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    Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real and DIGA

    Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real and DIGA

    Presented by 12th and Porter at 12th and Porter

    July 11, 2011

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    For some, their first musical memory might be a favorite song playing on the radio, a video on MTV, or a concert their parents took them to. But for 22-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarist Lukas Nelson, his first music memory is being onstage with such superstars as Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and his father Willie Nelson singing along and stomping his feet to a crowd of thousands.To say Lukas was born to play music is an understatement. The sixth child of one of the most acclaimed and beloved music stars of all time Willie Nelson, and his fourth wife Annie, Lukas inherited his father's musicality, his penchant for penning his own music, and his love of the road. But more important - and possibly more surprising to some - he also inherited his father's humility and genuineness. "Our name, Promise of the Real, comes from trying to do it the real way. That's what my goal in life is - to stay human, stay real, stay humble, and stay grounded for the rest of my life. I've learned a lot from my dad. He got me my first guitar when I was 12 and taught me chords, but I also learned by his example of how he lives his life and how he keeps his humility." Lukas kept it so real that when his parents cut him off after dropping out of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles (where he studied music), Lukas lived out of his car for a year, couch surfed, and worked as a street performer to get in touch with what is real. "I had read the book, Siddhartha by Hermann Hess and it's loosely based on the life of the Buddha, who was born a prince but went off to learn what it was like to become a beggar," he says. "I felt connected to that. I would play guitar and sing on the Venice boardwalk and the promenade in Santa Monica, California and go back to the campus, and sit and play. I learned how to gather a crowd and create these cool little hippie happenings. I felt like I was getting a different kind of education this way." Don't miss Lukas Nelson & The Promise of the Real live at 12th & Porter with DIGA