Artist description Lucky Philips stands alone on the edge of life and death with just a Fender guitar and a pain in his heart. He is a strong and powerful man who is not about to give up on this life. He is on an endless journey to the center of his soul.

Music Style Swingin' Rock and Roll

Musical Influences Red Wine, Black Label, Absolut Martini, Djarum, Highland Grounds Coffee

Artist History Lucky worked his first steady professional night club engagement at the age of 12. His now legendary lead guitar playing and singing was featured in the wild house band the Death Row Romeos, at the Playmate Strip Tease Lounge, in Duarte California. Lucky performed there backing up many famous and not so famous comedians, strippers, and blues singers, 7 days a week for the last 25 years, and now he has his own story to tell. It is a story of hard work, heartache, and alcohol abuse. Whether it is a blistering surf instrumental or a gut wrenching blues ballad. His personal battles are chronicled in each and every one of his vivid songs. His music is an ode to the night life, and the characters who live it. There are no heroes or winners in this odyssey, just victims and losers in this lurid bittersweet music.

Group Members Philip Gough, guitar and vocals. Jimbo Head, guitar. Richard Kratt, bass. Tom Maxwell, drums

Instruments Guitars, Bass, Drums and some Crooning

Albums The Swingin' Years

Press Reviews Letter from L. A.by G-ManFebruary 16, 1999Rock can swing!Magnificent. Tight. And swingin'. For a lot of us, that's all you need to know to appreciate the greatness of Lucky Philips.But there's more. The spiraling melodies seem uncomplicated at first, until you hum then, at which point you discover that there are all sorts of minor thirds, major thirds, key changes and lord knows what else going on in there.Basically, they have the inexorable thrust of a great swing band, the groove of a superb surf-rock instrumental combo, and the technical proficiency of a jazz-fusion group.The vocals are in the crooner tradition, which brings a smile until you get a load of the lyrics and realize that these songs are slick short stories about the seamy side of human experience. Which also brings a smile, come to think of it.Rich Kratt plays bass as if he's caressing a woman's body. The tone is fat but the notes are lean, and the effect is delicious. Jimbo Head adds striking tone clusters on guitar, always shaping his sound to give the songs added punch. Speaking of punch, Maxwell plays drums so in-the-pocket you'll think he has his fingers all over you. The! Beat! Is! Big!Out in front on guitar and vocals is Philip Gough, a delightfully evil hipster who can play anything on his guitar and make it rock, bounce, reverberate, and shimmy. You've got to hear him to believe his chord changes. The Key Club, with it's superb sound system, was an ideal his unique vibe. This high-tech Sunset Strip nightclub, which began as Billboard Live, continues to demonstrate it is one of the best places for live music in the country.here's a bottom line on Lucky Philips, and it is very good indeed: This four piece band plays tight and so right that you ear perceives complexity and your pelvis starts bumpin' like there is no tomorrow. See 'm belt down a few and kick back at life.~Music reviews by Scott G-Man Laurance are distributed by Immedia Wire service, Box 8275, Calabasas, CA 91302. E-mail: sgcreative@earthlink.netImmeadia: syndicated columns to 100 newspapers

Location Los Angeles, CA - USA

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