"Lucky Now" is a song by

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singer-songwriter

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, and the lead single from his studio album ''

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''. According to Adams, the single is based upon "my time in New York in my twenties".

Background and composition

According to Adams, an early version of the song was about

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bassist Chris Feinstein, who died in December 2009. In August 2011, Adams stated: Adams elaborated further, "It's the second draft of the song that I wrote for Chris Feinstien. ..I think it was really fantastic, it was a good thing for me to write. Eventually, because I sat around with it, "Lucky Now" came around."

Musicians

*Drums: Jeremy Stacey *Bass: Gus Seyffert *Piano:

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*B3 Hammond:

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*Guitars: Ryan Adams

Charts

References

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