Back in 2017 I posted Lucero's Colorado summer or 2007 tour stop at the Westword Music Fest. Well those road dogs just didn't stop back in those days. So here are the 2 October 2007 Colorado shows they played. There go along with the Bobby Bare Jr sets I recently posted.
At the Englewood show we get a pretty sober Ben and a monster 2 hour long set with some really choice cuts from their entire catalog. Along with a couple of fun covers back to back. Bill Wither's 'Ain't No Sunshine' and The Replacements 'If Only You Were Lonely'
The Boulder show has Ben a bit looser. There are some flubs which in retrospect I recall thinking it was a bit of a shit show. Listening back 14 year later it is still a pretty good performance and that is what you got back then. You would hope for hungover Ben not drunk Ben. Ben and the band have all matured and have families these days so their shows are no longer a roll of the dice these days.
So despite it's looseness I think the Boulder set is still worth a listen. Just look at that setlist!! Big props to Lucero for being a band that mixed it up and didn't just play the same set night after night. There are some repeats but different song order and some deep cuts we didn't get the night before.
Really nice sound on these I think. The Englewood show was recorded from the balcony next to the soundboard and the Boulder show I ran a really tall stand. Enjoy.
Lucero
Gothic Theatre
Englewood CO (USA)
2007-10-12
Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MBHO KA-200N > JK Labs DVC-V12 > JB3
Transfer: JB3 > USB > Cooledit > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (125:04.22)
01 - warm up -
02 Old Sad Songs
03 That Much Further West
04 Ain't So Lonely
05 Kiss The Bottle (Jawbreaker)
06 I'll Just Fall
07 I Can Get Us Out of Here
08 Sixteen
09 Nights Like These
10 What Else Would You Have Me Be?
11 Slow Dancing
12 Bike Riders
13 All the Same to Me
14 Across the River
15 Little Silver Heart
16 Joining the Army
17 Last Night In Town
18 Hate and Jealousy
19 Drink 'Till We're Gone
20 Tonight Ain't Gonna Be Good
21 San Francisco
22 Nineteen Seventy Nine
23 Chain Link Fence
24 Watch It Burn
25 Banks Of The Arkansas
26 The War
27 Hold Me Close
28 If Only You Were Lonely (The Replacements)
29 Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
30 Raising Hell
31 Tears Don't Matter Much
32 - encore -
33 My Best Girl
34 The Blue and the Gray
Lucero
Fox Theatre
Boulder CO (USA)
2007-10-13
Recorded and Presented: SxPxDxCx
Source: MBHO KA-200N > JK Labs DVC-V12 > JB3
Transfer: JB3 > USB > Cooledit > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (107:18.69)
01 That Much Further West
02 Bikeriders
03 Nights Like These
04 I Can Get Us Out of Here
05 Kiss The Bottle (Jawbreaker)
06 Joining the Army
07 Little Silver Heart
08 Summer Song
09 Cass
10 Sixteen
11 Slow Dancing
12 What Else Would You Have Me Be?
13 All Sewn Up
14 San Francisco
15 - interlude -
16 Chain Link Fence
17 Old Sad Songs
18 Tonight Ain't Gonna Be Good
19 My Best Girl
20 Noon As Dark As Midnight
21 The War
22 She Wakes When She Dreams
23 Watch It Burn
24 She's Just That Kind of Girl
25 Drink 'Till We're Gone
26 I Don't Wanna Be The One
27 Nobody's Darlings
