Charlie Lucas Band is like eating...

...jalapenos. They are so hhhhot you can't stand it, so for some reason you want another one! Haven't you ever seen a jalapenoholic eat one and turn red and blow fire and shake his head and smile and gobble down another one?

That's a Charlie Lucas Bandfan.

So this morning I'm still hummin' the beat... is anybody else hearing trains between your ears?

Oh that's just the Charlie Lucas Bandamnit!

I'm still trying to figure out how to describe this music... rockabilly on steroids? Texas-fried rock? High octane country? If there ever was crossover music... I give up.

Anyway, What a great show, what a great band, what a great feather in Navasota's cap... a new music video by this emerging band. And think about the timing.

If they wanted to shoot that video now, it would be too hard given all the construction and demolition going on downtown. The CLB train would have had to rock n' roll someplace else. In fact, it was a surgical operation, in and out and produced in less than six weeks! In the only time possible: Then.

It was meant to be. We can thank the band, the City Council, and God for pulling it off so seemlessly. And congratulations to Steve Maddox, our Director of Economic Development, for all his behind-the-scenes efforts to make everybody else look good.

The mayor gives our keys away... WHAT WERE YOU THINKIN'?

Mayor Bert Miller is seen here trying to express his appreciation to Charlie Lucas for choosing Navasota as the location for his new music video. And that was special...

Hell, all you have to do is come rollin' into town and puff out some songs and shoot some video drivin' some old antique cars and the Mayor will give you the keys to the city! Just like that!

I didn't want to say anything, but don't get too excited Charlie, I think that is a key to the old animal control center they tore down. Maybe it's supposed to represent something like the key to our hearts...

But it sure helps that it is a damned fine tune. We are proud to be your partner, partner!

The World Premier Concert for Charlie Lucas Band's new music video, in Navasota, Texas!

Mercy.

I mean we're talkin rock n' roll bad ass tight band hammer down no escape pin you to the wall COUNTRY!

Uh... wear your ear plugs. Pad your thighs because you will beat them bloody. These guys are... a bombing pentameter.

They're good. Real good.

And not because they love Navasota and did their first music video here. And Navasota looked ... like Navasota, a little edgy, but interesting... The vid is called "Not the girl she used to be."

Where to start?

Buy the DVD. The crowd loved these guys and you will too... and you can control the volume on your DVD player. Mercy.

It was a big, big night for Navasota and I am out of words.

Thank you Charlie Lucas Band for everything.

Cute video!

Maybe one of the coolest country crooners to come along in a long time...

You need to watch this guy... Actually you need to listen to him first, then run go snatch up his music, while you can... he's going to be hhhhhhhot.

The Charlie Lucas Band. That's Charlie on the right...

It took me awhile to peg this group... you know that's what music writers do; compare, analyze, dissect. Lucas' voice is a leaner version of Mac Powell's, the Grammy Award winning lead singer for the Christian rock group Third Day. He has been one of my favorite vocalists of all time. The Charlie Lucas Band is a full blown semi metal-rock group, and they could cover ZZ Top or Guns and Roses or Billy Idol, no sweat. The songs, some of them original, are thoughtful, classic, and thank goodness, not all about boozing and chasing booty. But what sets Lucas apart is his amazing countenance.. a confident, friendly smile. When he is on stage, he looks... IS... very comfortable and just damn happy, as he smiles at the audience, at his musicians, at the folks walking by. And soon the people feel themselves smiling back. It's that smile that will take him all the way to the top.

Here just a couple of them entertain the lunch crowd at the Corner Cafe in Navasota.

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The HIPPEST, COOLEST place to be

What would you get if you crossed lead singer Randy Owen of Alabama with Billy Idol? If that sounds impossible, then you have not heard the Charlie Lucas band! WweeeooooOH! Take me back home!

Sorry you missed it... Charlie Lucas playing a sweet acoustic mini-show at the CORNER CAFE in Navasota, Texas. Yes, my oldest favorite hang out, revived its music venue tradition for an hour Thursday at Noon to MAKE HISTORY and hosted the Charlie Lucas Band (minus a few).

Charlie has become a real fan and friend of Navasota and the Corner and even filmed his latest music video here in NAVA -gitdown!- SOTA... and will be celebrating its world premier TONIGHT RIGHT HERE IN SAID PLACE, along with a private concert- for the town that welcomed him and let him race golf carts at 3:00 in the morning. Not a bad trade, given the great talent this guy has to share.