National Touring Artist
Genre: Americana Roots Rock
ALL AGES, Under 18 with Parent
Nonsmoking, Smoking patio available
Band Bio:
Uncle Lucius: South Austin, Texas' Uncle Lucius is a dream, conjured in the minds of five sonic mercenaries, a clarion call to arms for true believers. It is the voice that shakes you from complacency, grabs you with both hands and implores: Get in the van!!!
Like the city that brought them together, UL is a gumbo, with hints of Americana and folk juxtaposed with a slow-cooked roux that is steeped in classic rock 'n' roll and the blues. The resulting flavor is familiar and unique, roots at its most refined, albeit with a gutbucket foundation.
A certain spirit inhabits the tunes and tunesmiths alike, a seeking and a questioning that leads one far from the prescribed path. It was that spirit that brought Kevin Galloway, then a banker and music minister, from his East Texas upbringing to the streets of South Austin, in search of a life more imbued with meaning than financial well-being. Around his voice and songwriting the other pieces fell into place. Mike Carpenter left his job on a Houston assembly line to vie for greatness in one of America's foremost guitar scenes. San Antonio's Josh Greco fortified the emerging group with his considerable classical and jazz training. The road brought them to Lexington, KY, where restless Jonny "Keys" Grossman was ready to eschew his comfortable life for a van's eye view of the country. Last to join was Nigel Frye, the pride of Tulsa, Oklahoma's outcast jazz scene, and low-end accomplice for some of Austin's finest musicians.
The creature is a five-headed beast, each member's diverse taste finding a place. Deeply indebted to the country/jazz/rock fusion native to Austin, as well as the ever-evolving gumbo that is New Orleans music, the band serves as a vehicle for its lyrical vision, one that imagines a life where profits and losses no longer rule man's motives. Though its focus falls on the darker edges at times, at heart the band’s vision is a hopeful one. What could we possibly lose, after all, when “right now is all we’ve ever had”?
After 8 years of touring across Texas and to both coasts and back, the band was named 2014’s Best New Band by the Texas Regional Radio Report. Their most recent release, Live @ Grady’s 66 Pub, is available for free download at noisetrade.com/unclelucius. They are currently in preproduction for their next studio recording with George Reiff (Ray Wylie Hubbard, Shinyribs, Band of Heathens), with the album to be released in early 2015
Jordan Valentin: Jordan Valentin is a singer-songwriter from Temple, Texas. The amount of excitement provided in Temple was typically limited, but memories of her father singing her songs before bed were moments that Jordan can vividly remember looking forward to. There were times that she would sit and listen, and there were others that were spent running around the house hollering the words to the 60’s and 70’s classics her father would sing her. Regardless of how these moments were spent, this period sparked a fire inside of her that cultivated a love for music and songwriting she hasn’t been able to shake. Jordan began begging her parents for a real guitar at the ripe young age of seven, ready to upgrade from her tennis racket and toy ukulele. Five years later, in the sixth grade, she got one. She never wanted to be a rockstar, she mainly just wanted to be like her dad. Initially, Jordan’s plans for music didn’t go past bedroom shows for her pack of pups. As time went by, she began believing that sound could say more than words, and experienced the sense of peace that music brought upon her. What started out as something to do to pass the time quickly grew into so much more.
Jordan has been playing and performing for twelve years now all over the state of Texas. Over this period of time she has developed as a songwriter and was one of the top four finalists in the Outlaws and Legends Music Festival’s songwriter competition of 2014. Music has gotten her through the best and worst of times, and through all of this she has gained a great respect for all the things of which it is capable. Regardless of the trials and tribulations, she believes the most rewarding aspect of being a musician is the fact that it can serve as a bridge between herself and her surroundings.
As of summer 2017 has released two EPs. One in 2014 titled “Asbury”, and her most recent, “Betterly”. These days Jordan resides in a basement where she tries her best to navigate being a person in her hometown, all while constantly talking herself out of saving all the critters and destitute humans in need. She has learned she knows little, and her songs and art are chronicles of those thoughts.
