William Declan Lucey

William D. Lucey( Declan O'Luasa)
Origin County Cork, Ireland
Genres Rock, pop, alt country
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, bass, guitar
Associated acts Rubyhorse, Mick Flannery
Website leftbanksongs.com

William D. Lucey is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist best known for being a member and key songwriter for Irish rock band Rubyhorse, formed in 1987 with schoolmates Dave Farrell, Owen Fegan, Joe Philpott, and Gordon Ashe.[1] [1][2] More recently he has released two records under the nom de plume Leftbank, collaborating with Gordon Ashe on drums. The first " why can't man be more like animals" was released in 2011 and the second "The sky on my Birthday" in (2018).[3]

William was raised in County Cork, Ireland, and served as primary songwriter and bass player in Rubyhorse from 1988–2005, moving with the band to the US in 1997.[4] The band had several major record deals with Interscope and Island records and appeared on the David Letterman show, Conan o Brian and had a Billboard top 20 hit with the song Sparkle.[5] When the band took a hiatus following the release of Goodbye to All That in 2005,[6] he settled in Boston with his young family, before moving back to Ireland in 2015. He now spends the majority of his time at his studio "Milk Row Cemetery" writing music for documentaries and film. Ruby horse are also back in the studio recording new material.

Why Can't Man Be More Like Animals takes its name from a Pink Panther episode entitled Sink Pink.[7] "The sky on my Birthday" takes its name from a photograph taken by photographer Francine Weiss which also features on the cover art of the album

Discography

Rubyhorse

  • A Lifetime in One Day (1995), Horse Trade
  • Mini Hummer EP (1998), Horse Trade
  • How Far Have You Come (2000), Horse Trade
  • Rise (2002), Island Records
  • Goodbye to All That (2005), Brash Music

Leftbank

  • Why Can't Man Be More Like Animals? (2011), Rive Gauche Records
  • The sky on my Birthday(2018),Rive Gauche Records

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Rubyhorse | brash music". News.brashmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  2. ↑ college, Berklee. "Berklee". berklee.edu. Berklee. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Leftbank". Leftbanksongs.com. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  4. ↑ Hogan, Eugene (17 August 2002). "Rock band playing up a storm in America – National News, Frontpage". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ "2 Walls Webzine – music review – Rubyhorse". 2walls.com. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  7. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059721/
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