"This guy was born to write songs that you'd want to hear on your car stereo as you hit the road."
Brent Mckean, Revolver
“A seamless mix of country & folk from Down Under…encapsulates perfectly the appeal of the true singer-songwriter.” ****
MM, Maverick Magazine (UK)
“...the Sydney troubadour himself…Terrific songwriting and musicianship…Sydney’s answer to Townes van Zandt and Robert Earl Keen.”
Bryen Willems, Radio 2RRR
“a near perfect musical setting for these distinctly Australian tales of restless souls, ghosts of the past, desert vistas and suburban angst.”
Kim Cheshire in Country Update Magazine
Urban Country / Roots
Singer-songwriter, Mark Lucas doesn’t fit neatly into the mould of
contemporary Australian country/roots artists. Born & raised in rural England & now resident of
inner-western Sydney, Mark spins tales rooted in urban experience but
informed by a land as untamed and contrasting as the characters who
inhabit it.
A sense of place
Australian roots music – it’s a sense of place. In the world reflected in the dead setters new album you’ll encounter ghosts of the past & yearning spirits of the present, making themselves known in a variety of familiar locales, including a faded milk bar in inner-western Sydney (Shopping Town), wasted youth drag racing on Sydney’s Great Western Highway (Whitewall Tyres), and a lonely man obsessed with a long gone Australian silent movie star (Until She’s Mine – Lotte Lyell’s Blues), together with a motley cast of misfits & dreamers who could fit in just about anywhere there’s people & stories to tell.
Putting on the Dog
Mark’s fourth album with long-time collaborators, the dead setters,
sees a return to the Laughing Outlaw family (his first two solo albums
were label releases in the 1999 & 2001), bringing with him a band
with a reputation for delivering dynamic live shows drawing from a broad
and earthy palette, but never straying far from the narrative tradition
& some pithy observations on life & humanity. Not unlike
contemporaries such as label-mates Perry Keyes & Jason Walker,
they’ve discovered that’s there’s a rich vein of life in their
home-town.
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Gigs
Sun Jan 22
Petersham Bowling Club
Time: 6 to 9pm
Sun Dec 18
Petersham Bowling Club
Time: 6 to 9pm
special guest Cletis Carr
Cost: $5
Sun Dec 4
Petersham Bowling Club
+ Laughing Outlaw Records Xmas Party
times tba
Sat Nov 19 & Sun Nov 20
Canberra Country Music Festival
Sat Oct 22
Ryde Ex Services Club
Radio @ RRR Benefit
8pm
Sun Oct 30
Petersham Bowling Club
Time: 6 t0 9pm
Cost: FREE
Mark, Jake & John unplugged
Sun Oct 16
Petersham Bowling Club
Time: 6 - 9pm
Cost: FREE
Sun Sept 11
Petersham Bowling Club
Time: 6 - 9pm
FREE
Fri 9 September
Mark & Jake duo
Harmonie German Club, Narrabundah, ACT
Time: 8pm
FREE
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