Lucero documentary to premiere at CMJ

Contributed by bucketsofbeer, Posted by East/West Tours

The "uncompromising" documentary Lucero documentary Dreaming in America from New York filmmaker Aaron Goldman will be premiered during CMJ on Friday September 16th at the Loews Cineplex State Theatre 1540 Broadway (inside the Virgin Megastore) at 7:30pm. The DVD release will follow on October 11th on Lucero's own Liberty and Lament imprint, and a special DVD+CD issue is planned which will include a separate live Lucero performance on CD.

The film is described as:

From their troubled past, to the recording of their new album Nobody's Darlings, Dreaming in America, by New York Filmmaker Aaron Goldman, serves as an emotional testimony of a band that makes music because they love it, they're compelled to, and their lives depend on it. It is the story of a blue-collar rock group's fight to exist and thrive since they formed in the late 90's. Dreaming in America starts with the band between labels and, though they had sold north of 20,000 records, the boys had not earned a single cent through royalties.

Inspired by films like D.A Pennebaker's classic Don't Look Back, Jem Cohen's Fugazi documentary, Instrument, and I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, the highly acclaimed Wilco movie by Sam Jones, Dreaming in America takes a brutally honest look at a brutally honest band. The film documents Lucero's seemingly endless travels as they slug it out on the road, playing more than 250 shows a year, recording in a barn with legendary producer Jim Dickinson and trying to find their home in an ever changing music industry.

To celebrate the film's release, and in continued support of this year's Jim Dickinson-produced Nobody's Darlings, Lucero will head out on 3 separate legs of a September-December fall tour.

A third stretch with American Princes and Southern Bitch is expected to be confirmed soon.

DateCityVenuewith
September 8, 2005Nashville TNAmericana Music FestivalLimbeck, Chris Mills the New Miserable Bastards
September 9, 2005Atlanta GAEarthlink LiveLimbeck, Chris Mills the New Miserable Bastards
September 10, 2005Orlando FLWill's PubLimbeck, Chris Mills the New Miserable Bastards
September 11, 2005Gainesville FLCommon GroundsLimbeck, Chris Mills the New Miserable Bastards
September 13, 2005Richmond VANanci RaygunLimbeck, Chris Mills the New Miserable Bastards
September 14, 2005Washington DCBlack CatLimbeck, Chris Mills the New Miserable Bastards
September 16, 2005New York NYCMJ- Crash MansionLimbeck, Chris Mills the New Miserable Bastards
September 18, 2005Cambridge MAMiddle EastLimbeck, Chris Mills the New Miserable Bastards
September 20, 2005Cleveland OHThe Grog ShopLimbeck, Chris Mills the New Miserable Bastards
September 21, 2005Detroit MIAlvin'sLimbeck, Chris Mills the New Miserable Bastards
September 22, 2005Covington KYThe MadhatterLimbeck, Chris Mills the New Miserable Bastards
September 23, 2005Chicago ILThe Bottom LoungeLimbeck, Chris Mills the New Miserable Bastards
October 13, 2005St. Louis, MOCreepy CrawlBlackpool Lights, Decibully
October 14, 2005Kansas City, MOEl TorreonBlackpool Lights, Decibully
October 15, 2005Colorado Springs, COThe DarksideBlackpool Lights, Decibully
October 16, 2005Englewood, COGothic TheaterBlackpool Lights, Decibully
October 17, 2005Ft. Collins, COStarlightBlackpool Lights, Decibully
October 19, 2005Salt Lake City, UTKilby CourtBlackpool Lights, Decibully
October 20, 2005Boise, IDNeuroluxBlackpool Lights, Decibully
October 21, 2005Seattle, WACrocodile CaféBlackpool Lights, Decibully
October 22, 2005Portland, ORDante'sBlackpool Lights, Decibully
October 25, 2005San Francisco, CASlimsBlackpool Lights, Decibully
October 28, 2005San Diego, CAThe CasbahBlackpool Lights, Decibully
October 29, 2005W. Hollywood, CATroubadourBlackpool Lights, Decibully
October 30, 2005Tempe, AZBig Fish PubBlackpool Lights, Decibully
November 1, 2005Lubbock, TXJake's BackroomBlackpool Lights, Decibully
November 4, 2005San Antonio, TXThe SanctuaryBlackpool Lights, Decibully
November 5, 2005Austin, TXEmo'sBlackpool Lights, Decibully