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Lucky Jim
Acoustic / Alternative / Folk

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Edinburgh And London, Scotland
United Kingdom

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Member Since3/17/2006
Band Websitehohumrecords.com
Band MembersLucky Jim Is The name Under Which Gordon Grahame Records Writes , Performs and Produces Also featuring Eddie Myer , Sandy Watson , Alexander Watson , Keith Kelly and The Jaw ...
InfluencesThe influences are Music- Michel Legrand Van Morrison Lou Reed Jaques Brel Elliot Smith Bob Dylan Serge Gainsbourg Tom Waits The Rolling Stones The Beatles Al Green David Bowie Big Star The Doors Hank Williams Townes Van Zandt Jerry Lee Lewis Miles Davis John Coltrane Charles Mingus Joni Mitchell Neil Young Kris Kristofferson Leonard Cohen Pavement Jesus Christ Superstar AC/DC Elvis John Lee Hooker Gram Parsons Rush Genesis Ludwig Van Beethoven Schubert Bach Mozart Chopin and the Pixies ...Writers - Celine Genet Burroughs Kerouak Bukowski Blake Ginsberg Swedenbourg Bauderaire Rimbaud Anaconas Crowley Gurdieff Ouspenski Jung Moore Nietzche Graves Yeats Shakespeare Geothe Lorca ...Directors- Pasolini Cassavettes Herzog... Real people - Sandyman Tommy Brown Chris Dunn Gazza Scott D'arcy Jeff Buckley Rufus Wainwright Billy Jones Mike and Brian Hall Tristan Egolf Grant Walker Jimmie Grahame...
Sounds Likesounds like you love it or you hate it ..
Record LabelHo Hum Records
Type of LabelIndie


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UNCUT MAGAZINE **** You know the priest has started reading the last rites on dance music when the record label best known as home to Fatboy Slim releases... an alt.country record. Cynicism aside, Lucky Jim mark a laudable attempt by Skint to expand their horizons. A two-piece (Scottish lad Gordon Graham and Brighton boy Ben Townsend), Lucky Jim draw on all the necessary and obvious references (Dylan, Gene Clark, Gram). But this collection of border skirmishes is surprisingly effective thanks to a neat line in bruised acoustic melancholia and Gordon's prairie-dog growl. "You're Lovely To Me" is all mandolin, strings and dusty melodies blown in from the desert. "Almeria", a nod of the Stetson to the Spanish city where Leone shot his Dollars trilogy, possesses a ragged, loping gait; a Morricone mooch. "The Honeymooners" sounds like Gainsbourg's "Bonnie & Clyde" for the E generation, while "My Soul Is On Fire" is a fine example of frontier melodrama. THE INDEPENDENT This engaging slice of British Americana – if that's not too much of a contradiction in terms – was made by Gordon Grahame and Ben Townsend within months of their first meeting in Brighton, an indication of how naturally their talents have meshed here. It's basically an album of Grahame's love songs, embroidered with arrangements that set his acoustic guitar against Townsend's piano counterpoints and string washes – a series of Dylan-esque warbles of devotion that nod to all manner of singer-songwriter legends but teeter over into exaggerated mannerism on only the title track. With its plangent croon and feverish beat, "Leah" recalls Van Morrison's "The Way Young Lovers Do", while pizzicato strings and Mediterranean guitar lend an intimate, Leonard Cohen mood to "The Honeymooners", an erotic duet between Grahame and Heather Banks, in which the latter urges, "Come and rest between my thighs/ The hungry days of reason, they have fed you full of lies." Throughout, Grahame displays a neat, original turn of phrase – "Been out on the road with a craving for tar" – and the ability to turn clichés on their head, as in: "One and one is one, not two." But there are discrepancies in some of the arrangements: the sloppily strummed guitar of "Leah" works against the neat, light Brubeck beat; on "Lesbia", the prissy piano sounds out of place. Both tracks would be improved by sparer settings that played to the songs' strengths – as on the lovely "Westwards We're Headed", in which two Spanish guitars and a basic drum machine conjure up the spirit of "Spanish Harlem". CONTACT MUSIC ONLINE Lucky Jim Our Troubles End Tonight ALbum Review Although this album was released back in 2004, the use of the song You're Lovely To Me on the current Kingsmill ad has reignited interest in this singer-songwriter, and the album is set for re-release. With a sound at turns like Blonde on Blonde Dylan, Harry Nilsson, Leonard Cohen, and maybe even Lee Hazlewood, Gordon Grahame (formerly of the long-missed Lost Soul Band) has made an album that could have been released at the end of the 60s, so full of character and rich analogue soul is every song. Strummed chords, a drop here and there of out of tune organ and trumpet - Our Troubles End Tonight has a mellow core, but is sung with passion and sincerity. If you've fallen in love with that song on the ad, or have a thing for Blonde on Blonde, there is a whole lot more here. Simply excellent (light years ahead of Richard Hawley), and well worth its re-release. Rating 9/10 Mike Rea

