Upon my first and very recent listen of Tommy Luke I was left with some wonder – Who? When? How? It’s terrific! If you follow what I do & have yet to hear Life Ain’t Hard, you must. His songs are full of whit & humor, well crafted both lyrically & musically. Often laughing at himself and being carefree about it. The band is both stripped down and stout as hell. Produced marvelously. Putting his stories at the forefront of the album – but when given the queue, the band takes it for a run. Music is so wonderful in this sense. There’s just so much of it. You can’t hear it all(and I listen to a lot). And it’s an absolute delight when an unearthed gem like Tommy Luke’s Life Ain’t Hard surfaces. If you consider yourself a fan of any sort of “pulse of Americana”, get on board.
– Meanwhile
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“Tommy Luke’s “Life Ain’t Hard” album feels like taking a fast, jostling dirt-road ride in a rusty old pickup truck to a whiskey-soaked honky tonk”
– Ft. Worth Tribune
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“Tommy Luke’s songs recall the dusty, well-worn sounds of western music”
– @kmuw @npr
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