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Luke Henley & The Works of Mercy

About Me

Heartbreak and redemption music from Tucson. Soon to be a band.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/04/2005
Band Members: Luke
Influences: Townes van Zandt, Leonard Cohen, Steve Earle, Black Flag, Holy Modal Rounders, The Fugs, Richard Thompson, Graham Smith, John Prine
Sounds Like: Good bar band.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Another new song

Another new song called "Die Master."  Pretty rough recording, lyrics a little hard to discern so I included them here.  Enjoy!
Posted by on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:55:00 GMT

New song

New song up!  Very rough demo, probably have to read the lyrics to understand them because they get a little garbled.  This, and a few more demos I'll post later this week, is soon to be reworked and ...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:17:00 GMT

New Song, band trouble!

..I said like a year ago or more that I'd have a band.  I don't yet.  Soon, I'm hoping, but it's on me and I haven't been up to the challenge yet.  I think I am now.  Anyway, new song.  Very rough dem...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:04:00 GMT

The Orphanage

I have a new band and we're going to rock out a little bit but still be all sad and weepy. Brett's gonna play drums and John's gonna play bass. By the end of the month we'll hopefully be playing out...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:22:00 GMT

New friends

Hello new friends who are half a decade younger than I. Who are you? Nice to meet you all on the internet. I hope that you enjoy my music and that we can become best internet friends. How is high ...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:12:00 GMT

Otis Redding is the best person to ever make music.

Ever.
Posted by on Fri, 02 Sep 2005 23:52:00 GMT

Hm.

I live here now.
Posted by on Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:09:00 GMT

When there's no one left to blame but God

I saw this on a sign in front of this church, I think it's the sermon for this Sunday. Anyway, what a fucking phrase. It affected me, and so I named a song after it.
Posted by on Fri, 05 Aug 2005 02:09:00 GMT

Auschwitz

I'm going to do an entire album before I go. The name is Auschwitz, and I've already done the title track. Each song is named after a different concentration camp, I've included an American one, but...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:01:00 GMT

Oh my

So which songs should I put on a 3-song demo to send - completely unsolicited - to hipster labels? Also, the music I'm listening to is honestly perhaps my favorite music.
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jul 2005 23:14:00 GMT