{"id":1041,"date":"2011-11-25T12:50:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T17:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2011-11-25T12:52:05","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T17:52:05","slug":"an-update-with-austin-lucas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/11\/25\/an-update-with-austin-lucas\/","title":{"rendered":"An Update with Austin Lucas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NTSIB’s good friend Michelle Evans<\/a> checks in with road report on Austin Lucas. Midwestern Ohio NOTE: Austin is playing Zanesfield TONIGHT. More details below.<\/p>\n

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I was able to catch up with Bloomington, Indiana musician Austin Lucas<\/a> this past weekend before his set at the Mercy Lounge<\/a> in Nashville, where he and his back-up band for the past couple of weeks, Glossary<\/a>, opened for alt-country Tennessee rockers Lucero<\/a>. It was a line-up made in heaven, for which people from all over the country drove and flew in. We talked about what it was like for him touring with Glossary, his European fan base, and what’s ahead.<\/p>\n

You can catch him with his family band in Zanesfield, Ohio this Friday, November 25th at 7 p.m. at the Mad River Theater Works Studio<\/a>, and\/or next Friday, December 2nd at The Bishop<\/a> with Murder by Death<\/a> in Bloomington, IN. I don’t recommend missing these shows; he won’t be touring the U.S. again till next year.<\/p>\n

How\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it been touring with Glossary?<\/b><\/p>\n

Amazing. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like being on tour with five stand-up comedians. We just laugh a lot, and I mean a lot. Usually, I laugh a lot on tour, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not often I go on tour with a band that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been together 15 years and really knows each other and really gets along and also has so much camaraderie between them, and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re dynamic is really good. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all really funny people and all really sweet people. Fitting in with them could\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been really daunting, ya know, like a 6th wheel, but in this case, the 6th wheel runs real smoothly. It was the most natural tour experience I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had with another band.<\/p>\n

How long have you been on tour with them now?<\/b><\/p>\n

Two weeks. It was a short little tour.<\/p>\n

How did y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all mesh musically, like with them playing your songs?<\/b><\/p>\n

For me, great. In my way of thinking, really great. A lot of people at the shows were like, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Holy shit, I wish they were your band all the time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d At least the people who said anything to me felt that way. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure there were people who thought, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t play any of his old songs,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t play very much acoustic,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d but that happens.<\/p>\n

Now, Todd Beene was with you that entire time, correct?<\/b><\/p>\n

Yeah, of course. He was with Lucero up until our tour and then with us, and now these two shows with both of us. He prioritized Glossary and Austin Lucas. It was very sweet of him.<\/p>\n

What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ahead?<\/b><\/p>\n

A lot of resting. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going home. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have any dates, really, until I go to Mexico and then Europe, so I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have anything going on till then. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to write songs, get in the studio maybe around January, something like that. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see.<\/p>\n

And you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re bigger in Europe, right?<\/b><\/p>\n

Definitely.<\/p>\n

How does Europe generally treat you? Like what are your favorite spots?<\/b><\/p>\n

Finland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my most favorite place to play in the world, without a doubt. Finland, the UK, and Germany are my three biggest markets, and in the UK, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really the south where I do well, like in London, Brighton, and pretty well in Leeds, but I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really broke in the west and the north as well. In Europe, I sell out quite a few venues. At least I have on my other tours.<\/p>\n

Which folks do you or have you toured in Europe with? Anyone we would know?<\/b><\/p>\n

In the past, usually, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve packaged up, like with Chuck Ragan<\/a>, Mike Hale<\/a>, and Josh Small<\/a>. Also Drag the River<\/a> and Cory Branan<\/a>. The last tour was with Digger Barnes<\/a>. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a German guy, and he was Chuck\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bassist for a while. He was originally my bass player in my band Austin Lucas and The Pressmen, my back-up musicians. Then he met Chuck, and he played with us on Bristle Ridge and was on the first several tours. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s awesome. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s amazing, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got his own solo stuff. We did a tour together last year.<\/p>\n

So who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s playing with you on this upcoming European tour?<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just going to bring my back-up band, The Bold Party. We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have anybody supporting. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be the first tour I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve done over there in a long time where I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t packaged up and ensured that the music quality was really good every night. There aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a lot of acts over that that play what we play or Americana or alt-country or whatever, so we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see. Should be a great time no matter what. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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