Just give me an old school call on 006496295179 if you have any ideas or want to get a hold of my material or get me to play somewhere .Or email me : luke@lukehurley.co.nz
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You will probably find few or no musicians included in the lineup.
Busking festival organisers are generally unsupportive to musicians. We don’t qualify despite having been in the busking tradition for thousands of years. Ha ha!
Update: Photo below
I have a gig opening for Hello Sailor Here are the details No mention of me on the bill so if you wanna come to the event this is as much as there is to go by
Hello Sailor
Supported by: plus special guests
Date: Mon 30 Jan Time: 4pm-7pm Venue: Central Park, Wood Street, Papakura, Auckland Artist: Hello Sailor Suitable for: All ages
Influenced by reggae, The Rolling Stones and The Velvet Underground, Hello Sailor became a major force when disco ruled the airwaves and covers bands dominated the music scene. Sublime.
Here are some more photos from the slideshow by Michael Klinger who writes
“Our last meeting in the streets of Auckland. Luke plays “From New York to Paris” and “Mechanical” – now just for us. Our adoption is welcome. As we go, his songs still sound for a long time before the road noise drowns out Luke’s guitar.
Haiti has been the news lately because the big quake there was a year ago.
The Duvalier song (on Reha album) was written about Haitian history. Jean Claude
He now lives in Paris and best estimates of his fortune are in the hundreds of millions – all suspected of being dishonestly obtained from the nation. Song lyrics for Duvalier are below with a player so you can listen to this song.
You took the money from my people
You took the bell from the steeple
You took my only hope away
Jean Claude Duvalier
And if greed were a virtue
I know that nothing would hurt you
If corruption were quaint
You’d be some kind of living saint
Duvalier Duvalier
you took the money and you ran away
Duvalier Duvalier
you took the money and you ran
Who was that beautiful lady
The one by your side
The one O so well dressed
The one you had to hide
Who was that beautiful lady
The queen of every shopping spree
Live a life of luxury back in gay Paree
Duvalier Duvalier
you took the money and you ran away
Duvalier Duvalier
You took it back to France
Now that suffering has come to you
And you’re scraping for a franc or two
When you know just what to do
I guess you’ll turn around
You took the money from my people
You took the bell from the steeple
You took my only hope away
Jean Claude Duvalier
Originally released in 1994 Reha was produced by Norwegian Jan Bille. Players are
Luke Hurley : 12 string ovation/vocal
James Wilkinson : bass/backing vocals
Jan Bille : electric guitar/e bow
Mathew Lawrence : percussion
All songs by Luke Hurley
The word Reha means the realisation that we have eternal life
Who would not want to know this state of being? Sometimes I think we all have it. Its like eternity is planted in our hearts.
The album was recorded one week at KATS Christchurch and post production was done in the weeks following
I just laid down the guitar and vocal and Jan and James did the rest
I never had the resources to promote this album. It’s a bit of a sleeper. It doesn’t just have my sound. It also has Jan’s signature. His production work is unique. I hope to work with him again soon.
Without Jann Hurley’s help Reha would never have materialised. She suggested I work with Jan Bille & made it possible to go down to Christchurch . Everything To Me was written for her
Not Easy To We think we understand things. We know very little.Life’s a miracle and a mystery!
to be continued
Duvalier about the Haitian dictator was a memorable song from this album.
“Duvalier .. Duvalier- you took the money and you ran away.”
The new artwork is by Elena Panaita based on a photo by Dave Mann .
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