For Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, 2011 was a year packed with over 200 high-energy, spirited performances, including such mega-musical events as Farm Aid, Bridge School Benefit, Stagecoach, and Country Throwdown, the chance to spread their unique brand of gritty rock and roll to millions of people via the greatest of the late night shows, Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and the adoption of the name Realers by their growing base of supporters.

But 2011 was also the year, through blood, sweat and trying times, that Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real – which also includes drummer Anthony LoGerfo, percussionist Tato Melgar and bassist Corey McCormick – made good on that promise to keep it real, and to make their way out of the shadow of a famous father and into the hearts and souls of music fans nationwide the way that they wanted to… on their own downhome rock and roll merits.

Lukas clearly remembers the conversation that launched him on the path to playing guitar for a living. Mr. Nelson was 10 or 11 and his father, Willie, was showing him a few things on the guitar. The son asked his father what he’d like for his upcoming birthday, and the answer changed Lukas Nelson’s life.

“He said, ‘I want you to learn how to really play guitar,’ ” Lukas Nelson remembered.

“I just knew I wanted to play, that I loved to play and that’s what I wanted to do with my life, whether I was going to make money at it or not,” Lukas said. “By my own decision, I dropped out of school and lived in my car for a year and busked on the street. I toured in a van when we first started. I didn’t ask my parents for any money financially. I tried to do it on my own, and I’m proud I did it on my own.”

This video is the band’s first appearance on the David Letterman show – Feb, 2012

This is of the band’s 2nd appearance on David Letterman last 4-3-12

Here’s a version of a Dylan tune “Buckets of Rain”.

Here’s a sweet song called “All The Pretty Horses” found on the first album

Here’s Lukas playing solo with a touching song called “Fathers & Mothers”

Jeet-Kei Leung has been illuminating the subject of Transformational Festivals since 2009 conveying his insight and understanding garnered from a deep involvement with the culture for over 15 years. Since his TEDxVancouver talk was posted on-line last September, it has been watched by over 25,000 people, receiving acclaim for its lucidity and eloquence in articulating this important yet often elusive phenomenon. Jeet-Kei resides in Vancouver, B.C., where he rocks the dancefloor as the DJ known as the Mazeguider and is the founder of INTENTION, a 5-day annual new years retreat which just celebrated its 13th year. During the days, Jeet-Kei works as spokesperson for Canada’s original & largest non-profit medical cannabis dispensary and acts as a director & VP of the Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries.

Here’s his Keynote Speech at TEDx in Vancouver!

The Q’ero shamans are some of the most highly respected shamans in Peru and the shamans to whom many other shamans go to receive their initiations. They are a people of munay, (heart energy), and to sit with them in ceremony leaves you with a heart opening that is quite indescribable. The Q’ero feel this is the time for connecting with the Pachamama, (Mother Earth). This is in line with many other indigenous prophecies. But the Q’ero do not want people to become obsessed with them as a people, they would rather their message be simply heard. What is most important to the Q’ero to impart, is for all of us to move the energy of Love across the planet, to unite the people in a common purpose of caring for each other, and most importantly, to take care of Pachamama.

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