Even though the once-local members of Stuck Lucky have relocated to Nashville and booked two separate tours this summer, the players have made time to return to Murfreesboro to perform in the ongoing Walnut House Sessions on April 18.
Having brought 200-plus fans to a March performance at The Muse in Nashville, the Stuck Lucky players said they’re hoping for a good turnout at the upcoming Walnut House show and recording session?especially since it’s an all-ages venue.
“It’s hard to find venues that will go out on a limb to put on all ages shows,” trombone player Will Carter said. “Venues in Murfreesboro are more oriented toward the college crowd.”
The Stuck Lucky lineup said the band tries to play only all-ages shows, because one of the band’s concerns is that people are beginning to lose focus on the music.
“A lot of good bands in Nashville and Murfreesboro don’t get the attention they deserve. There are very few people who go out just for the music . . . People think it’s just a fashion show,” lead vocalist Daniel “Jonzee” Jones said.
In an attempt to maintain its focus, the band is touring this summer with artists the players deem as friends and fellow artists who are just trying to get the music out there. From Tennessee to New York and back, these guys have a packed schedule up until their last show in July.
“This summer’s tour is in support of Community Records,” Carter said. “After the shows in July, we’ll hopefully be releasing another album and a few 7-inch record splits with some of our friends from around the country,” he noted optimistically.
The band said its summer’s closing show will be at Ska Weekend in Knoxville. Bringing fans from across seas, Ska Weekend is a music festival that is only in its sixth year. However, this event is what the Stuck Lucky musicians look forward to most, they said, because it’s an event where they can give back to the community, help others and play music.
“A portion of the proceeds from Ska Weekend go to Second Harvest Food Bank,” Carter said. “The cost of admission is $15 and five cans of food.”
“It’s a lot of fun, and it brings in a lot of people,” Jones added.
As for their future, Stuck Lucky’s members said that within the next 5 or 10 years, they hope to be touring beyond the U.S.
“I would really like to go to Japan and Europe,” Carter said. “People are actually asking us to come over there and play.”
In the meantime, however, they said they enjoy their current performance circuit and the new friends and fans they’ve made. And in spite of their ever-burgeoning popularity, money is not always at hand; thus, they’ve learned how to live economically. In fact, according to the band’s MySpace site, the musicians refer to themselves as “connoisseurs of fine snack foods.”
“We’re probably the thriftiest band I know . . . I used to play tic-tac-toe for souls,” Carter laughingly commented.
To catch Stuck Lucky live in Murfreesboro, take in the band’s April 18 performance at the Walnut House, 116 N. Walnut St., just one block from the square. Doors open at 8 p.m.
For more information on Stuck Lucky, visit myspace.com/stucklucky. The bandmates also encourage the purchase of their CD, Hate the Light of Day, and checking out their 12-inch split record, “We Never Sleep,” with Arm the Poor via interpunk.com.
