Lucas' career as a national touring act was launched when his Across the River tape got a rave review in a Los Angeles newspaper. As a result, one of the Audioquest warehouse workers came to see him at a Los Angeles sushi bar. The employee called the company president, who came to hear Lucas that same night. Lucas was a multi-talented harmonica player, guitarist, singer, and songwriter who could do it all: on one recording for Audioquest, Usin' Man Blues, he played solo, and on another, Luke and the Locomotives, he performed with his band. The sound on all of his albums is raw and gritty, with just a few originals on each album. Classic blues fare like Sonny Boy Williamson's "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" and John Lee Hooker's "Meet Me in the Bottom" were given new life with Lucas' talented hands and vocal chops.
Lucas paid homage to traditional blues but also carefully crafted his own singing and slide guitar style. These talents are on ample display on his Audioquest albums, including Luke and the Locomotives, Usin' Man Blues, Built for Comfort, Layaway, and Completely Blue, all released during the '90s, as well as latter-day Canned Heat albums on the Ruf and Fuel 2000 labels. Robert Lucas died of a drug overdose in Long Beach on November 23, 2008. ~Richard Skelly
Lucas paid homage to traditional blues but also carefully crafted his own singing and slide guitar style. These talents are on ample display on his Audioquest albums, including Luke and the Locomotives, Usin' Man Blues, Built for Comfort, Layaway, and Completely Blue, all released during the '90s, as well as latter-day Canned Heat albums on the Ruf and Fuel 2000 labels. Robert Lucas died of a drug overdose in Long Beach on November 23, 2008. ~Richard Skelly
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 56:18
Size: 128.9 MB
Styles: Acoustic/electric blues
Year: 1990
Art: Front
[3:47] 1. Usin' Man
[3:53] 2. Ramblin' On My Mind
[3:37] 3. What Happened To My Shoes
[3:00] 4. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
[3:42] 5. If You See That Woman
[3:46] 6. Moonshine 1
[5:24] 7. I'm In Jail Again
[3:06] 8. Dancin' With Mr. Jones
[3:04] 9. Keep Your Business To Yourself
[4:23] 10. Me And The Devil
[3:39] 11. Jinx Around My Bed
[3:13] 12. Motherless Children
[4:08] 13. It's Christmas Time Baby
[3:26] 14. New View
[4:02] 15. Moonshine 2
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Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 45:42
Size: 104.6 MB
Styles: Acoustic/electric blues
Year: 1993
Art: Front
[3:40] 1. Built For Comfort
[3:19] 2. Walking Blues
[3:47] 3. Ringing That Lonesome Bell
[4:30] 4. Just A Kid
[3:44] 5. Blues Man From La
[2:06] 6. Hawaiian Boogie
[4:03] 7. My Home Is Burning
[3:36] 8. Change, Change
[4:28] 9. Sleeping By Myself
[4:27] 10. I Miss You Baby
[3:57] 11. Talk To Me
[4:00] 12. Come On In My Kitchen
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Thanks, much appreciated!
For those interested :
Built For Comfort complete artwork :
http://ecover.to/Cover/Robert_Lucas-Built_For_Comfort-2.html
Using Man Blues complete artwork :
http://ecover.to/Cover/Robert_Lucas-Usin_Man_Blues.html
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