Simon Shaw - guitar and vocals,
Morag Wilson - harmonium and vocals,
Lucy Sweet - vocals, autoharp, melodica and guitar,
Eilidh Rodgers - drums,
Ian Murray - bass and mandolin,
Solveig Askvik - violin.
The new album also features contributions from
John Hogarty - guitar,
Hanna Tuulikki - flute.
Influences
Velvets, Nico, Bad Seeds, Shirley Collins, Watersons, The Pogues, Kaleidoscope(UK+US), Sandy Denny, Scatter, Dirty Three, Alasdair Roberts, Anne Briggs, obscure folk songs dredged up from all four corners of the globe, Gorkys, Popol Vuh, Incredible String Band, Fleetwood Mac and Blondie.
Sounds Like
Described by the Metro newspaper as a 'riverside tryst between Fairport Convention, the entire cast of the Wicker Man and some Moomins.' Whatever that means...
Lucky Luke is the brainchild of folk overlord Simon Shaw, formerly of Glasgow legends V-Twin, and Morag Wilson, Falkirk's hottest librarian. As a duo they contributed to many compilations with their dreamy, Nico inspired songs, until they grew into a droning, fluting, eight legged beast at the beginning of 2003.
Trimmed down to a 6 piece, the band supported Teenage Fanclub on their UK tour in May 2005, and their beautiful debut album, Patrick The Survivor was released on CD and vinyl in June, garnering great reviews from NME, Uncut and Mojo.
2006 saw Chaffinch records releasing a split EP with Lucky Luke, King Creosote, Immigrant and South Downs, and the band playing as a showcase artist for South By Southwest in Austin, Texas.
In 2007, Edinburgh label Wee Black Skelf released a 7" of the traditional songs Hori Horo/Reynardine, and they played at the Portishead curated ATP Festival.
Their 2nd album, Travelling For A Living, will be available in North America (vinyl and download) through Mexican Summer later this year. A UK release will follow on Invada, and the first single to be taken from this album, Out Of My Tree (listen above), will be available on 7" vinyl from Wee Black Skelf soon.
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