At the age of three, Luke received a drum set from “Santa”. With this small present, complete with a plastic cymbal, music entered his life. He began lessons at eight, with local drummer, Chris, Luke and Kieran Daly formed the band “New Kids on the Rock”. They covered such greats as Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and Led Zeppelin. These artists would become Luke’s life for the next few years as he learned as much as he could about their influences and how they did what they did. Even today, when Luke isn’t playing music he’s reading about, listening to, or watching videos on it.

From an early age, most of Luke’s teachers would describe him as a strong writer, that could get his point across in a very personal way. This knack for writing would soon become apparent in his original music. The next band Luke formed was The Gnomes (see photo above). They quickly became a local favorite and Luke’s drum solo on Zeppelin’s “ Moby Dick” always made the crowd roar and jump to their feet. After two years, Luke left The Gnomes to spend more time on his own music, and started to record his first original songs on an old 4-track.

He first began performing his originals when he and Kieran Daly reunited as Lambtron (Luke played Bass). This band would be the first to showcase his talents as a songwriter, as well as being the first all-originals band he had been in. Playing drums in local theater productions was a sideline for Luke at this time, and one of the most challenging was “Chicago” at Coastal Carolina. Other local bands Luke was a part of were, The Astrovans, and Mars Hotel, both as a drummer. In the past year, Luke formed the band The Great Escape with former band mate, Kevin Early, from The Gnomes on bass, Marco Frey on drums, Yannie Reynecke on lead guitar, with Luke on rhythm guitar. This band played most of Luke’s originals with a few covers. He also spent the last year learning to record with Protools, a complex recording program used by many professionals today. The time Luke spent working on his home demos made the professional recording at Elevated Basement that much easier.

This summer, Luke attended a program at the Berklee School of Music, in Boston, and was given the high compliment by a professor, that his songs sounded like a “cross between Dylan and Johnny Cash”. While at Berklee, Luke participated in many different classes for various instruments. He has taught himself guitar, bass, mandolin, piano and Theremin (think Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations”). All of these bands and experiences provided the necessary foundation to build to his defining moment, his CD release.