| » Lucas Hoge | |
| Lucas was born in the small town of Hubbell, Nebraska, population 50. The entire Hoge family loves to sing and at a young age Lucas found his calling. In college Lucas joined a praise and worship band called Xtreme Devotion and soon Lucas was playing and singing for a variety of different bands. He moved more into mainstream, but never leaving his Christian roots behind, with a country-rock band called Southern Cross that played festivals and fairs across Nebraska and Kansas and opened for John Michael Montgomery at Harrah�s Casino. Lucas soon recruited his own band Borderline performing a variety of country, country-rock and gospel music to sold-on-him crowds. The Hoge family and the entire town of Hubbell was in such support of Lucas following his dreams that they raised $2500.00 for him. Lucas packed up his 1994 Dodge Ram pickup and moved to the Country Music Capital of the World, Nashville. It wasn�t long before Lucas was playing at the world famous Bluebird Cafe. Since then he has performed at Douglas Corner, Hotel Preston, The Broken Spoke, Hall of Fame Lounge, the Alabama Grill, Tootsies Orchid Lounge and in numerous other venues. In 2002 Lucas released his debut CD In My Dreams. Fall 2004 Contemporary Christian artist Johnny Andrews recorded Lucas�s song Get the Door, co-written with his friend Eddie Killgallon. Lucas got his first major television cut on the TV show the WB�s �Smallville� with the song If Only I Could that he performed and co-wrote with Corey Barker and Brent Anderson. Lucas has recently finished his second album DIRT and is getting a great response from a number of radio stations throughout the U.S. US 103 Country flew him out to perform at their listener appreciation party in 2006. Lucas also made the top 5 most requested songs, DIRT coming in at number 3. DIRT is also currently hanging in the top 20 Independent Country songs in Europe. Lucas was nominated for Male Country Singer/Songwriter of the Year for Dirt and twice for Male Contemporary Christian Singer/Songwriter of the Year with Reign Over Me and Get The Door, he was also nominated for Country Album Of The Year for DIRT in the 16th Annual LA Music Awards 2006. Lucas walked away with winning: Country Album Of The Year and Male Contemporary Christian Singer/Songwriter Of The Year for Get The Door. HBO just asked Lucas to score a 13 episode series that will air on HBO/Cinemax, HBO Spanish and International on DVD. The series has aired all year and the reviews on the music is: This is the best music we�ve had on any show, we are so impressed with the quality and diversity - Bob Conte-HBO Currently, Lucas is nominated again in the LA Music Awards for Pop Song of The Year with If Only I Coul�. Lucas is recording a new single Medal Of Honor (written by Lucas Hoge, Laura Lynn and Corey Barker) then in 2008 he will go on the Medal Of Honor tour across the US. |
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