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The resulting flavor is familiar and unique, roots at its most refined, albeit with a gutbucket foundation.\n\nA certain spirit inhabits the tunes and tunesmiths alike, a seeking and a questioning that leads one far from the prescribed path. It was that spirit that brought Kevin Galloway, then a banker and music minister, from his East Texas upbringing to the streets of South Austin, in search of a life more imbued with meaning than financial well-being. Around his voice and songwriting the other pieces fell into place. Mike Carpenter left his job on a Houston assembly line to vie for greatness in one of America's foremost guitar scenes. San Antonio's Josh Greco fortified the emerging group with his considerable classical and jazz training. The road brought them to Lexington, KY, where restless Jonny \"Keys\" Grossman was ready to eschew his comfortable life for a van's eye view of the country. Last to join was Nigel Frye, the pride of Tulsa, Oklahoma's outcast jazz scene, and low-end accomplice for some of Austin's finest musicians.\n\nThe creature is a five-headed beast, each member's diverse taste finding a place. Deeply indebted to the country\/jazz\/rock fusion native to Austin, as well as the ever-evolving gumbo that is New Orleans music, the band serves as a vehicle for its lyrical vision, one that imagines a life where profits and losses no longer rule man's motives. Though its focus falls on the darker edges at times, at heart the band\u2019s vision is a hopeful one. What could we possibly lose, after all, when \u201cright now is all we\u2019ve ever had\u201d?\n\nAfter 8 years of touring across Texas and to both coasts and back, the band was named 2014\u2019s Best New Band by the Texas Regional Radio Report. Their most recent release, Live @ Grady\u2019s 66 Pub, is available for free download at noisetrade.com\/unclelucius. They are currently in preproduction for their next studio recording with George Reiff (Ray Wylie Hubbard, Shinyribs, Band of Heathens), with the album to be released in early 2015\n\nJordan Valentin: Jordan Valentin is a singer-songwriter from Temple, Texas. The amount of excitement provided in Temple was typically limited, but memories of her father singing her songs before bed were moments that Jordan can vividly remember looking forward to. There were times that she would sit and listen, and there were others that were spent running around the house hollering the words to the 60\u2019s and 70\u2019s classics her father would sing her. Regardless of how these moments were spent, this period sparked a fire inside of her that cultivated a love for music and songwriting she hasn\u2019t been able to shake. Jordan began begging her parents for a real guitar at the ripe young age of seven, ready to upgrade from her tennis racket and toy ukulele. Five years later, in the sixth grade, she got one. She never wanted to be a rockstar, she mainly just wanted to be like her dad. Initially, Jordan\u2019s plans for music didn\u2019t go past bedroom shows for her pack of pups. As time went by, she began believing that sound could say more than words, and experienced the sense of peace that music brought upon her. What started out as something to do to pass the time quickly grew into so much more.\n\nJordan has been playing and performing for twelve years now all over the state of Texas. Over this period of time she has developed as a songwriter and was one of the top four finalists in the Outlaws and Legends Music Festival\u2019s songwriter competition of 2014. Music has gotten her through the best and worst of times, and through all of this she has gained a great respect for all the things of which it is capable. Regardless of the trials and tribulations, she believes the most rewarding aspect of being a musician is the fact that it can serve as a bridge between herself and her surroundings.\n\nAs of summer 2017 has released two EPs. One in 2014 titled \u201cAsbury\u201d, and her most recent, \u201cBetterly\u201d. These days Jordan resides in a basement where she tries her best to navigate being a person in her hometown, all while constantly talking herself out of saving all the critters and destitute humans in need. She has learned she knows little, and her songs and art are chronicles of those thoughts.","event_start_time":"Sat, 09 Dec 2017 02:00:00 +0000","event_end_time":"Sat, 09 Dec 2017 06:00:00 +0000"}
