episode seven - BEN NICHOLS of Lucero

Deer Tick - Diamond Rings 2007 - War Elephant
Rocky Votolato - Lilly White - The Brag and Cuss
Damien Jurado - Honey Baby - Rehearsals for Departure
Jolie Holland - Mexico City - The Living and the Dead *new*
Neko Case - Blacklisted - The Tigers Have Spoken
Ben Kweller - Run - S/T

The Weakerthans - Anchorless - Fallow

BEN NICHOLS of LUCERO Live Set:
Better Than This
Hey Darlin' Do Ya Gamble
Hold Me Close

Delta Spirit - People, Turn Around - Ode To Sunshine*new*
Piebald - Strangers - Accidental Gentleman (for Cheese)
Jets to Brazil - Little Light - Four Cornered Night
Promise Ring - Bread and Coffee - Wood/Water
Steel Train - Dakota - Trampoline

Clem Snide - End of Love - End of Love
Dr. Dog - Ain't It Strange - Takers and Leavers EP
Apollo Sunshine - Money - Shall Noise Upon *new*
M. Ward - Beautiful Car - Duet For Guitars #2
Giant Sand - Without a Word - proVISIONS *new*

The Band of Blacky Ranchette - Mope-a-long Rides again - still lookin' good to me
Calexico - Slowness - Carried to Dust
Gram Parsons - Ooh Las Vegas - Grievous Angel
The Thrills - Santa Cruz (you're not that far) - so much for the city
Superdrag - Way Down Here Without You - Last Call For Vitriol

Blitzen Trapper - sleepy time in the western world - furr *new*
Koufax - any moment now - Strugglers
The Hold Steady - Sequestered in Memphis - Stay Positive
Against Me! - New Wave - New Wave
David Vandervelde - Nothin No - the Moonstation House Band
Lucero - Tonight ain't gonna be good - that much further west

NEXT WEEK: LIVE SET FROM STEEL TRAIN!

Next Show = Ben Nichols from LUCERO

the next show should be a unique one. This past Sunday, the Revival Tour stopped at the Casbah in San Diego. If you haven't heard of the tour, it's Chuck Ragan (of Hot Water Music), Tim Barry (of Avail), Tom Gabel (of Against Me), and good ol' Ben Nichols from Lucero. They start the show as a group, playing a few songs together, and then they each do solo sets, and then close it out all together at the end.  Anyhow, Robb and I brought our big band van down, and set up a few mics in it, and we were able to kidnap Ben after the show and have him spill his guts for about half an hour. He played a few songs, too. I personally think it's one of the coolest things ever to hear Ben make Almost Famous references somewhere past 3am, in a van, and then play a new, unreleased Lucero song. Sooooo, tune in to Songs of National Freedom this next tuesday, November 11th to hear this half an hour of gold, as well as some other good music about how good it is to be alive.