Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
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Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, sometimes referred to as POTR, is a Grammy award-winning American country rock band formed in Los Angeles in 2008. The band consists of Lukas Nelson (lead vocals, songwriter, acoustic and electric guitars, piano), Anthony LoGerfo (drums, percussion), Corey McCormick (bass guitar, upright bass, vocals), Logan Metz (keyboards, lap steel, piano, banjo, harmonica, vocals), and Tato Melgar (percussion). The band has released eight studio albums and two live albums as well as numerous singles and extended plays (EP). From 2015 to 2019, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real were the backing band for Canadian musician Neil Young. With Young, the band recorded two studio albums, The Monsanto Years (2015) and The Visitor (2017), a soundtrack album, Paradox (2018), and two live albums, Earth (2016) and Noise & Flowers (2022).
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Also known as | POTR |
Origin | Venice, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Genres | Rock, country rock, roots rock |
Years active | 2008–present |
Labels | Fantasy |
Members | Lukas Nelson Anthony LoGerfo Tato Melgar Corey McCormick Logan Metz |
Past members | Merlyn Kelly |
Website | lukasnelson |
Headlining hundreds of their own shows, the band has toured with a number of other musicians and bands including B.B. King, John Fogerty, Blackberry Smoke, Whiskey Myers, and Nelson's father, Willie Nelson. In 2018, they opened for The Rolling Stones and The Who, and in September 2024, they opened for Tedeschi Trucks Band at Madison Square Garden and TD Garden. By 2015, the band landed performances on every major late night talk show: Late Show with David Letterman, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Conan, Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live. [1] Over the past decade, they have appeared at a wide variety of music festivals including Merlefest, Stagecoach Festival, Glastonbury Festival (England), Byron Bay Blues Fest (Australia), Lollapalooza, High Sierra Music Festival and Farm Aid.