Words by Alaina Henderson
The summer air in Bristol tonight is as dry as the Texas Plains, which is the perfect set up for watching Austin’s own Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real.
Opening up with some stomping country Every Time I Drink and Fool Me Once really sets the tone. Lukas leaps from this into the song he has recently been performing with country star Lainey Wilson, More Than Friends, and seeing as she’s not here tonight he takes on both male and female vocals – much to the amusement of the Stetson-donning crowd.
Lukas is breezing through his performance with ease. He wears his guitar on his hip and it seems like they’re attached; one and the same. He’s creating sounds that send a shiver down the spine.
With Magnatone amps, well-worn guitars (lap steel or otherwise), harmonica and Hammond, this band does things like no other, such as Logan Metz starting Just Outside ofAustin, a tale of living the simple life, with a classical-style piano solo.
This show is giving us laughs, tears and awe. Things really get going when during Find Yourself Lukas asks the crowd to sing along acapella-style, which feels like it could carry on all night. It’s a beautiful moment –much like watching Lukas himself close his eyes and really feel this song. You can tell this is from the heart.
Midway through he gives an emotional Father’s Day tribute to his father Willy Nelson with a moving version of his song Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground and an equally emotive solo spot on the piano for Smile.
Alcohallelujah brings the pace back up and after a funky drum and bongo solo, the band re-join on stage as bassist Corey McCormick leaps into the air with astounding energy.
It’s encore time and a goose bump moment as they finish with Set Me Down On A Cloud – a beautiful song with enchanting lyrics.
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