Happiness Is Priceless, but Never Cheap. "I struggled for years to hold onto what I believed in — now I see why it was worth it."
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I’ve never blended in easily, and people often judged me before I ever spoke. That’s part of why I was drawn to the blues — to the soul and depth of African American music and the way it makes something real out of being misunderstood. The imagery I use nods to that history and reflects the space I’ve always lived in between how others see me and who I really am.
The Feeling I Couldn’t Shake
A Memoir from the Counted Out
Some people are counted out before they ever get a fair chance.
The Feeling I Couldn’t Shake is a raw and honest memoir about growing up labeled, misunderstood, and pushed into the background. Luke Curtis tells the story of being placed in special education, feeling singled out, and watching how the system separated certain kids before anyone really understood who they were.
But this book is not just about struggle. It is about awareness, survival, music, identity, and finding a way forward when the world already made up its mind about you.
From the back rooms of school to the search for purpose, this story speaks for the quiet ones, the creative ones, the angry ones, the forgotten ones, and the ones who were counted out before they even had a chance to be counted.
At its heart, this is a story about survival, identity, and hope.
Sometimes the thing you were searching for was already inside you from the beginning.
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MUSIC
Backwoods Rowdy
Luke Curtis
Song was produced by Dr. Ford at the famous Sound Kitchen in Franklin Tennessee. Guitar played by Chris Condon (lead guitarist for Billy Ray Cyrus) Chorus done by Christian Erik Coming out January / 30 / 2021/
WTTC "Welcome To The Country"
Luke Curtis
Song was produced by Dr. Ford at the famous Sound Kitchen in Franklin Tennessee. Guitar played by Chris Condon (lead guitarist for Billy Ray Cyrus)