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It’s been nearly 10 years since Lucas Hoge left his humble hometown of Hubbell, Nebraska. Small but mighty, with a population of 50 generous people, almost all came to support Lucas during his farewell concert, surprising him with $2,500 to invest in his dream. Lucas hit the road strapped with a little cash, a lot of love and everything he owned in his 1994 Dodge Ram pickup truck. Driving through the night, in Music City by morning, Lucas Hoge had reached his destination wide-awake in his dream.
 Lucas learned quickly that it takes more than moving to Nashville to get noticed. He sacrificed, working diligently around the clock to form the foundation in which he built his career upon. Lucas spent his first year in town living in a 500 square-foot apartment, working full time in construction. Evenings were devoted to performing in the honky-tonk hotspots up and down Broadway and every weekend, dedicated his afternoons to writing.
Things started to look up for Lucas when he got a call from Warner Brothers to tell him that they would feature his song, ‘If I Only Could’ on their hit show ‘Smallville.’ “I was really excited to get the call from Warner Brothers. I watched the show all the time, it was one of my favorites, so to have my song in Season 5 was surreal.”
Shortly after, Lucas scored a HBO TV series, wrote a jingle for Lipton Tea and took his talent to the studio where he recorded two country albums and a Christian EP.
“Writing is my passion, along with performing. I don’t look like a farmer with my long hair but don’t let my looks fool ya. I grew up in a small farming town and it’s a big part of who I am, so it will always be in my music. I write a lot of songs about farming and working in the dirt.”
Hence the title cut of his debut release Dirt, which has clearly become one of the album highlights and is featured on the Words and Music compilation CD. Dirt has received rave reviews, winning multiple music awards, including Country Album of the Year at the 16th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards and which also named Lucas as Contemporary Christian Singer/Songwriter Of The Year for “Get The Door.”
Lucas’s soul stirring voice isn’t the only thing that has gotten him noticed. He has appeared on TV with Faith Hill for the Sunday Night Football commercial campaign, with Toby Keith in his Christmas special and in a Mary Kay commercial with Danielle Peck and Jennifer Hanson.
 Back in 1997, Lucas rode his 1985 Harley to Sturgis, South Dakota. “I remember seeing thousands of bikes and big stages and said to myself that someday I would play here.” In 2007, that became a reality when he was asked to play the entire week at the famous Buffalo Chip Campground. The owner of the rival Broken Spoke Saloon heard Lucas and wanted him to play for them the following year. Now Lucas is touring major motorcycle rallies across the US and is a staple at Sturgis, entering his 4th year there and also at Broken Spoke where they’ve built him his own stage.
Lucas has toured Denmark, Norway, Sweden and has travelled to the Middle East to perform for our troops. “Not only was my trip to Iraq, Kuwait and Kosovo the greatest honor in my life, it was the most fun I’ve ever had,” Lucas says. “After my trip, I knew I wanted help our troops any way that I could back in the States, so I began by writing ‘Soldiers, Creed and Medal Of Honor’ which is featured on the Music for Our Troops CD.” Since, Lucas has become involved with ThanksUSA.org, which is a charity that helps military families with education scholarships.
In 2010 Lucas makes his premiere as a reality TV star on Animal Planet’s show Last Chance Highway, for which he wrote the theme song. Last Chance Highway isan eight-part series that focuses on the monumental mission of a dedicated handful of rescuers. Each week, they organize a band of volunteers to take part in a unique mobile adoption campaign in an effort to find homes for strays and unclaimed shelter dogs. Every week Lucas and cast member Kyle Peterson climb aboard Animal Planet’s big rig to transport more than 150 dogs thousands of miles to meet their new families. “It’s an exhausting ritual but one that finds homes for more than 6,000 pets every year,” says Lucas. “For me to be able to contribute to even a fraction of that number is greater in its true sense, than any number of miles I’ll ever drive.” Last Chance Highway will be broadcast on Discovery Network’s Animal Planet every Saturday beginning June 19, at 8 pm (ET/PT
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