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Biography

The guitar, and music in general have been a passion since 1968, when I was given my Grandfather's Gibson L-1 Archtop Acoustic, which I still cherish.

I'm a life long resident of the New Jersey / New York area, where I attended William Paterson University, studying Music and Business.

Freelance teaching, consulting, recording, producing, and audio / visual system design. are all skill sets. I love variety.

These skills allow me to work with, or consult for, a wide array of artists which include: George Benson, Pastor Andre Crouch, Al DiMeola, Stevie Wonder, Carmine Appice, Jimmy Vivino - The Tonight Show / Conan, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Nashville’s Brent Mason, Tito Puente Jr., The B-52's, Arlen Roth, Joe Satriani, Don Randi - The Wrecking Crew, Johnny A, The Vanilla Fudge, Robert Randolph - Family Band,  Gene Cornish & Eddie Brigati - The Rascals, Brad Whitford - Aerosmith,  Chris Parker, Ace Frehley - Kiss, Rob Paparozzi - BS&T, Blues Legend Hubert Sumlin, Lou Pallo - Les Paul Trio, Richie Cannata - Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Howe - Yes, and Les Paul.

My relationship with Les Paul is what I am most proud of. Les developed the Solidbody Electric Guitar, Multitrack Recording, and the foundations of modern music technology. He consulted with me often on new developments. We often worked closely at his historic home in Mahwah NJ.

Les also hired me to mix his Front of House sound at New York's Iridium Club, located in Times Square saying; "Steve, you gave me some of the best mixes ever". As a guitarist, I joined Les onstage several times.  He is truly missed.

Currently, I have been working with his son Rusty, in continuing the Les Paul Legacy.

 

Click on the picture to visit the band website:

 

Link to "Jay Dittamo" - Drums

Link to "Frosty Lawson" - Keys & Horns

 

 

 

Steve Lucas Vintage Guitar Magazine Article.pdf


 

 

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A warm Summer night at ''Iridium", Times Square NYC http://ning.it/pLNmxI
Status posted by Steve Lucas Jul 12, 2011
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Photos posted by Steve Lucas Jun 29, 2011
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Happy 67th Birthday Jeff !

Photo posted by Steve Lucas Jun 26, 2011
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With Nikki Armstrong

@ The 96th Birthday Celebration for Les Paul, Rusty Paul Band
A photo by Steve Lucas was featured Jun 17, 2011
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After a set with Carmine Appice

Photo posted by Steve Lucas Jun 15, 2011
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The last photos, and how the Monday Night's all began, from Lou Pallo.

 Click the pic to be taken to Lou Pallo's Blog at The Les Paul Foundation.See More
Blog post by Steve Lucas May 7, 2011
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with Jimmy & Johnny A

A photo by Steve Lucas was featured May 3, 2011
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Photos posted by Steve Lucas Apr 27, 2011
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Steve Lucas commented on Steve Lucas's photo
Gene Cornish and The Rascals were inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
Apr 27, 2011
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Our thanks to "Iridium" in Times Square, NYC & Vintage Guitar Magazine. http://ning.it/dPn9P0
Status posted by Steve Lucas Apr 7, 2011
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Photos posted by Steve Lucas Mar 30, 2011
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Proof that he didn't just sound like more than one guy.

A photo by Steve Lucas was featured Mar 22, 2011
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John Tropea and Steve Lucas are now friends Feb 24, 2011
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Coors & Les Paul

At the club, he always drank the non alcoholic stuff.
Video posted by Steve Lucas Feb 23, 2011
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Leon P. "Sealey2k" Sealey replied to Steve Lucas's discussion 'An Interesting Fender & Les Paul Story' in the group On The Visual Side
Fascinating piece of history, Steve. It's interesting to note how everything has it's appointed time and the possibilities of what could have been. Question: The material used to make the body of the 1930 prototype, is the same type…
Feb 21, 2011
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Check out The Les Paul Foundation - lots of great content available. www.lespaulfoundation.org/
Status posted by Steve Lucas Feb 20, 2011

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The last photos, and how the Monday Night's all began, from Lou Pallo.

Posted on February 21, 2011 at 11:00am 0 Comments

 

Click the pic to be taken to Lou Pallo's Blog at The Les Paul Foundation.

Steve Lucas

Manny's Music

Posted on February 18, 2011 at 4:26am 1 Comment

Manny's Music - 48th Street NYC - The New Yorker Magazine

Manny's Music, one of the largest of the West Forty-Eighth Street musical instrument stores, is closing soon, and among the matters yet to be resolved between Manny's owner, Sam Ash Music, and Manny's founding family, the descendants of Manny Goldrich, is the…
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Steve Lucas

Bandleader & The Singer

Posted on February 18, 2011 at 4:21am 2 Comments

Bandleader & The Singer

Before a gig, the bandleader calls the female singer over to him and tells her...



"Tonight, when we do 'Night and Day', I want you to sing the second verse first, and then break into the bridge one bar earlier than usual, transpose the bridge up a minor third, but then back down again for the last three bars. Then, add a 5/4 bar going back into the FIRST chorus, singing on only off-beats. During the sax solo, go… Continue
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An Interesting Fender & Les Paul Story

Posted on February 18, 2011 at 4:00am 4 Comments

An Interesting Fender & Les Paul Story

Les Paul began developing a prototype solid body electric guitar in the late 1930’s.



Joaquin Murphy brought Leo Fender and Paul Bigsby to Les Paul’s home in Southern California where they saw Les playing the prototype that he called the “Log”. This gets Fender interested in building guitars and Bigsby interested in building vibratos, among a few other…
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The last photos, and how the Monday Night's all began, from Lou Pallo.

Posted by Steve Lucas on February 21, 2011 at 11:00am 0 Comments

 

Click the pic to be taken to Lou Pallo's Blog at The Les Paul Foundation.

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