Frets & Hammers

Les Lucky's world-worn observations provide insightful, and often personal, glimpses into life's struggles as well as it's celebrations. He distills the lessons learned from life's trials and tribulations into songs about modern-day relationships, love lost and life's wonder as well as stories of hard luck, questionable choices and human frailties. Les Lucky' debut CD, Frets & Hammers, features a mix of songs that showcase the breath and depth of his artistry. It's lyrics and vocals are at turns tongue-in-cheek, sly, revelatory, accusatory, regretful, paranoid and beyond. Musically, this debut covers a lot ground, but it's underlying continuity is clear. He has taken his many influences and melded them into a style that is uniquely his own. The arrangements on Frets & Hammers showcase two distinct approaches: a) the sparse sound of a solo artist with light accompaniment, and b) a band sound which features an intricate, tapestry-like interplay among it's various vocal and instrumental parts.