Lucky Bush is a retired 30-year United States Air Force Command Chief Master Sergeant from
Mobile, Alabama, who began playing drums at age 11. He was drawn to music at a young age
and inspired by his mother, who had taught him to sing years earlier.
Lucky studied percussion with Dr. John Papastephan at the University of South Alabama and Dr.
J.C. Combs at Wichita State University. While in college at Wichita State, Lucky studied drum
set with Ed Soph, Steve Houghton, and Matt Wilson and performed in numerous musical
situations from orchestral to Caribbean steel drum music.
Throughout his military career, Lucky traveled the World with the Air Force’s Premier
Entertainment Group, “Tops in Blue,” and toured Europe with the United States Air Force’s in
Europe Concert and Jazz Bands.
Lucky has worked with a myriad of musical groups across the United States, Germany, Belgium,
and Japan, and continues to play a variety of musical styles from the ’40s to the millennium.
Lucky is currently the drummer and backup vocalist for CMA Artist, Ryan Daniel.
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Born in Massachusetts and raised in Arkansas, Ryan Daniel knows how to connect with his audience. Ryan credits Garth Brooks as his major influence: “When I perform, I want the crowd to feel what I’m feeling,” says Ryan. “I like to reach out and make them part of the show.” Daniel makes every fan feel like they are the most important person there.
Ryan has served as a member of the United States Air Force for over ten years, where he was an AMMO troop. During this time, he was also selected to join the elite musical touring group “Tops in Blue.” Ryan toured 20 countries, entertaining an estimated 250,000 troops and civilians alike. During this tour, he met his producer, Barry Best. Together they created Ryan’s debut album “Love, Life and Memories.” Ryan has toured with the likes of Trace Adkins, Restless Heart, Trent Tomlinson, Lee Greenwood, Joe Diffie, Thompson Square, 3 Doors Down, David Cook, Craig Morgan, Mickey Gilley, Confederate Railroad, and others.
Together again with Barry Best and Co-Producer Rich Herring, Ryan’s new album “Back For More” was released April 6, 2018, selling out on Amazon the very first day! Ryan’s new single “CAMO”, produced by Chet Roberts of 3 Doors Down, is in rotation on country radio nationwide. Within, 5 weeks of “CAMO” being released it generated 100,000 streams and climbed into the top 15, on the charts!
In 2013, Ryan toured under the sponsorship of Air Force Entertainment, where he spent the holidays performing for the troops overseas. Ryan promoted “Love, Life and Memories,” and raised morale from Texas all the way to Afghanistan.
Ryan is excited to partner with Fir Audio for 2022 and is sponsored by Premium Kentucky Farms, Fleet Traxs, Dirty South Outdoors Apparel, Final Flight Outfitters and Interstate 69 Motorsports. Ryan has been inducted into the Indie Music Hall of Fame and is an 18x Indie Music Award Winner and 7x Radio Music Award Winner to include: 2021 Best Country Recording “Home”, Best Country Song “Gonna Take A Few”, Best Country Songwriter “Ya’ll Ain’t Ready For This”. Ryan was awarded the 2018 US Air Force “Veteran In Blue Award.” Off of Ryan’s Debut Album “Love, Life and Memories” The International Association of Independent Recording Artists (IAIRA) music charts recognized “Honky Tonk Holiday” and “Unknown Soldier,” as they were certified #1 and #3. Ryan’s debut video “Feel Good Feelin’” has been aired on CMT, Heartland, and Country Fix. Ryan has been Certified Platinum on Spotify for 1,000,000 Streams.
Ryan just finished his third studio album titled, “Y’all Ain’t Ready for This”. For this album, Ryan teamed up with the iconic rock group 3 Doors Down to produce the project, and features songs written by Ryan, Chet Roberts (3 Doors Down), as well as, members of Ryan’s touring band Brandon Blackburn, Adam Shea, and Vince Alten. “Y’all Ain’t Ready for This” is Ryan’s 2022 Tour and is an album full of energy and wall to wall sound, and is out now, on all streaming and download platforms.
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