Saturday, September 27, 2025

DSP Shows presents Lucero live in Asbury Hall with Jessica Lea Mayfield

6pm Doors, 7pm Show

Tickets: On sale Fri 4/11 @10am EST.  General Admission Standing: $35 advance, $40 day of show at TixR.com or in person at the Babeville Box Office M-F 11a-5p (in person: fee free cash sales, 3% credit/debit card fee)

Celebrating 20 years of “Nobody’s Darlings”, Lucero will play the album in its entirety followed by a set of songs from the band’s catalog.

It would be difficult to find a band that is more self-aware than longtime touring band Lucero. Since forming in Memphis in the late 90’s, Lucero’s base musical hallmarks have remained similar to the band’s initial sound established with their first record The Attic Tapes. In the history of their expansive discography, Lucero has evolved and embraced everything from southern rock to Stax-inspired Memphis soul, whilst simultaneously maintaining their distinctive sonic foundations. Years later, dedicated fans of the group still flock to hear the band’s punchy driving rhythms, punk-rooted guitar licks, and lyrics that evoke the whiskey drenched sentimentality of Americana singer-songwriters.

Jessica Lea Mayfield opens the show

Jessica Lea Mayfield is no stranger to creating on her own terms. Since 2020, Mayfield has been sprinkling new singles out one by one in lieu of the industry-standard full length LP, and is now presenting her first visual – a psychedelic world of her own for 2021’s “Can You Feel It?”
Based on Mayfield and Wetherington’s love of furry friends, “Can You Feel It?” centers on a lonely Mayfield in need of companionship. On a gloomy NYC day, Mayfield finds herself being stalked by a stray cat who makes itself right at home in her depression chamber.

She’s found a friend…or did the “friend” find her?

Here, we’re introduced to the puppet version of toxoplasmosis, or toxo for short, a housepet borne parasite to which over half cat owners of the world have supposedly been exposed. Based on internet theory (i.e. rumor), toxo can make cat owners go insane.
After napping with her newfound friend, Mayfield wakes up in a technicolor world of her own. Lonely no more, Mayfield finds joy dancing through an Alice in Wonderland like scene with her chaos-causing now human-sized feline friend (or foe). Playing on the contrast between mundane reality vs the boundless imagination of our minds, Wetherington and Mayfield create a world which is euphoric, playful and intriguing but a bit dark and disconcerting.
The finale leaves us wondering if Mayfield will ever wake up from this dark dream, or if she’ll even want to.