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Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Cut Loose at Webster Hall on Saturday Night
Lukas Nelson – Webster Hall – November 18, 2023
It’s been a few years since Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real last visited Webster Hall and what feels like a lifetime of world tumult, happenings and music that’s passed since then. That the songs from the band’s crisp 2023 release, Sticks & Stones, sound like people eager to break out and boogie is probably not an accident, but then Nelson and his snappy country-rock squad have always walked the line between wistful-moving and barroom-blastoff — better than most. They’re love-me-tender when they want to be, with a joyful, almost goofy earnestness. They can deliver sad songs that hit the feels. And they can rock your face off.
There’s a lot of Nelson’s dad, Willie, and a lot of occasional employer Neil Young, and a little of other obvious touchstones like Tom Petty in what they do, but these days POTR sound most like one of the best live bands of the past decade, never leaving behind their party-hardy roots, keeping the rock part of folk-rock firmly in mind, writing better and better songs that adequately pace a lip smackingly fun show. On Saturday they once again got after it, nailing the newer tunes and finding new excitement in the old ones. Opener “Entirely Different Stars” began mysterious, got to a crowd-stoking boogie and ended with a psychedelic guitar breakdown. “Sticks and Stones” had double-barreled piano and plenty of saloon in it to push the song forward. Nelson was rocking so hard during the fist-pumping “Four Letter Word” that his signature hat flew off. The early POTR favorite “All the Pretty Horses” underscored just how far the band’s come in their command of their own dynamics, starting quietly solo, patiently building to a full-band sound that filled up the room.
Those were just part of the action. The tunes that at this point might be called the POTR classics — including stinging-sweet “Forget About Georgia,” groovy “Find Yourself,” country-gospel “Set Me Down on a Cloud” — all delivered, as they always do. But the band went deeper still, especially Nelson himself, who delivered a good chunk of the set solo, near-solo and acoustic, either guitar or piano, and left the room spellbound with the sentimental “Smile,” the proud “Just Outside of Austin” and the achingly beautiful parent-to-child-benediction “Giving You Away,” shimmering with steel from multi-instrumentalist Logan Metz. There were surprises, too: The brilliant NYC-based soulful R&B singer Emily King joined Nelson to duet on what was described as a new song, loaded with New York-centric lyrics. As ever Nelson and the POTR band — Metz, Corey McCormick, Anthony LoGerfo, Tato Melgar, aces, all — brought things to a blowout finale, barreling through the hilarious “Wrong House,” a nifty segue from their own galloping “Ladder of Love” into Willie’s “Bloody Mary Morning” and then “Find Yourself” to close the set. It was as full and varied a show as POTR have ever played here. We wrote of this same band at this same venue in 2019 that they’d “earned their swagger.” In 2023, they totally own it. —Chad Berndtson | @Cberndtson
(Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real play Royale in Boston tomorrow night.)
Photos courtesy of Marc Millman | www.marcmillmanphotos.com
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Song Review: Norah Jones with Lukas Nelson - “Set Me Down on a Cloud”
Norah Jones was just who Lukas Nelson needed to reveal the full gospel impact of his “Set Me Down on a Cloud.”
Recorded as a sparse, piano-and-vocal duet for “Norah Jones is Playing Along,” the updated “Cloud” finds Jones adding her soothing harmonies to Nelson’s craggy, like-father-Willie warble as they demand - gently - in unison:
Set me down on a cloud with my soul turned inside out
A passionate composition, this recording deconstructs Promise of the Real’s original to reveal the bones are the only structure “Set Me Down on a Cloud” ever needed.
Everything else was - and is - overkill.
Grade card: Norah Jones with Lukas Nelson - “Set Me Down on a Cloud” - A+
2/22/23
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I'm sorry neighbours* I know it's 7am on a Sunday but Lukas Nelson is playing live and the volume has to be really loud
*no I'm not
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Lukas Nelson & The Promise Of The Real
Sticks And Stones (2023)
… good time music …
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ALBUM REVIEW: Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real – Sticks and Stones
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"Alcohallelujah" by Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real https://ift.tt/qwhBdsN
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So fun seeing Neil Young, Stephen Stills, and Willie Nelson last night at the Greek in LA!
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ASHLEY MCBRYDE, THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, THE WHITE BUFFALO, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, MADDIE & TAE, JAMESTOWN REVIVAL, WAXAHATCHEE, PETE YORN, GREENSKY BLUEGRASS & MANY MORE ADDED TO FIRST ANNUAL BEACHLIFE RANCH COUNTRY & AMERICANA FESTIVAL
ASHLEY MCBRYDE, THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, THE WHITE BUFFALO, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, MADDIE & TAE, JAMESTOWN REVIVAL, WAXAHATCHEE, PETE YORN, GREENSKY BLUEGRASS & MANY MORE ADDED TO FIRST ANNUAL BEACHLIFE RANCH COUNTRY & AMERICANA FESTIVAL
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Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real "Find Yourself" | Austin City Limits Web Exclusive
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Song Review: Lukas Nelson + Promise of the Real feat. Lainey Wilson - “More than Friends”
Lukas Nelson + Promise of the Real recruited their (more-than) friend Lainey Wilson for a new dance track titled … “More than Friends.”
Let’s pretend we’re more than friends/let’s pretend and let our bodies win, Nelson and Wilson sing over pulsating bass and a throbbing disco beat.
There’s even a little whoo! in the background to get you in the mood.
At three minutes, it lasts too long.
The track announces Nelson + POTR’s Sticks and Stones, coming July 14.
Grade card: Lukas Nelson + Promise of the Real feat. Lainey Wilson - “More than Friends” - D-
3/23/23
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Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real - Find Yourself (Music Video)
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9, 21, 43, 67, and 89!
9. Northern Attitude - Noah Kahan
21. Bejeweled - Taylor Swift
43. GODDAMNITALL - The Wonder Years
67. Perennial Bloom (Back to You) - Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real
89. Stockholm - Jason Isbell
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EITM Playlist 11/7/23
Oasis - The Masterplan – Remastered | 6:06
R.E.M. - Pop Song 89 | 6:26
Lukas Nelson and Promise Of The Real - Ladder Of Love | 6:33
I Prevail - Closure | 7:00
Hiss Golden Messenger - The Wondering | 7:37
R.E.M. – Stand | 7:50
beabadoobee, Laufey – A Night To Remember | 7:56
MGMT - Mother Nature | 8:35
X Ambassadors, BRELAND - Alcohol | 9:04
Future Islands - The Tower | 9:31
R.E.M. - Orange Crush | 9:41
AWOLNATION - Candy Pop | 9:46
The Rose - Back To Me | 10:18
Bruce Springsteen - The Power Of Prayer | 10:39
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