S2 E4 : Jack Lukeman (2021)

The Family of THINGS with Helen Shaw

The Family of Things: S2 E4 Jack Lukeman www.thefamilyofthings.com #TheFamilyofThings

Today's guest with host Helen Shaw is modern troubadour Jack Lukeman, singer, songwriter and one time leader of the 90s band Jack L and the Black Romantics. Jack shares his journey from growing up in Athy, his apprenticeship as a motor mechanic ,to ending up discovering his stage self as a busker in Amsterdam and becoming part of the very lively and bohemian nightlife culture of Dublin in the early 1990s. During the past year, in the lockdowns, he's adapted well to the virtual world and performs regular Saturday night online gigs, drawing fans from across the world. It prompted him to release a Lockdown sessions album 'Streamed' and release a duet he's created with recording of his Dad, Sean Loughman snr singing.

Jack shares with Helen his love of music and singing, 'it's a vocation, it's my life', he says and talks of how he has used the lockdown time, when his international tours with Jools Holland and gigs with Sting, have been postponed, by embracing a new project and shaping a dream-like film around the diaries and story of his grandfather. We hear Jack's music from the early days in the mid 90s with the Black Romantics in the Da Club in Dublin to his stage performances and lockdown sessions. An uplifting sound-led story of a man who has made and shaped his own path in life.

In this episode you hear songs including: That's Life - (Dean Kay/Kelly Gordon) Sean Loughman Snr and Jack Lukeman Young At Heart - (Johnny Richards/Carolyn Leigh) Sean Loughman Snr Jackie -(Jacques Brel) Jack L and The Black Romantics Live at the Da Club 1995 Jackie - ( Jacques Brel) Jack L and The Black Romantics (Wax album version) The King of Soho - Jack Lukeman Ode to Ed Wood - Jack Lukeman Rooftop Lullaby - Jack Lukeman Moon River -( Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer) Jack Lukeman Baltimore - (Randy Newman) Jack Lukeman Ol' Man River - (Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein) Jack Lukeman Golden Brown - ( The Stranglers) Jack Lukeman Tuberara Well - ( folk song) Jack Lukeman Forever Young - ( Bob Dylan) Jack Lukeman Find out more about Jack and his music and gigs www.jacklukeman.com

Episode Transcript: https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/7d5a5ae61b404228911454fbb0a9e262/edit_v2

The Family of Things is an independent podcast from Athena Media, the host is Helen Shaw, the digital editor is John Howard and the theme music is by Michael Gallen - from Ana Gog 'The Old Haunt'. If you like what we do please do support us - via our patreon www.patreon.com/tfot @ AthenaMediaLtd 2021 * no use without permission

Season 2 is being recorded remotely.