Douglas Lucas

Douglas Lucas is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Four months before he was to graduate high school he told his principal that he was going to drop out if he had to cut his hair. After high school, he was preparing to start studying for a degree in philosophy but quickly changed his mind when he signed a deal with

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. Lucas's best-known work is from 2005 with his band The North. His most-popular song to date is "New Fixation", which was featured on

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's "Baseball Tonight" in April 2006 (being viewed by some four million people). Lucas grew up around

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and

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music. He credits

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'White Album' as his first introduction to

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. "I grew up sheltered and because of that I missed out on a lot of really good music. When I heard

, I realized I'd been missing out and thus began my musical journey." Lucas formed his first band named All Access in 1998. After several member changes and signing a deal with

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, he changed the band name to The North. Lucas is primarily known as a singer and guitar player, but he also plays drums, piano, and in 2006 he added

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to his list of instruments. Backed by a changing lineup of musicians, he has toured constantly since the late 1990s, performing over 450 gigs in the United States from coast to coast (with his largest single audience being some 500,000). In 2008 he toured Europe, playing shows from London, England, , England to

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, Germany. Some major venues performed throughout the years include; The Viper Room in Hollywood, California, Mercury Lounge in New York City, The Cavern Club in

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, England (made world-famous by

) and The Indra Club in

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, Germany (where

played first). He has also performed alongside other major artists, such as

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, Eve 6,

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, Flick, Zao, and The Elms. Although his contributions as performer and recording artist have been central to his career, his songwriting ability is generally held as his highest accomplishment. His career accomplishments have been recognized with ''

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'',

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, and HITS Magazine.

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Member. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucas, Douglas People from Elizabethtown, Kentucky 1984 births Living people American male singer-songwriters Rock musicians from Kentucky American country rock singers American country singer-songwriters Country musicians from Kentucky Singer-songwriters from Kentucky 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers