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Jason Luckett

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QUOTES IN THE PRESS... "With the kind of smile that could light up the sky like the Fourth of July... [an] outward expression of joy is attributable to an inner serenity, Luckett is plainly a prolific artist. His philosophical songs...are lyrically rich and conjure marvelous imagery."- Save the Date Magazine (more) ...

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Member Since: 8/25/2004
Band Website: jasonluckett.com
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Democracy at the Point of a Gun .

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Influences: Billy Bragg
Stevie Wonder
Curtis Mayfield
The Smiths
Beatles
Stones
Who
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Bill Withers (especially Live at Carnegie Hall)
Gil Scott-Heron
Jimi Hendrix
John Coltrane
The Clash
Elvis Costello
The Jam
The The
Paul Weller
XTC
Lou Reed
Suzanne Vega
American Music Club
Leonard Cohen
Egon Schiele
Gustav Klimt
Vermeer
Van Gogh
Charles Bukowski
Rainer Maria Rilke
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lots of local LA Poets
Nina Simone!
Belle & Sebastian
Bruce Springsteen
Beethoven
Duke Ellington
Marvin Gaye
Chocolate Genius

Lists are silly, but sometime you've got to sing praises of all the good things in life whenever and wherever you want....
Sounds Like: Neil Finn, Marvin Gaye and Norah Jones with Van Morrison in a 'garden wet with rain.'

I smile broadly at these comparisons: Badly Drawn Boy, Billy Bragg, Joni Mitchell, Brad Rouse, David Gray, Ani DiFranco, Paul Westerberg, Matt Johnson, Jimmy Webb, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Bill Withers, Richie Havens, Joan Armatrading.

I smile at these: John Mayer, Dave Matthews, Ben Harper, Lenny Kravitz, Tracy Chapman...

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My Blog

"68 and Clear" film site up

Hey guys,The film my friend, Dawn Westlake, wrote with a couple of my songs in it (and a bit of me) is almost ready.  The website for it is up.  Click through the icon on her site: www.dawnw...
Posted by Jason Luckett on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:27:00 PST

New Favorite Wilco Song

"Hate It Here"  I'm just listening to the new album as I type.  It's amazing.  The lyrics are here... www.bemydemon.org   The first two verses... ...
Posted by Jason Luckett on Tue, 15 May 2007 10:46:00 PST

I'm the Ventura County Reporter Pick of the Week!

You never know... I sent 'em stuff months ago. And I thought I was bottom of the bill for this gig, but here it is: Ventura County Reporter's Pick of the Week. If you're in the neighborhood, please co...
Posted by Jason Luckett on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:46:00 PST

Love @ The World Stage

I guess artists are really supposed to have other people review their shows. But, until that happens regularly, what the heck, I'll talk about it. It's kind of useful to reflect on what you did anyway...
Posted by Jason Luckett on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:30:00 PST

Tomorrow and more shows

Hi!This is a reminder for tomorrow's World Stage performance, more events this week, and announcing more shows this month.The World Stage is in Leimert Park (considered the center of the African-Amer...
Posted by Jason Luckett on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:34:00 PST

A real blog...

I had rehearsal for the poetry performance tonight.  It's gonna be really good.  I love the opportunity to interpret someone else's work.  Kind of like hearing my friend, Kelly, sing a ...
Posted by Jason Luckett on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:03:00 PST

Oh my goodness, Rickie Lee!

It's just past midnight as I write, and if you haven't been to one of my shows in a while, I can't encourage you more to come tonight.  Sure, I'm guaranteeing that you'll be inspired, but I'm att...
Posted by Jason Luckett on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:01:00 PST

Iran Video

This was forwarded to me and it reminded me of Young Morrissey in Baghdad.http://www.lucasgray.com/video/peacetrain.html Democracy At The Point Of A Gun (aka, Young Morrissey in Baghdad) - Jason Lucke...
Posted by Jason Luckett on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:52:00 PST

February 14 - Meditations on Love, Truth and Hope.

Hey, Sorry I haven't been blogging the past couple weeks.  This is just the show announcement.  More soon!- JThe Next Jason Luckett Show:VALENTINE'S DAYWednesday. February 14 - 9 pmGenghis ...
Posted by Jason Luckett on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:17:00 PST

Issues of propriety...

So the funny thing is, again I feel like I should write about something. The State of the Union, this time. Maybe I will. And maybe I'm a musician, so folks just want to be entertained and hear about ...
Posted by Jason Luckett on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:27:00 PST