strangeloopstrangeloop:

Thanks to my vagabond tendencies and the band’s unrelenting tour schedule, I’ve seen Lucero play in at least half a dozen cities, from Minneapolis to Chicago to Cincinnati. Tonight will be the first time I see Lucero perform here in Tallahassee. (Although I did catch Ben Nichols’ solo show at St. Michael’s Pub in April).

Discovering this Tennessee-bred band is one of the very best things that came out of the years I clocked in central Wisconsin during the early ’00s. “Nights Like These” encapsulates that time in my life, all those caliginous nights when I routinely greeted 2 or 3 a.m. at one of the places on Scott Street that formed the nexus of my existence back then: The newsroom and a pub that I hear is no longer standing.