Luke Sayers may not have heard much folk music growing up in the Detroit suburb of Sterling Heights, Mich., but he did receive an auditory education that has helped shape his American roots sound.
“As a teenager in Detroit, I was listening to jazz, rock and the blues,” Sayers says by telephone from a vacation stop in San Francisco, “but back then, I was also playing in these garage-type bands.”
Today, the music from the bassist-turned-singer-songwriter echoes those jazz-and-blues-inspired riffs while tapping deep into the storytelling traditions of country.
“I feel like I tried everything there was to try,” Sayers says. “Right now, musically, I finally feel that where I am is where I’m supposed to be.”
Where Sayers and his band, The Last to Know (Mark Iannace on keyboards and accordion and Mike Gabelman on drums), will be about 9 p.m. Thursday is South Bend’s Fiddler’s Hearth.
The gig is the first of three area stops (Sept. 20 at Constant Spring in Goshen and Oct. 10 at The Livery in Benton Harbor) for Sayers and The Last to Know, who are touring the Midwest in support of “Radio Flower,” their first full-length CD.
“As a teenager in Detroit, I was listening to jazz, rock and the blues,” Sayers says by telephone from a vacation stop in San Francisco, “but back then, I was also playing in these garage-type bands.”
Today, the music from the bassist-turned-singer-songwriter echoes those jazz-and-blues-inspired riffs while tapping deep into the storytelling traditions of country.
“I feel like I tried everything there was to try,” Sayers says. “Right now, musically, I finally feel that where I am is where I’m supposed to be.”
Where Sayers and his band, The Last to Know (Mark Iannace on keyboards and accordion and Mike Gabelman on drums), will be about 9 p.m. Thursday is South Bend’s Fiddler’s Hearth.
The gig is the first of three area stops (Sept. 20 at Constant Spring in Goshen and Oct. 10 at The Livery in Benton Harbor) for Sayers and The Last to Know, who are touring the Midwest in support of “Radio Flower,” their first full-length CD.
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