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The great folks at Roll & Tumble Press designed the new poster for this year’s Family Picnic. We will be selling a limited quantity at the Picnic event!! These are unique because they are printed using a technique called Letterpress (Letterpress details below).

Tickets for the picnic are still available here – hyperurl.co/0jqxty 

The Family Picnic event will be an outdoor event held outside of the Minglewood Hall.

Secure bike locks will be on site, so pedal on down!!

Kids under 10 party for free!

A portion of the ticket sales will be donated to Stax Music Academy.

Schedule

LUCERO FAMILY PICNIC 2015

LUCERO with special guests North Mississippi Allstars

Also featuring: Marcella and Her Lovers, Clay Otis, Robby Grant, DJ Colin Butler & FBM bmx group

April 18, 2015

Minglewood Hall (Outside Event)

Memphis, TN

 We are proud to announce the LUCERO FAMILY PICNIC 2015. For the first time, the LUCERO FAMILY PICNIC will take place in LUCERO’S hometown, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE! On April 18^th, Minglewood Hall will be blocking off S Willett Street, as well as the Minglewood parking lot to bring you this year’s festival. This very special LUCERO FAMILY PICNIC promises to be the biggest and best yet! Lucero and friends are joining forces with a variety of local food, beverage, craft, and merchandise vendors to help celebrate MEMPHIS! The Picnic will open doors at 2pm with music performances starting at 3pm. The FBM bmx crew will have ramps set up and start their routine at 3pm. A portion of all ticket sales will be donated to a local charity. Come out and celebrate the community!

Fanclub Presale and VIP tickets to the event will be available on Tuesday January 20th at 12:00pm(Central) through LUCERO Ticketing. Tickets will be available to the general public on Friday January 23rd. Kids under 10 get to party for free if accompanied by an adult. More information about Minglewood Hall can be found here – Minglewood Info

Picnic VIP package includes a BBQ eat & greet with LUCERO sponsored by *Pabst Blue Ribbon & Central BBQ*. This package includes an autographed 2015 picnic poster, special designated VIP viewing near the front stage, BBQ eat and greet with the band, and a few acoustic tunes courtesy of Ben Nichols.

The LUCERO camp is committed to making this the best Family Picnic yet. We’re excited to reveal additional details throughout the week and leading up to the event. We hope to see you in Memphis on April 18th!

Fan Club Presale Starts Wednesday 11/19!

Thu Jan 15, 2015 | Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall**

Fri Jan 16, 2015 | Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall**

Thu Jan 15, 2015 | Chicago, IL @ Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival**

Tue Feb 17, 2015 | Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel

Wed Feb 18, 2015 | Carraboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle

Thu Feb 19, 2015 | Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theatre

Fri Feb 20, 2015 | Charleston, SC @ The Music Farm

Sat Feb 21, 2015 | Jacksonville, FL @ Free Bird Live

Sun Feb 22, 2015 | Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor

Tue Feb 24, 2015 | Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre

Wed Feb 25, 2015 | Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre

Thu Feb 26, 2015 | Birmingham, AL @ Iron City

Fri Feb 27, 2015 | Jackson, MS @ Hal & Mals

Sat Feb 28, 2015 | New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’s

Mon Mar 2, 2015 | Baton Rouge, LA @ Varsity Theatre

Tue Mar 3, 2015 | New Braunfels, TX @ Gruene Hall

Thu Mar 5, 2015 | Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall

Fri Mar 6, 2015 | Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom

Sat Mar 7, 2015 | Houston, TX @ House of Blues

Mon Mar 9, 2015 | Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29

Wed Mar 11, 2015 | Richmond, VA @ The National

Thu Mar 12, 2015 | Wilmington, DE @ World Cafe Live at The Queen

Fri Mar 13, 2015 | Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Sound Stage

Sat Mar 14, 2015 | Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

Sun Mar 15, 2015 | Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre

Sat Mar 21, 2015 | Atlantic City, NJ @ The Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival**

** Lucero Only

Listen to our Live From Bonnaroo Spotify Session

Fast Geek Press is proud to announce the release of a 7 inch record and multimedia book called Retrospect/ed by poet and artist Charly Fasano featuring the music of Memphis, Tennessee’s Lucero. Only 500 pressed.

 Produced by Lucero drummer Roy Berry and engineer Chris Scott, Retrospect/ed features Fasano reading the poems “Gasoline Fumes” and “Teddy’s Bowling Alley” accompanied by the music of Lucero. In addition to the recordings, Fasano (a.k.a. “the city mouse”) has created a multimedia experience by creating twenty-two linocut block prints and two short films that illustrate and complement the poems throughout the book. How did he put movies in a book, you ask? Well, he has placed QR Codes throughout so folks can scan them with a smart phone or tablet to quickly access the films and recordings.

Retrospect/ed is an examination of memory from two age perspectives. Accented by Brian Venable’s sliding guitar riffs and Rick Steff’s soulful organ play, “Gasoline Fumes” is Fasano’s account of traveling and learning about life as a kid from the window of his family’s van. “Teddy’s Bowling Alley” brings out Lucero’s upbeat Memphis sound and is told from the perspective of an old legend conjuring stories about his favorite bowling alley moments before its demolition.

This project is a reunion between the members of Lucero and Charly “the city mouse” Fasano. In 2006 they recorded a spoken word EP in Memphis during an ice storm at 1372 Overton Park and Yella Brick Studios in Memphis and released it as a limited 7 inch pressing. Denver artist Vincent Cheap Fasano has also returned to craft the cover art.

Retrospect/ed will be released as an illustrated book with a hand-numbered 7 inch record (500 pressed), a hand-pulled block print, and an mp3 download code with bonus tracks of Lucero and Fasano’s first EP. It will also be released as a pocket edition book that includes a mp3 download code (no 7 inch).

Charly Fasano is a multimedia artist and poet from Denver, Colorado. He combines poetry, block printing, spoken word and film to present a rich storytelling experience. His poetry and block prints have appeared in Suspect Press Magazine, Birdy Magazine, Kilgore Quarterly, 3 Kings Tavern Comp,  and This Ain’t No Cowtown Compilation #1. His work has been published by Sunnyoutside Press (Buffalo, NY), Spartan Press (KC, MO) and his book press/label, Fast Geek Press.

Retrospect/ed will be available on September 29, 2014 at:

http://charlythecitymousefasano.bandcamp.com

http://fastgeekpress.storenvy.com

Here is a link to the short film for Retrospect/ed Side B called “Teddy’s Bowling Alley.” Fasano animated it with drawings and block prints that appear in the book.

http://vimeo.com/102069885

Here are links to trailers for Retrospected.

http://youtu.be/oQAYtUvAYV0

http://youtu.be/z-_UObtLs2Q

http://youtu.be/ETCbk4mjUII

For more information please visit:

http://cmousefasano.com

http://fastgeekpress.tumblr.com

https://luceromusic.com

Nov 3-5 : The Bowery Ballroom , New York, NY
Nov 7-9 : The Sinclair, Boston, MA
Nov16-18 : The Echo, Los Angeles, CA
Nov 21-23 : Slim’s, San Francisco, CA

Lucero’s first ever live album ‘Live From Atlanta’ Available Now

Available on:
2 Disc CD
Digital Download
Limited Edition
150 Gram Vinyl Box Set

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We’re excited to have Pandora Premieres debut ’Live From Atlanta’. Have a listen before the official release Aug 12th!  http://pdora.co/XBiqKt