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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...
"With the kind of smile that could light up the sky like the Fourth of July... [an] outward expression of joy 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)...
Hope you made it back to LA okay. It sure was fun to share Kerrville with you. Thanks for bringing your smile and your fine music to Sweetness and Light. A huge Kerrville hug to you. Janet
Kingdom Greetings Jason, Just stopping by to spread some love. Enjoyed the site especially the sounds. Thanks for the iadd. One more thang…You are so ROCKIN this page! Great vocals.
I'm actually back in SC now. I'm so jealous you were in India though! Were you playing gigs there? My Los Angeles experience was really great and I'm planning on coming back in July. Hopefully I'll see you then.
Hey Jason. I saw you play at the Palmetto Acoustic Series in Charleston. I'm in LA now and I'm playing at the Silverlake Lounge this Wednesday, April 15 at 8:30. Maybe you'll come by? Are you playing anytime over the next few days that I could come see you? Yours was seriously one of the best, most memorable performances I've seen in a long time.
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