As a bandleader, he led bands such as Buddy Lucas & His Band of Tomorrow, the Gone All Stars, and Buddy Lucas & His Shouters, and he also went under the stage name of "Big" Buddy Lucas.
Seine Mitwirkungen an diesen Aufnahmen erschienen unter den Bandbezeichnungen Buddy Lucas & His Band of Tomorrow, The Gone All Stars und Buddy Lucas & His Shouters, gelegentlich auch als Big Buddy Lucas.