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Welcome back to Colorado, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

www.thepromiseofthereal.com

When: 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010
Where: Mishawaka Amphitheatre
13714 Poudre Canyon Highway
Bellvue, CO
Cost: $12 in advance; $15 day of show
Information: (970) 482-4420
 www.MishawakaConcerts.com

www.coloradoan.com
by:  Taylor D. Iversen

Lukas Nelson and his band keep it real.

The 21-year-old son of country icon Willie Nelson believes in keeping it real so much that he decided to name his band after the concept.

“I started the band after I moved to Los Angeles. Due to the sort of fake nature of that place, I named the band Promise of the Real to combat that kind of vibe,” said Lukas Nelson, who will perform with his band Saturday at Mishawaka Amphitheatre.

Nelson defines keeping it real as “being honest. Not necessarily perfect, but human. Just kind of for better or for worse, a person being who they really are.”

Nelson began playing with Promise of the Real in January 2009. Since then, the group has played numerous high-profile shows with notable musicians such as Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, and he even toured with B.B. King.

In 2009, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real released the EP “Brando’s Paradise Sessions,” and they now have a full-length CD completed and waiting to be released.

“The album is done,” Nelson said. “We’re talking to a record label. We’re going to be releasing it within the next few months.”

Like his dad, Lukas Nelson can’t wait to get on the road again.

“We’ll be touring a lot; we plan on touring as much as we can,” he said of their plans for the future. “Slowly but surely, it’s all coming together. I just kind of want to keep going and get better all the time. I want to always be able to play. It’d be nice to be able to pay the rent, too.”

When asked how he felt about being compared to his father (whom he’ll be opening for on Sunday at Red Rocks Amphitheatre), Nelson said, “It doesn’t bother me; it’s just part of who I am. I appreciate the comparison, but I also like it when people realize we aren’t the same.”

Lukas Nelson & the Promise of the Real; Micah Nelson & the Reflectacles concert at Waterfront Concert Theater (9/9/2010)

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

The Waterfront

September 9 · 8:00pm – 11:30pm

Location The Waterfront

4211 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA

Venue:

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Come join the party at The Waterfront on Thursday, Sept 9! Great lineup, great venue, right on the water, plenty of fun!

Doors: 7:30pm

Instant People – 7:30-8:15

Happy Birthday, Annie Nelson

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Photo credit:  Janis from Texas, taken at Abbott, Texas in 2008.  (Thank you, friend.)


photo by Larry Kolvoold

Annie Nelson and Family

Double your Pleasure, double your fun: Lukas Nelson, and the Promise of the Real; Micah Nelson, and the Reflectacles, in Marina Del Rey, CA (9/9/2010)

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Lukas Nelson at Stubbs, last June.  Photo thanks to Janis, from Texas
4211 Admiralty Way
Marina Del Rey, CA, USA 90292

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Lukas Nelson will perform with his band The Promise of the Real on September 9th, 2010, at the Stronghold, in Marina Del Rey, CA.  And if that’s not enough to get you Californians jazzed up, his brother Micah Nelson will also perform on the 9th, with his band, the Reflectacles.

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The Reflectacles, Saxon Pub, Austin, July 3, 2010
www.myspace.com/thereflectacles

Paula Nelson, ‘Have you Ever Seen the Rain’, with Willie Nelson and Lukas Nelson

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Here is the latest, fantastic video from Luck Films, of Paula Nelson singing,  ‘Have you Ever Seen the Rain,’ written by John Fogerty.  The song appears on Paula’s new album, ‘Little City”, now available from itunes and www.cdbaby.com.  Paula and her band were joined by her dad and her brother on the recording, and her mother even makes a cameo appearance on the video.

Enjoy!

This cd is available on iTunes, and on cdbaby, and I highly recommend it!

“Have you ever seen the rain?” – Paula Nelson and Willie Nelson from Luck Films on Vimeo.

Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real, ‘A Peaceful Solution’

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real – “Peaceful Solution” from Luck Films on Vimeo.

Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real performed live at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania on July 8th 2010.

“Peaceful Solution” – written by Willie Nelson

Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real
promiseofthereal.com/

Percussion………..Tato Melgar
Drums………..Anthony LoGerfo
Bass……………….Corey McCormick
Vocals,Guitar…..Lukas Nelson

Video Production:

Executive Producer:
David Von Roehm

Produced by:
Keith Moyer
Norman Macera
Douglas Scott Johnson
Patrick Riley

Camera:
Patrick Riley
Douglas Scott Johnson
Mike Biaselli
Norman Macera

Edited by:
Douglas Scott Johnson

Location Manager:
Dennis Sigmund

Special Thanks:
Everyone at Longwood Gardens

A Luck Films Production
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Produced in association with:

Ningun Films
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Capricious Systems
Rebel Production Associates
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Letter8 Media
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Off on a Tangent Productions
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Fast Talk’n Productions
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Lukas Nelson

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

www.nctimes.com
by Charles Hand

Lukas Nelson’s hero may be a guy he hung around with a lot when he was younger —- a country singer named Willie —- but you won’t find the guitarist/vocalist/band leader son copying his famous father and country music legend.

