May 6, 2022

Powered by Louie Lucchesi’s unmistakable voice, Louie & The Flashbombs perform original songs co-authored by Lucchesi and veteran Milwaukee songwriter Mike Benign. The Flashbombs’ songs blend Lucchesi’s love of 1970s New York City rock with Benign’s knack for hooky alternative pop.

Rounding out The Flahsbombs are a Who’s Who of Milwaukee musicians: drummer Bo Conlon (BoDeans, Pat McCurdy, Crime Family), bass Paul Biemann (Blue in The Face, The Mike Benign Compulsion, Arms & Legs & Feet), guitarist Al Hildenbrand (Pet Engine, Britpop) and keyboardist Matt Meixner (Mea Jima, Milwaukee Underground Duo).

Lucchesi began his career performing at notorious New York City nightclubs like Tramps, CBGB’s and The Bitter End. He returned to Milwaukee and fronted bands that included Crime Family, Brother Louie and Klaus Nomi’s Homies.

Liv Mueller: Singing/writing years ago in a Rockabilly band called “The Screaming Lillies” & barely 19, Liv packed up and re-located herself to Nashville from the Midwest, where she performed at places like ‘Tootsies’ and ‘The Rose Room’ while supplementing her income occasionally by playing for money on the streets with an open guitar case.

Not long after Nashville, Austin became her next home wherein she formed the first incarnation of ‘The Lovelies’…Re-forming the band after returning to the Midwest is where The Lovelies had the most success. After recording four records, touring & charting nationally twice, the band ended in 2004/05.

Two albums were released under her next endeavor, ‘The Dark Horse Project’, production team Marc Hutner & Grant Curry (Pleasure Club) helped her to refine a new sound she had envisioned…… capturing a beautiful , haunted landscape of listening. Recording deep in the south of Louisiana proved to be just what she needed to unearth her next phase of writing, and performing.

In the last several years however, Liv prefers to play solo, releasing now two records..The first solo release entitled ‘LIV SINGS’ Love Songs For The Forlorn And Misguided, and the second 2017 release entitled ‘LIV SINGS Light Of The Valley Shadow Of The Mountain’ both of which she composed, played, recorded and mixed nearly the entire album alone in her home studio. Both albums are now available through cdbaby, and itunes.

Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8:30pm. Cover $10