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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 2024
UNCLE LUCIUS TO RELEASE LIVE FROM EAR STUDIO
Austin, TX – On Friday August 30th, Uncle Lucius will release LIVE FROM EAR STUDIO. Recorded live to tape at EAR STUDIO in Austin, TX the record features select singles from their latest LP Like It’s The Last One Left plus three covers: “Bertha” by the Grateful Dead; “Shadow People”, a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers staple and “Just To Satisfy You” made popular by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson.
Uncle Lucius has long been known for their unique blend of roots rock & roll and country soul. Since adding heavyweights Doug Strahan (guitar) and Drew Scherger (bass) to the fold, the band has expanded its palette, exploring new musical landscapes and reveling in the power that comes from following sonic avenues, without prejudice, wherever they lead.
The results onstage speak for themselves. The band originally worked up the Grateful Dead's "Bertha" for a show in Illinois where the opener was longtime friend Chicago Farmer. Meant to be a one-time thing, the band's “Bertha” proved a crowd favorite, and earned its place in future setlists. "Just to Satisfy You" was long familiar to all the band members, but cutting a country-soul take on it was a spur of the moment thought during a long jam session. "Shadow People", a classic from Tom Petty's Hypnotic Eye LP, showcases both the band's capacity for straight-up, hard-charging rock & roll, and their fearlessness when seeking to confront the increasingly fractured nature of the United States.
But at the end of the day it’s all about the song. “These are a celebration of good songs, from some of our favorite artists. Felt good, too. We’ll do it again” says lead singer Kevin Galloway.
"We've always focused on original material, onstage & especially in the studio," said Jonny 'Keys' Grossman, "but getting to inhabit these classics, live with them & make them our own, is a great lesson in songcraft."
EAR (East Austin Recording) Studio owner, recording and mixing engineer James Stevens says “It’s a beautiful thing to hear the sound of a finished record coming through the studio speakers as it’s being recorded, with the band all in the same room playing together live. Uncle Lucius is one of those bands that can pull it off and that’s exactly how it went down on this collection of songs”.
During the years following the band’s farewell tour in 2018, their audience continued to organically grow, highlighted by the placement of their song “Keep the Wolves Away” in an episode of Yellowstone and its subsequent RIAA gold and platinum certifications. After a few years on hiatus – with a fresh outlook and a deep well of new ideas – the band members began to shake off their collective rust and blueprint songs that mirrored their career and current status, hitting on themes of resolve and resilience.
The band released their first album in 8 years Like It’s The Last One Left last December via Thirty Tigers / Boo Clap Records. Since their comeback the band has toured consistently across the US and recently the 2nd single from Like It’s The Last One Left, “All The Angelenos”, hit #5 on the Texas Radio Charts.
Uncle Lucius will tour through the summer and fall of 2024 all over the country before heading to Australia, Europe and the UK this Fall.
For interview requests or other information about Uncle Lucius, please contact
Tim Regan - [email protected] / 901-487-1182
UNCLE LUCIUS TO RELEASE LIVE FROM EAR STUDIO
Austin, TX – On Friday August 30th, Uncle Lucius will release LIVE FROM EAR STUDIO. Recorded live to tape at EAR STUDIO in Austin, TX the record features select singles from their latest LP Like It’s The Last One Left plus three covers: “Bertha” by the Grateful Dead; “Shadow People”, a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers staple and “Just To Satisfy You” made popular by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson.
Uncle Lucius has long been known for their unique blend of roots rock & roll and country soul. Since adding heavyweights Doug Strahan (guitar) and Drew Scherger (bass) to the fold, the band has expanded its palette, exploring new musical landscapes and reveling in the power that comes from following sonic avenues, without prejudice, wherever they lead.
The results onstage speak for themselves. The band originally worked up the Grateful Dead's "Bertha" for a show in Illinois where the opener was longtime friend Chicago Farmer. Meant to be a one-time thing, the band's “Bertha” proved a crowd favorite, and earned its place in future setlists. "Just to Satisfy You" was long familiar to all the band members, but cutting a country-soul take on it was a spur of the moment thought during a long jam session. "Shadow People", a classic from Tom Petty's Hypnotic Eye LP, showcases both the band's capacity for straight-up, hard-charging rock & roll, and their fearlessness when seeking to confront the increasingly fractured nature of the United States.
But at the end of the day it’s all about the song. “These are a celebration of good songs, from some of our favorite artists. Felt good, too. We’ll do it again” says lead singer Kevin Galloway.
"We've always focused on original material, onstage & especially in the studio," said Jonny 'Keys' Grossman, "but getting to inhabit these classics, live with them & make them our own, is a great lesson in songcraft."
EAR (East Austin Recording) Studio owner, recording and mixing engineer James Stevens says “It’s a beautiful thing to hear the sound of a finished record coming through the studio speakers as it’s being recorded, with the band all in the same room playing together live. Uncle Lucius is one of those bands that can pull it off and that’s exactly how it went down on this collection of songs”.
During the years following the band’s farewell tour in 2018, their audience continued to organically grow, highlighted by the placement of their song “Keep the Wolves Away” in an episode of Yellowstone and its subsequent RIAA gold and platinum certifications. After a few years on hiatus – with a fresh outlook and a deep well of new ideas – the band members began to shake off their collective rust and blueprint songs that mirrored their career and current status, hitting on themes of resolve and resilience.
The band released their first album in 8 years Like It’s The Last One Left last December via Thirty Tigers / Boo Clap Records. Since their comeback the band has toured consistently across the US and recently the 2nd single from Like It’s The Last One Left, “All The Angelenos”, hit #5 on the Texas Radio Charts.
Uncle Lucius will tour through the summer and fall of 2024 all over the country before heading to Australia, Europe and the UK this Fall.
For interview requests or other information about Uncle Lucius, please contact
Tim Regan - [email protected] / 901-487-1182
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