The younger Nelson, who will perform Saturday at the Wiens Family Cellars with his year-and-a-half-old band Promise of the Real, does not sound like his dad’s music, but he can replicate his style with uncanny accuracy when he decides to.

“I grew up listening to him sing,” Nelson said. “I just can’t help getting the phrasing from him, but I just try to sing what’s comfortable.”

The 21-year-old Nelson began traveling with his father when he was five weeks old and joined the elite company aboard the Honeysuckle Rose (Nelson’s tour bus) with the Highwaymen, Willie, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson.

By the time he was 13 or 14 years old, Nelson was playing in his dad’s band. He got hooked on the travel and the entertaining.

During the 11 or so years he lived with his mother in Maui, he spent more time thinking about being on the road than he spent appreciating the natural beauty around him, he says now.

When it came time for college, he moved to the mainland to attend Loyola Marymount, but made it only about a year and a half before abandoning classes to form a band.

That was in 2007 and Nelson said the band already covers its expenses and provides and living.

“We don’t live lavishly,” he said, but he and a girlfriend live well enough in Venice Beach.

He alaso does not take money from either of his parents, he said.

“We’re self-sufficient,” he said.

He chose a seaside town for the way he feels when he is around the ocean.

“There is so much power that comes from it that’s soothing to me,” he says, a feeling lost on him on Maui.

In fact, he played guitar in his room eight to 10 hours a day on Maui.

“I didn’t even surf that much,” he said. “I had this feeling I needed to be somewhere else. It caused a lot of anxiety in me.”

He did some experimenting with drugs, but did not get hooked and didn’t do alcohol at all. He gained strength from reading books about finding happiness where you were no matter where you were. But they did not entirely succeed either.

Finally, he made the move to the mainland and a new seaside community, where much that had escaped him on Maui comes into focus for him daily —- when he isn’t on the road.

This summer is devoted to a string of concerts around the country from Pennsylvania to Indiana to Washington, to Wyoming to Utah to California. And the band has a new CD to replace the five-song EP they produced for their concert tour.

Nelson, who comes across as sincere about everything from his music to his family to his choice of career, is convinced it is the best work the band has done. It was produced by sometime-band member and all-time producer John Avila, former bassist with Oingo Boingo.

“This is the best thing we’ve ever done,” Nelson said. “When we recorded the EP, we had just formed. We have a year and a half of experience we didn’t have then.”

For someone who grew up with a guitar-playing father, Nelson came to the instrument, in fact to music, kind of late.

He was 8 years old when he asked his dad what he wanted for his birthday and the elder Nelson replied, “Nothing. Maybe if you learned to play the guitar.”

He started immediately and has not quit since. He fiddled with the violin, too, but never got anywhere with it, has played some drums, and keeps himself current enough on piano that he can jump in when necessary for a recording.

But his instrument is the guitar. On stage he often breaks into a jam or a long solo. In an homage to Jimi Hendrix, one of his favorite guitarists, has learned to play some with his teeth.

The music of Santana and Bob Dylan have also played major roles in his life, and Dylan has even invited him to play with his own band.

“Unfortunately, I had to turn that down,” Nelson said, “but I sit in when I can.”

Following a famous dad into show business has not been a trial, said Nelson. In fact, “it has opened some doors.”

Indeed. His band has opened for his father, for B.B. King, the Dave Matthews Band and others.

On the other hand, said Nelson, his band is making it on its own and the music he writes and performs is his own.

That does not mean the EP doesn’t have a cut in which the younger Nelson consciously emulates his father’s style on “Georgia,” a cut from his “Stardust” album, which the younger Nelson considers one of the best albums recorded by anyone.

“I learned how from him,” Nelson said. “He’s been a great mentor to me.”

The other members of the band are drummer Anthony LoGerfo, who has toured with Gwen Stefani, UB40 and Jackson Browne, among others; Corey McCormick on bass and Tato Melgar on percussion.

Also appearing on the bill are the country group Austin Law, formed by a San Bernardino County deputy sheriff, and Artwork Jamal, twice named male vocalist of the year by the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame.

Rockin’ Blues & Country Festival
7:30 p.m. Aug. 7
Wines Family Cellars
35055 Via del Ponte, Temecula
$40, $75 VIP
goldencrownproductions.com

Read the entire article:  North Country Times

Lukas Nelson & The Promise of the Real, ‘Hootchie, Cootchie Man”

Friday, August 6th, 2010

Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real – “Hoochie Coochie Man” from Luck Films on Vimeo.

Reflectacles and Promise of the Real, in Denver (8/3/2010)

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

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Willie Nelson & Family, and Lukas Nelson & the Promise of the Real, Ryan Bingham, all @ Red Rocks 9/5/2010

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

Lukas Nelson announced on FaceBook today that that he and his band will perform at Red Rocks, along with Willie Nelson & Family, and Ryan Bingham.

