Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a 1942 a Phoenix, Arizona, Amurka zuwa Choctaw Native American Nation, a farkon shekarunsa ashirin Lucas ya kasance mawaƙa a New York amma barin giya ya sa ya bar Amurka ta Tsakiya inda ya fara daukar hoto kuma ya yi aiki ga hukumomin talla. A farkon zuwa tsakiyar shekarun 1960s Lucas ya zama memba na Bangaskiyar Baháʼí kuma ya ba da gudummawar waƙoƙi kamar "Mount Your Steeds, O Heroes of God!" da "World Citizen", a tsakanin sauran waƙoƙi a kan rikodin LP da aka sake fitarwa a matsayin CD "Fire & Snow". Ya kuma yi magana aƙalla taron Baha'i ɗaya (duba hanyoyin da ke ƙasa). Lucas ya koma Yammacin Amurka kuma ya fara yin fim bayan ya tsira daga girgizar kasa ta 1972
a Managua, Nicaragua.