Ben Nichols @ Rumba Café

Ben Nichols is American alt country musician, best known for being the frontman for alt.country icons Lucero. His first solo release, The Last Pale Light in the West, was released in January 2009 on Lucero's label Liberty & Lament. On November 17, 2013 the title song from the album featured in the episode "Live Bait" of the AMC series The Walking Dead. HE WAS ALSO IN RED 40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In May 2009, Nichols co-starred in MTV's $5 Cover, a quasi-fictionalized series about the Memphis music scene. Nichols popularized his solo material on the "Revival Tour", composed of himself, Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music) and Tim Barry (Avail). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the UK folk musician with the full english see ben nicholls.

Lucero is an American country-punk/alternative country/alternative rock band based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Lucero's sound has been described as a "synthesis of soul, rock, and country [that] is distinctly Memphisian." They have released 12 albums and one live DVD, mostly through their own label. The band mainly tours around North America.