Lucero (band)

Lucero
Lucero - Live in Concert
Background information
Origin	Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Genres	Alternative country Punk rock Alternative rock Heartland rock Memphis soul Country punk Blues rock
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Universal Music Group (2008 - 2010) Liberty & Lament Madjack Records Soul is Cheap Love Lost Thick Syrup Records Landmark Records ATO Records Loose Music MapleMusic Recordings (Canada)
Associated acts	A Town Too Small Glossary Lucky Old Son Overjoid Rick & Roy The Paper Hearts Red 40 The Simple Ones Vegas Thunder The Honorary Title The Hold Steady
Website	www.luceromusic.com
Members	Ben Nichols Brian Venable John C. Stubblefield Roy Berry Rick Steff
Past members	Shane Callaway Jeremy Freeze Reiko Steve Selvidge Todd Gill Todd Beene

Lucero is an American country-punk rock band based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Lucero's sound has been described as a "synthesis of soul, rock, and country [that] is distinctly Memphisian." They have released 11 albums and one live DVD, mostly through their own label. The band mainly tours around North America.

Lucero had their start in Memphis, TN and played for the first time in early 1998. Since then, they have been called "one of the hardest working bands of the last 10 years—on tour significantly more days than they are not."

In late 2008, the band announced they had signed a four-album deal with Universal Music Group, though the relationship with Universal was short-lived.1372 Overton Park was released October 6, 2009 by Universal Music Group and was the first Lucero album to feature a horn section.

Lucero's album, Women & Work, was released on March 13, 2012 by ATO Records. This album integrates more of the horn section as well as the pedal steel guitar, keyboards and a gospel chorus.

The first solo release from frontman Ben Nichols, The Last Pale Light in the West, was released in January 2009 on Lucero's label Liberty & Lament. On November 17, 2013 the title song was featured in the episode "Live Bait" of the AMC series The Walking Dead. The seven-song record was inspired by Cormac McCarthy's book Blood Meridian and recorded with Rick Steff on piano and accordion and Todd Beane on pedal steel.

In May 2009, Nichols co-starred in MTV's $5 Cover, a Craig Brewer-produced, quasi-fictionalized series about the Memphis music scene. A performance of Lucero's song "San Francisco" at the Young Avenue Deli in Memphis was featured in the trailer for the series.

Ben Nichols's previous band was Red 40 in which he played alongside Colin Brooks and Steve Kooms.