from Bakersfield/Kerr County on bakersfield.com

It ain't easy being Lucky Tubb. As the great-nephew to country music pioneer Ernest Tubb, many expect a tribute to the late legend and his music.

Opening for Greensky Bluegrass at Fishlips on Friday night, the Texas singer/songwriter and his band, The Modern Day Troubadours, are ready to prove the naysayers wrong.

"This isn't an Ernest Tubb tribute show. I pay homage, but it is my show," said the singer via cell phone. "I'm a seventh-generation musician in this family along with Billy Tubb, Glenn Douglass Tubb, Calvin Robert Tubb, Scooter Tubb ..."

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