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Neal Lucas began playing guitar professionally at age fourteen, performing with various bands alongside his father. By age eighteen he was on stage with his own band playing in nightclubs and at private parties.
In 1997 Neal graduated from the guitar program at the Atlanta Institute of Music and worked in the Atlanta music industry for a year.
In 1998 Neal moved to Nashville, Tennessee. He worked in the Nashville area doing session work and performing with various professional acts until early 2000. From 2000 until 2003 he was employed by a church in Columbus, Georgia. During this time his duties included everything from teaching young children guitar lessons to preparing Easter and Christmas shows.
In May 2004 Neal went with singer/songwriter, Sabra, on a month long tour of the southern states (Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia) performing in coffeehouses, restaurants, and nightclubs.
Later in the year he was hired by country music artist, Jodi Smith, to do a tour of the Middle Eastern countries. They performed at U.S. military bases in Kuwait, Iraq, Dubai, Djibouti, and the United Arab Emirates.
In October 2004 Neal settled in the Columbus, Georgia region. He was a session guitarist for The Loft Studios in downtown Columbus for over a year, and was also recently endorsed by Dean Markley Strings.
Neal has been working in the Columbus area doing various musical jobs, including teaching guitar lessons, and performing at restaurants, nightclubs, private parties, weddings, festivals, and corporate events. His band has also recently opened for The Little River Band, and Brian Howe of Bad Company.
A compilation album entitled "Ten Songs From The Edge of Georgia" will feature Neal's original tune, "Smoke House". Neal is touring with the Jonathan and Lisa band as well as worked with producer, Don McCollister , of Nickel & Dime Studios, on their project "Roots".
He has been traveling for the past several years and has played all over the country. He has recently performed in Atlanta, Athens, Albany and Savannah, Georgia as well as Columbus, Mississippi; Montgomery, Alabama; New Mexico, New Jersey, Panama City Beach, Florida, and more.
Neal has also branched into production work with Dean Castile of Document Studios, and is currently working on his own album, which will be released at the end of the year.
Although Neal experimented with various genres of music, he came full circle back to his roots with an enhanced playing style that gives him his bluesy rock tone.
