I Sang Karaoke with Cory Branan | Lucero

(At least 2 years ago, maybe 3) About ten of us went to karaoke in one of those private karaoke rooms you can rent for someone’s birthday. I hadn’t heard of Cory Branan the singer until I asked my friend of a friend if he happened to sing for a living. It couldn’t be possible that this guy was just really good at karaoke. He told me he did, and that he was in town to play Letterman and Mercury Lounge. After karaoke I told him I’d check out the show at “the Merc,” but I never did.

(starstruck) I followed his career for a few weeks. Then I mostly forgot about it. Then I heard his name in a Lucero song. Ends up they’re friends. I was a fan of Lucero’s last album, though I didn’t love them live when they opened for the Weakerthans @ Bowery Ballroom.

Lucero & Cory Branan play Bowery Ballroom in NYC on June 7th, 2005. All tour dates here.

Lucero’s new album (Nobody’s Darlings) comes out May 24th

Scenestars profiles Cory Branan with an MP3 for download

You can also hear Cory on Myspace

Lucero has a video

SPIN profiled Lucero today.

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