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Lucas Maree
12+ albums
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Lucas Lodewyk Maree (22 July 1952 – 18 February 2011) was a well-known Afrikaans singer and songwriter. He was best known for his hit I could do with a million . For example , M-Net used the song for their TV series "Doen met 'n Miljoen". For most of his career, Maree played English music in bars and restaurants in and around Pretoria and Johannesburg, among others at "After dark" and "Fonteine pub and grill". During 1981, he started writing in Afrikaans , after he visited Jannie du Toit 's house concerts under the influence of a friend , and also heard Coenie de Villiers sing there. The three musicians have been great friends ever since and have often performed together. His first album, Kiekies , was released in 1984. In 1986, working at Nic Taylor's studio, he made a second record with Coenie, Jannie and Nic. It is a tribute album dedicated to Koos du Plessis . The title is Koos se Plaat . During 1988, he became involved with Anton Goosen and this connection led to the founding of a group called Die Kommissie van Ondersoek as well as an album entitled Die winde van change . Five years later, under the encouragement of Jannie du Toit, Lucas made his first CD, Miljoen . During 1996 he made a second CD Kiekieskonsert . The album was very popular because of the LIVE elements and the stories he tells between the songs. During 1998 he made the album Mot om die Kers , which won a SAMA award for the Best Afrikaans album. In 2000 he made the album Blouberg which was controver
