Ben Nichols is the songwriter and lead singer for Lucero. He is also a 1996 graduate of Hendrix College. I photographed Ben on the Hendrix campus to accompany a feature written about him for the fall 2010 issue of Hendrix Magazine.
Talking to him, his speaking voice matched his singing voice ... gravelly. And he smelled like gasoline, having ridden to campus on his motorcycle. While we were setting up for the photo shoot, we discussed the fact that my high school friends had a Lucero cover band.
Photos from this shoot were featured in the fall 2010 issue of Hendrix Magazine
After the photo shoot, we decided that we'd record him playing a few of his songs on a guitar the writer of the story happened to have in his office.
