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Lucky Jim
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London, United Kingdom |
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Lucky Jim is the name under which Gordon Grahame; Writes Performs and Records
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About the Artist
Gordon Grahame AKA Lucky Jim has released over 10 albums .
Born in Edinburgh , Scotland he has played with such acts as Jeff Buckley , Texas , Ocean Colour Scene , The Happy Mondays , Pete Murray , Rocco Deluca , Joy Zipper and has played Glastonbury , The Fleade and T in The Park.
He has gone to number one twice in the UK itunes folk charts .He is most widely known in the U.K. for the track " You're Lovely To Me " which was used in the Kingsmill Bread adverts and has fan bases in Germany , Holland , Greece and Israel.
Now based in London , England he is currently working on a new album for release in early 2009 .
He will be touring Europe in early 2009 as a duo with Sandy Watson from Glasgow and also as a band with members of Turin Breaks.
Achievements
Top 10 in Folk, April 2013
Top 10 in Folk, September 2012
Top 10 in Folk, June 2012
Top 10 in Folk, April 2011
Top 40 in Folk, January 2013
Top 40 in Folk, December 2012
Top 40 in Christian, December 2012
Top 40 in Folk, October 2012
Top 40 in Folk, August 2012
Top 40 in Folk, February 2012
Top 40 in Folk, January 2012
Top 40 in Folk, June 2011
Press Coverage
Lucky Jim - Our Troubles End tonight by
Music OMH Sporting a name straight from a classic Kingsley Amis novel, Brighton-based Lucky Jim are already making waves far beyond the seaside city. Their debut single You Stole My Heart Away was warmly... Lucky Jim - Our Troubles End Tonight by
BBC Album Reviewby Nickie Latham10 May 2007What’s the most regrettable fate that can befall a band? Selling out or selling nowt? Picture the scene - a group of fatcat suits fling coins at the nation’s revered... Uncut Album Review by
UncutA two-piece (Scottish lad Gordon Graham and Brighton boy Ben Townsend), Lucky Jim draw on all the necessary and obvious references (Dylan, Gene Clark, Gram). But this collection of border... CD times Album Review by
CD Times.Now I can't claim to know what Lucky Jim (real name, Gordon Grahame) had in mind when he wrote this track, but I'm willing to bet it wasn't finely sliced bread. Or Lorraine Kelly. I feel somewhat... Album Lucky Jim by
The Independent Newspaper UKThis engaging slice of British Americana – if that's not too much of a contradiction in terms – was made by Gordon Grahame and Ben Townsend within months of their first meeting in Brighton, an... KINDA MUSIC REVIEW by
KINDA MUSICLucky Jim is een Brits duo, geleid door zanger/gitarist Gordon Graham en verder bestaande uit drummer Ben Townsend. De band (vermoedelijk vernoemd naar het gelijknamige boek van Kingsley Amis uit... Soundmag.de review by
Soundmag.deEs gibt ja nur wenige deutsche Wörter, die im englischsprachigen Ausland Verwendung finden. Andersherum sieht das natürlich ganz anders aus. Aber immer dann, wenn sich ein Ausdruck einer adäquaten...