Occupation(s) Musician Name Robert Lucas | Role Musician Genres Blues | |
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Associated acts Bernie Pearl, Luke and the Locomotives, The Confessors, Canned Heat Died November 23, 2008, Long Beach, California, United States Albums Usin' Man Blues, Built for Comfort, Completely Blue, Layaway, Luke and the Locomotives Similar People Adolfo de la Parra, Larry Taylor, Josh Turner, John "Juke" Logan | ||
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Robert Lucas (1962-2008) was a blues musician, singer, guitarist and harmonica player who became the front man for the group Canned Heat in the mid 1990s and was also a solo artist.
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- Requiem 1854 by robert lucas pearsall
- Bruno mars when i was your man robert lucas
- Personal life
- Career
- Death
- Luke And The Locomotives
- Robert Lucas
- References
Bruno mars when i was your man robert lucas
Personal life
Lucas came from a middle-class family, and grew up in Long Beach, California. He took up harmonica at the age of 13. At around 16 he started playing slide-guitar. While at school in the 1970s, he wasn't into the pop music of the day. He preferred the older blues records.
Career
Lucas joined Bernie Pearl's band as a harmonica player after taking lessons from him. Some of the artists that he backed up as a harmonica player included Big Joe Turner, George Smith, Pee Wee Creighton, Lowell Fulson, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Percy Mayfield. In 1986 he formed the band Luke & the Locomotives. In 1993, he was one of the acts scheduled to play at the Orange County Blues Festival. In 1992, he played shows in the UK in support of his Audioquest album Built For Comfort. His backing musicians were: Rick Lacey (drums), Gary Burnett (guitar) and Ian Edmundson (bass). In 1994 he joined Canned Heat and fronted the band. He played on their 1999 album Boogie 2000. In 2000, he left the band for a solo career.
Death
Lucas died from what appeared to be a drug overdose at a friends place in Long Beach, California. He was 46 years of age.