Now, if Paula and her band, and Micah and the Reflectacles would come, too.


See Lukas Nelson (and the Promise of the Real) and Micah Nelson (and the Reflectacles) in Denver next Tuesday (8/3/2010)

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

www.benderstavern.com

TUE, 08/03
9:00 PM

Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real
w/ The Reflectacles, Mandi Rae & Hillbilly Inferno

$8.00 / $10.00 day of show (21+)

Come hang with two of Willie Nelson’s kids in the intimate setting of Bender’s Tavern (Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real, and Micah Nelson of The Reflectacles). Lukas has been on Tour with B.B. King and Willie Nelson, and stops in at Bender’s for a special Denver date.

Bender’s Tavern
314 E 13th Ave
Denver, CO, 80203

Lukas Nelson & the Promise of the Real, in Auburn, IN (7/30/2010) — Free Concert!

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Lukas Nelson, Charlottesville, VA
photo:  Joanne, of Virginia

http://www.fwdailynews.com
by Dave Kurtz

People tell Lukas Nelson he sounds like his famous father when he sings, and he agrees.

Local fans can judge for themselves when Willie Nelson’s son takes the stage Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the DeKalb Outdoor Theater in Auburn.

The younger Nelson will bring his band, Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real, for a free concert in the theater’s Friday Night Performance Series.

Lukas Nelson says his rock-blues guitar style has been influenced by his father, who plays blues and jazz as well as country music.

Nelson, 21, grew up on his dad’s tour bus, making his first road trip at only 5 weeks old with legendary musicians Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson.

As he grew older, the younger Nelson needed more privacy. He said he would lock himself in his bedroom and imitate his guitar heroes.

“I got into Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix when I was a young kid,” Lukas Nelson said. “Mike Bloomfield was a big influence — Clapton, the list goes on.

“Giving respect to those influences. I hope to emerge with my own style from that blend,” he said.

During the first two weeks of July, Nelson and his band opened 10 concerts for another of his heroes, B.B. King.

At his shows, Lukas Nelson said, “Sometimes I’ll go on with boots on and a hat. Sometimes I’ll go barefoot and no shirt. There’s a lot of energy, and we try and connect with the crowd, and it’s fun. We have fun.”

The younger Nelson formed his four-man band in January 2009 and has been touring nearly nonstop since then, he said.

“When we formed the band, we promised to be real, and that’s where the name came from,” Nelson said in his official biography. He added that he hopes to still be touring when he reaches his father’s age — now 77.

“I’m happy where we are,” Lukas Nelson said in a telephone interview. “I’ve been able to play with a lot of my heroes and share experiences with them.”

At age 21, he feels privileged to have been on stages with music legends such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Derek Trucks.

“We’re making music and making a living and have a nice place to live,” he said. “Whatever comes next is just a bonus.”

 

 

 http://www.fwdailynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8482:Willie-Nelson’s-son-bringing-band-to-Auburn&catid=174:features&Itemid=9

Another Lukas Nelson Fan: Mikey

Monday, July 26th, 2010


Thanks to Joanne for sharing these picture of grandson Mikey and Lukas Nelson, of the Promise of the Real, taken last Saturday.   Joanne and Mikey attended the Willie Nelson & Family show in Charlottesville, VA.

 

Willie Nelson & Family with Patch Adams, Charlottesville, VA (7/24/10)

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

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Thanks to Dee, from Virginia, for sharing pictures she took last night at the Willie Nelson & Family show in  Charlottesville, Virginia.  The show helped raise funds for Patch Adams Gesundheit! Institute – a home-based free hospital.  Dr. Adams, who says he wants to put the “care” in healthcare,  was on hand and enjoying the show.

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Dee and Lukas Nelson, of the Promise of the Real, who opened up the show for WN&F.
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Dee and Budrock “The Illuminator” Prewitt (lighting director for Willie Nelson & Family)

Here’s a picture of Dee and Willie, from 1990.

Are you a Reflectacle? These fans reflect on that at the Saxon Pub (7/3/2010)

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

www.thereflectacles.com

Micah Nelson and the Reflectacles performed at the Saxon Pub on July 3, 2010, and it was such a great show!   The music was wonderful.

If you’ve seen they’re show, you’re familiar with the 3-D glasses the band hands out.  Equally as enjoyable as wearing the ray-bending glasses, is watching your friends wearing the glasses. 

The band has pictures of some famous reflectacles posted at their site; you’ll recognize some of them.   Here’s a few at the Saxon Pub on July 3, 2010.  A wild and crazy bunch of music lovers! 

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Doesn’t this look like a fun group?   They were enjoying their reflectacles.

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Here’s Christopher Durst reflectacating.

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Janis got reflectacated that night, too.

Visit the band’s great website for info on getting their album, and to find out when you can see them in concert.  It’s really a fun website, too.   http://www.thereflectacles.com

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Here’s the band, after their GREAT show.