Lucky Oceans
| Lucky Oceans | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Reuben Gosfield |
| Born | 21 April 1951 |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Genres | Blues, rock and roll |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, guitarist, songwriter |
| Years active | 1972–current |
| Labels |
United Artists Epic Capitol Columbia Head Records |
| Associated acts |
Asleep at the Wheel Dude Ranch Zydecats |
| Notable instruments | |
| Pedal steel guitar, Lap steel guitar, national steel guitar, cajun one row button accordion, three row button | |
Lucky Oceans is a pedal steel guitarist and a former member of Country/Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel. He is now a broadcaster in Perth, Western Australia with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
His presence on the local music scene stretches from his early music to being a member of local group the Zydecats.
Oceans was born Reuben Gosfield in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 21 April 1951 to Eugene (a salesman at an aluminium fabricating company) and Phyllis (a drama teacher). Three out of their four children are musicians, with Avery specialising in early music for the recorder (based in Milan), Anne a modern composer and improviser on keyboards (based in New York) and Josh Gosfield a visual artist, who does a lot of music connected work: cover art and video art direction.
In 1977 he met a young Australian photographer from 'The Boston Globe', Christine Haddow, whom he married in 1979 and had a daughter, Leela.
In 1969, Ray Benson and Oceans co-founded Asleep at the Wheel in Paw Paw, West Virginia, and soon after they found themselves opening for Alice Cooper and Hot Tuna in Washington, DC. A year later, they moved to East Oakland, California at the invitation of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. After being mentioned in Rolling Stone magazine by Van Morrison, they landed a record deal with United Artists. In 1973, their debut album, Comin' Right at Ya was released by United Artists. At the request of Willie Nelson, they left Oakland and moved to Austin, Texas in 1974.
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