Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau i te 1942 i Phoenix, Arizona, United States ki te Choctaw Native American Nation, i ona tau rua tekau, he kaiwaiata a Lucas i New York engari ko te whakamutu i te waipiro i akiaki ia ki te haere ki Central America i reira i mahi ai ia ki te whakaahua me te mahi mo nga umanga whakatairanga. I te timatanga- ki waenganui o nga tau 1960 ka uru a Lucas ki te Whakapono Bahá'í ka uru atu ki nga waiata penei i te "Mount Your Steeds, O Heroes of God!" me te "World Citizen", i roto i etahi atu waiata i runga i te rekoata LP i tukuna ano hei CD "Fire & Snow". I korero ano ia i tetahi Huihuinga Bahá'í (tirohia nga hononga i raro nei). I hoki a Lucas ki Amerika ki te Hauauru, a, ka mahi kiriata i muri i tana oranga i te
1972 te ruu i Managua, Nicaragua.