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Lucas Hicks

About Me

I play a variety of instruments in a wide variety of types of music. Here's some instruments I play in some bands: Banjo, Saxophone, Accordion, Harmonica, Spoons, Bones, Suitcase, Guitar, Jug, Washboard, Vocals, Jaw Harp, Ukulele, Gourd Banjo, Piano, Beatbox, Marvelous Contraption. Here's some genres I've been known to play: Klezmer, Country Blues, Ragtime, Math Rock, Country, Old Time, Bluegrass, Eastern European, Progressive, junk hop. I have a large slow growing tumor in my shoulder that may or may not take away my ability to use my right hand. I suppose that this will affect my musicianship so I'm currently playing as much as I possibly can. Or at least that's my excuse for making music my career right now.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/11/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/jillbrazil, myspace.com/gallusbrothers
Band Members: BANDS I PLAY IN: Jill Brazil , The Gallus Brothers , The Tanglers, Hicks Machine, The Brent Coalminers etc.
Influences: Vaudeville, Swing Swang Swung, Clark Buehling, Danny Adjaganian, Banjo Girl, Dave Scully, Sarah Holmes, Arrington Dionysis, Old Time Relijun, The Hoosier Hot Shots, Joe Venuti Eddie Lang, Deicide, Foghorn Stringband, Carl Granich, Gerd K. and the Hot Feet Band, Bay City Love, The La Rondalla House Band, The Texas Tornados, Phillip Glass, Sabjilar, Metallica, Kenny Anderson, Trevor Adams, Baby Gramps, Foot Stompin' Trio, Tony Gilmore, Pau, Robert Blake, Craig Ventresco, Bo Grumpus, Source Of Labor, Rahzel, Public Enemy, Ian Voorhees, Henry Sapoznik, Urga, Tommy Jarrel, Stel Newsome, Brother Mud, my grandfather Jack Scott and his wife Lena Mae Scott, my brothers Van and John, Don Cabellero, Pacer, Jill Brazil, Hank Williams, Jimmy Rodgers, Bruce Springsteen, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Smeck, The Jesus Lizard, Naked City, Bukka White, Mike Marker, Doc Watson, Sean Folsom, Justin Mcintyre, Behead The Prophet, Mitch Reed, Curly from the Skirtlifters, Howie Meltzer, Mad Dog; San Francisco's Favortie MC, The Merchants of The New Bizarre, Doc Boggs, Loretta Lynn, Matt Kinman, Musee Mechanique, Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, Iris Dement, Uncle Dave Macon, Spike Jones, Raymond Scott.
Sounds Like: Lucas Hicks
Record Label: PoolOrPond
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I feel supported

So I had to respond before anyone runs off and re-mortgages their house or spends their retirement (I'm looking at you mom) in order to pay for my chemo. Lots of folks have responded and shared their ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:01:00 GMT

A simple matter of 36,000 dollars a ear

I'm fighting the fight but I'm tired. My tumor hurts and is growing. I can feel it pushing at the top and it is making it harder for me turn my head all the way to the left. I can also feel it pushing...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:02:00 GMT

Post-op

The surgery went smooth. I'm already out and at my Grandmother's cousins. My mom will be driving me back to Bellingham within the hour. The surgeon already said that it looks like this tumor is the sa...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:46:00 GMT

Surgery and update

I'm fairly freaked out. I realized quite a while back that I feel a lot better when I'm writing about the madness that is my life. But even my journal has been fairly neglected lately. So I'm blogging...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:12:00 GMT

Luke's Momfest 2006

Hey folks! My Mom (Glenna) is coming to Bellingham this week to celebrate my 28th birthday and my 3 year anniversary of surviving cancer. I set up a string of shows so that she could see all my proje...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:18:00 GMT

Not Yet Dead From Cancer Update .1

Hello folks. In addition to the music update I attached from a local music magazine, I thought I'd add a slightly more personal update. I've returned to Bellingham because I finally was able to act o...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:24:00 GMT