According to Mr. Branan and agreed upon by many others, myself included…this could be one of the most simply brilliant lines of all time. I had heard rumors about a Lucero Tribute album. On the offhand I asked Cory what he would do, and he said this song. I flipped out, ’cause, if I was picking songs for Cory to cover, this would totally be THE ONE. So, this comes from the lovely folks at Hardcore Troubadours, and it’s a cut from their Cory Branan/Ben Nichols podcast. If you don’t have it, or didn’t get it, hop on over there and download it. You might just get a chance to hear Ben Nichols of Lucero cover a Cory song.

Now that we’ve got the nice stuff out of the way, let’s get on to business! Cory is TOURING ALASKA! What the hell, yeah? I see it now. Northern Lights. Igloos. Eskimos. Reindeer. I think all the blonde hair references of Cory’s music may just escape them! In all seriousness, I think this is astounding…and super cool. This is straight from the Branan Blogs:

(A Note on California - The Pasadena show is a Cory show whereas the Hotel Cafe show is as well but is an hour long set that starts promptly at 8pm). Cory will be Drag the River’s main support in Forest Lake, San Diego and Glendale. Anyone who can help spread the word in California should email boogiemann100@comcast.net and we’ll reciprocate with a free live mp3 or two.

Cory will be playing several shows in Alaska in early May and those detais will be posted soon. Also, we’re planning on playing select cities in the SE in April.

I gotta couple of plans for the new year, and I’ll tune you in. Keep on supporting Cory, the Diner, Brian Mann, and Jesus. All things which people love.

We LIIIIKE you.

Do you LIIIKE us?

(sorry, love the Borat)

Management.

It’s a new year! I hope your 2008 is off to a good start, and if your 2007 was ready for an end (like mine), 2008 is very welcome. So what do we here at LCD bring you? That’s right, old new stuff. I was given this video by the lovely Brian Mann, and it’s another from Boulder Colorado. This time, though, it’s a brand-spanking-new song. Survivor Blues.

We got some exciting new stuff for you, so stay tuned…and happy friday diners.

All the best,

Management.