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angelika

angelika



Nov 23 2009 10:27 AM

morning, Luckies !
have a nice one :)
JHAH LONDON STREET TEAM

JHah LOndon street team



Nov 23 2009 10:27 AM

hiya,
thanx 4 accepting, how are u? been up ta much?
x
patmusic100

patmusic100



Nov 21 2009 9:53 AM

Really good music
Louise

Louise



Nov 20 2009 3:43 PM

Still loving 'You're Lovely To Me'.. I officially hope they play that advert forever on ITV - you rock! :)

L x
hannah

Hannah Tello



Nov 17 2009 9:00 PM

musics as beautiful as ever
how are you, lucky jim?
hannah

Hannah Tello



Nov 17 2009 9:00 PM

musics as amazing as ever
how're you doing, lucky jim?
Jane

Jane Austin



Nov 16 2009 10:01 PM

Yo Lucky Jim,
Whenever I listen to your music. I feel like singing too. But your talent is unmatched. How much time you spend to rehearse per day Lucky Jim? Love ya.
Jane
PS:Follow Me Twitter at http://twitter.com/iaent
Tatyana Sherman

Tatyana Sherman



Nov 15 2009 5:39 PM

Have a nice Sunday!

Good mood to you...

Life-Music-Love
Cling

Cling



Nov 13 2009 12:32 AM



Hi thanks for your comment, very much appreciated.
Best wishes and a wonderful weekend
CLING xx
http://twitter.com/clingmusic
Andrea Schroeder

Andrea Schroeder



Nov 13 2009 12:32 AM

"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour."
William Blake





Eva

Eva



Nov 12 2009 5:53 PM

hey liked the Belfast song ~ its my home town ; )
Kathleen

Kathleen Sullivan McDonald



Nov 12 2009 9:20 AM

Nice to have you as my friend

hugs

Kathleen

J Minus (acoustic page)

J Minus (acoustic page)



Nov 12 2009 9:20 AM

or ...Gordon I mean haha :P
J Minus (acoustic page)

J Minus (acoustic page)



Nov 12 2009 9:20 AM

thanks a lot Jim!! I appreciate it
much love and respect to my fellow musician :D
would you like some free song downloads?
I have a way to get them to you using gmail....I made it so you can grab them whenever you have time. (you won't need a gmail account to do it)
just send me a myspace message with the subject "downloads" and I'll take care of ya :)
let me know
Dylan

Keithy

Keith Kirkwood



Nov 9 2009 11:29 PM

Another classic Gordon - Belfast is quality
Jen Mack

Jen Mack



Nov 9 2009 11:29 PM

All the best to you, Lucky Jim
Joanna

Joanna Dixon



Nov 9 2009 4:08 PM

have a nice day my dear friend
Jason Nelson

Jason Nelson



Nov 7 2009 9:04 AM

Hi Lucky Jim, I want to invite you to join me for my free spiritual teleclass on Nov. 8. Connect to spirit and be guided in an easy meditation you can use anytime, anywhere. Visit http://www.jasonnelson.info/spiritual-teleclass.html for more info and to register. Be sure to register so you get the call-in information! I hope to see you there!!
Clap Mitchet y Las Biblias de Gideón

Clap Mitchet y Las Biblias de Gideón



Nov 4 2009 9:26 AM


Nice stuff Lucky
cheers from the south
The Boy Who Kicked Pigs

The Boy Who Kicked Pigs



Nov 3 2009 7:11 PM

Hey, cheers man. Hows things going? Think we played a gig with you kiddies many moons back at the Pav Tav in the good old bad old good old days, think I must have been in Lalo at the time? You guys playing in Brighton anytime soon?

Karl
Southern Remedy

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Nov 1 2009 7:20 PM

Hey, ive got a new song up if you fancy a listen :)
Thomas Wissing

Thomas Wissing



Oct 31 2009 8:07 PM

We boil at different degrees. 

R. W. Emerson
Jane

Jane Austin



Oct 31 2009 3:26 PM

Hi There Lucky Jim
Your music is great. So you are. Thats why I am big fan of yours Lucky Jim. Keep up the gr8 work. I am proud being your fan.
Jane
Grace Trabucchi

Grace Trabucchi



Oct 30 2009 1:22 PM

I'm Co Hosting The Dave Charles radio show this sunday (1st Nov) 102.3hfm from 7pm, never co hosted a whole show before and a little nervous, so if you could listen in and show some support it would really appreciated x 
Wishing you a great weekend :)
Suzanne

Suzanne



Oct 29 2009 1:33 PM

Lovely music here Lucky Jim.
Suzanne
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