Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist, Lucky Oceans was born in Philadelphia and made his name in the USA with Asleep at the Wheel; who he co-founded with Ray Benson and Leroy Preston. In a 1973 Rolling Stone magazine interview Van Morrison said “there's a relatively unknown group around here that I really dig. Asleep at the Wheel plays great country music”. Willie Nelson and Doug Sahm were so impressed that they urged them to move to Austin, Texas where they became the vanguard of alternative Country music scene. The band went on to win 8 Grammy Awards. Lucky won two Grammy Awards including one in 1993 for an instrumental with Chet Atkins, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart and Johnny Gimble. Over the years he's performed live with many artists including Eric Clapton, Merle Haggard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson, Lowell George, Emmylou Harris, Neil Finn, Gurrumul and Paul Kelly.