em.

By: zim

zim — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:08:13 +0000

It’s funny that there were morons at this show too. At the Fort Collins stop on this tour last month John C. cursed a couple frat boys out pretty fucking hard. what a badass, wouldn’t be a lucero show without him saying some crazy shit.

Your Website is great by the way. Been following it for a couple months now. keep it coming.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:13:42 +0000

Great write up man! When I saw them last month I was right in front of Ben for 2 songs then some asshole knocked my glasses off; I caught them just in time, then I had to move back to enjoy the show.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:27:14 +0000

Thanks for giving the rundown on what actually happened at the show. A couple of people I knew were there, but they weren’t in a good position to see it all.

Also, quite disappointing to see how little the label is doing for them. Every Lucero fan I’ve talked to mentions how they haven’t seen a single bit of promotion for the album. I hope they benefit from it in whatever ways are possible, but it turns out major labels are still inefficient and apparently quite useless if you are not Taylor Swift.

By: Cowbelle

Cowbelle — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:11:10 +0000

I didn’t think it possible, but now I am ever more upset the Portland show was canceled. Sigh.

By: nick

nick — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:10:01 +0000

Good stuff. The label disappointed me as usual on this one.

By: Aimz

Aimz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:09:26 +0000

Awesome interview. It sounds like this show very much mirrored the Toronto show, frat boy pricks and all. The Rick-Ben-Todd trio was unreal. I could listen to them all day.