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Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
Band Venice United States Formed 2008
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real formed in 2008 in Venice, United States. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real has 29 chart appearances on 23 radio countdowns from 10 stations on RockLists, spanning 2017–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Find Yourself”, which appears on 12 lists with a best position of #7. The station that charted Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2017.
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real have been kicking up dust since Lukas Nelson put the band together in Los Angeles in 2008, and their 2017 self-titled album on Fantasy, home of "Find Yourself", is the sound of a country rock outfit that sounds as big on record as it does on a stage. Nelson sings, writes and plays acoustic and electric guitar and piano; Anthony LoGerfo drums, Corey McCormick holds down electric and upright bass, Logan Metz covers keys, lap steel, banjo and harmonica, and Tato Melgar adds percussion.
A lot of people outside America first heard them as Neil Young's backing band, and that's a gig you don't get by accident: they cut three studio albums with him, a film soundtrack among them, plus two live records, with Lukas's brother Micah Nelson joining the ranks for those sessions. On their own they piled up eight studio albums and picked up an Americana Award nomination for Duo/Group of the Year in 2018.
On June 3, 2024, they announced an indefinite hiatus, leaving the door open to working together again. McCormick and LoGerfo didn't go far: they landed in Young's new band, the Chrome Hearts, alongside Micah Nelson and organist Spooner Oldham.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Find Yourself | 12 | #7 | – | 2017 | |
| 2 | Bad Case | 4 | #3 | – | 2019 | |
| 3 | Perennial Bloom (Back To You) | 6 | #12 | – | 2021 | |
| 4 | Forget About Georgia | 2 | #11 | – | – | |
| 5 | More Than Friends | 1 | #6 | – | 2023 | |
| 6 | Sticks and Stones | 1 | #72 | – | 2023 | |
| 7 | Wildest Dream | 1 | #73 | – | 2021 | |
| 8 | Turn Off The News (Build A Garden) | 2 | #76 | – | 2019 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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