Secret to The Lumineers' success? A newspaper columnist

March 6, 2015 at 8:16 p.m. | Updated March 6, 2015 at 8:35 p.m.

by Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, from left, Wesley Schutlz, Neyla Pekarek and Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers pose at the Dream Downtown Hotel in New York. Fraites says that a picture of a New Jersey newspaper columnist is the secret to the bands’ success. He posted a picture of his keyboard with the picture of The Record political columnist Herb Jackson to the folk rock band’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts on Thursday, March 6, 2015. He says that he taped the picture to his keyboard 10 years ago and that “looking at him assures me creativity will flow.” (Photo by Dan Hallman/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, from left, Wesley Schutlz, Neyla Pekarek and Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers pose at the Dream Downtown Hotel in New York. Fraites says that a picture of a New Jersey newspaper columnist is the secret to the bands’ success. He posted a picture of his keyboard with the picture of The Record political columnist Herb Jackson to the folk rock band’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts on Thursday, March 6, 2015. He says that he taped the picture to his keyboard 10 years ago and that “looking at him assures me creativity will flow.” (Photo by Dan Hallman/Invision/AP, File)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A member of The Lumineers says a picture of a New Jersey newspaper columnist is the secret to the band's success.

On Thursday, Jeremiah Fraites posted a picture of his keyboard on the folk rock band's Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts. Taped to the keyboard is a photograph of The Record political columnist Herb Jackson.

Fraites says he didn't know who Jackson was when he taped the picture to his keyboard 10 years ago but that "looking at him assures me creativity will flow."

Jackson writes from Washington for the northern New Jersey newspaper and website.

He wrote (http://bit.ly/1zWnXa6 ) that the photo was "the most bizarre thing I've encountered in this job." He says he doesn't know what it is about the photo that's inspirational, but he's glad to help.

The group began performing in New Jersey in 2005.

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