RETURN TO COMBOLAND - LUKY OWENS - Like A Revolver - 1981

RETURN TO COMBOLAND - A personal look at North Carolina's most influential (and secret) music legacy. Documentary Seeking Co-Production Partner - Produced and Directed by Steve Boyle. This is a sample of some of the archived music videos Steve created from 1981 to 1984.

Artist featured: LUKY OWENS & REVOLVER Luky Owens (Vocals), Johnny Hackney (Guitar), Gary Flowers (Bass), Tommy Hayes (Keyboards), Rusty Wiggs (Drums). First of all, his name is pronounced LOO-Key, not lucky. After directing the Fabulous Knobs PLEASE YOU NO MORE video in August, Robert Kirkland (Arrogance) who had produced the Knobs EP, asked me to create a video for his protégé Luky Owens and his band Revolver. The songs were in the demo stage and being pitched to record labels, and so Robert thought that a video would help sell his artist. The songs were strong and video, for its time, was strong too. But for some reason Luky never caught on with the labels.

I had seen Luky perform a number of times in clubs. The intensity you see in the video was the same energy he gave on stage. And so I was highly interested in creating a video for someone who resembled some of the acts I used to watch in the mid-70's New York Punk scene.

The budget I was issued for this and one other Luky video had a grand total of $240. At $120 per video, that was a $20 increase in budget from the last video! I decided to pool the few dollars I had to create a concept video for LIKE A REVOLVER and then create a performance video for IT'S NOT FOREVER.

Take a good look at "the In crowd." In the first bar scene there's Don Dixon (Arrogance), Debra DeMilo (The Fabulous Knobs) and Terry Anderson (The Fabulous Knobs) standing behind Luky. Later in the club scenes, you can also see Robert Kirkland (Arrogance) and David Enloe (The Fabulous Knobs). Also seen is Randy Schumacher who worked for Audiofonics and would, by 1983, direct three performance music videos for Arrogance.

While shooting this portion of the video, the dB's were loading in to The Pier. They were setting up to play that night. Peter Holsapple dropped by to see what was going on and Robert Kirkland introduced Peter to me. I then talked my way into shooting the dB's performance later that night. I wound up cutting a video for UPS & DOWNS. It turned out to be a busy day for shooting music videos.

Producer, Director, Photographer, Editor -- Steve Boyle
Producer -- Tony Madejczyk
Production Assistants -- John Cline
Theater Lighting -- Bud Simmons and Cliff Atchison
Location -- Café DejaVu, Raleigh (Monday, October 19, 1981)
- Hay Street, Fayetteville (Tuesday November 3, 1981)
Performance -- Stewart Theater, Raleigh (Tuesday, October 20, 1981)
Song produced by Robert Kirkland (Arrogance) as a demo. Unreleased
Total budget for LIKE A REVOLVER and IT'S NOT FOREVER, $240.

For more (or less) information on Return To Comboland, visit: http://www.returntocomboland.com
http://www.myspace.com/returntocomboland
contact: comboland@skidmedia.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• 80's
• Rock
• NC
• Comboland
• Luky
• Owens
• Arrogance
• Fabulous
• Knobs

[MikeyMcCrashCap]

Luky rules!

[imo0331]

thats my dad

[will252525]

david enloe is in this video...I see terry as well.

[mdyewheal]

Hey, now I finally get to see the gal who stole my guy (ancient history)! Best wishes, y'all...

[hnmtfvideo]

How badass is this? A great piece of lost music. Boy does that take me back...

[ggc723]

Wow, the infamous Hay Street in Fayetteville NC on video.