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Dreaming In America: A Film About Lucero

A new film about Lucero out now

About Me

Lucero’s Dreaming in America by New York Filmmaker Aaron Goldman will be released Oct. 11, 2005 on Lucero’s own Liberty & Lament label, which will be distributed by East West. A New Documentary Chronicling a Blue-Collar Rock Group’s Struggle to Survive. From their troubled past, to the recording of their new album Nobody’s Darlings, Dreaming in America 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. There are hundreds of such bands crisscrossing the country at any given moment. This is a film about one of them – a band on the edge of greatness, working to break through.At the heart of the documentary is the story of a blue-collar rock group's fight to exist and thrive since they formed in the late 90’s. As the music industry has exploded over the past few decades, the ability to "move units" has become the defining calculus of the business. 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. Lucero had broken from their indie rock past and was considering the treacherous leap to a major label deal with the Warner Brother’s backed East West imprint. Unlike anything seen by the industry before, East West offered them their own label and the ability to retain the rights to the music they created – an offer they couldn’t refuse.Inspired by films like D.A Pennebaker's classic look at the enigmatic genius of Bob Dylan, Don't Look Back, Jem Cohen's Fugazi documentary, Instrument, and, more recently, 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.At a particularly poignant moment in the movie, Lucero’s music is described as a “Cross between Bruce Springsteen, Kurt Cobain, and Willie Nelson.” In Dreaming in America, find out if the music industry and the world at large give this band a chance to make it.

My Interests

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DVD bonus features: **audio commentary by Lucero, **8 live performances, **photo slide show, **outtake ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- --Bonus live CD track listing:---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------tonight ain't gonna be good, 1) kiss the bottle, 2) sixteen, 3) nights like these, 4) and we fell, 5) no roses no more, 6) california, 7) hearts on fire, 8) sweet little thing, 9) in lonesome times, 10) hold fast, 11) tears don't matter much, 12) crystal blue, 13) the war

Music:

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Movies:

dreaming in america

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Trailer

Dreaming In America trailer finaly added to page. Enjoy.
Posted by Dreaming In America: A Film About Lucero on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:28:00 PST

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Dreaming has been selected for this years Santa Barbara International  film festival. Come and check it out on a big screen. Individual tickets will be available. The screening da...
Posted by Dreaming In America: A Film About Lucero on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:44:00 PST

another review/interview

Here are some good new reviews and an interview: http://serv01.siteground16.com/~playback/index.php?option=co m_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=31 http://www.splendidezine.com/departments/&/lucero...
Posted by Dreaming In America: A Film About Lucero on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:59:00 PST

we still have dreaming shirts still left

We still have Dreaming in America shirts left, and are now selling them for $15 and two for $25. Please contact Dave at [email protected] for your orders.Thanks,Aaron...
Posted by Dreaming In America: A Film About Lucero on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:19:00 PST

DREAMING IN AMERICA T-SHIRTS

We now have awesome T-shirts in S,M,L & XL. The design is basically the cover of the DVD. If anyone is interested in a shirt, please drop me a line. Thanks
Posted by Dreaming In America: A Film About Lucero on Sun, 30 Oct 2005 05:23:00 PST

We are starting to get some reviews

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Posted by Dreaming In America: A Film About Lucero on Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:08:00 PST

Dreaming in America Trailer

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Posted by Dreaming In America: A Film About Lucero on Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:35:00 PST

Dreaming In America Out Today!

Today is the day, "Dreaming In America" is in stores and available online.    I think when you do anything like this you just hope that people see it, and enjoy it, and get the st...
Posted by Dreaming In America: A Film About Lucero on Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:22:00 PST

Pre order now

Dreaming In America is now available from Lucero's website. Order now and you get a limited edition poster: http://luceromusic.com/store.cfm  ...
Posted by Dreaming In America: A Film About Lucero on Wed, 05 Oct 2005 01:21:00 PST

Dreaming at CMJ

So it looks like Dreaming has been selected for this years CMJ music and film festival. we are going to have our world premiere on Fri. 9/16 at the Lowes State (inside the virgin megastore) at 7:30pm....
Posted by Dreaming In America: A Film About Lucero on Sat, 27 Aug 2005 06:52:00 PST