--- title: "Goodbye/Hello" description: "The Luke Walton Band’s 2010 self-released LP (~35:05), eleven tracks per archived lukewaltonband.com; after solo EPs and Luke Walton feat. Blue Suburbia’s The Other Side (2009)." year: 2010 releaseDate: 2010-09-01 artist: "The Luke Walton Band" artistId: "#lukewaltonband" bandcamp: "https://lukewaltonband.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-hello" amazon: "https://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Hello-Luke-Walton-Band/dp/B00454TZJE" tracks: - { title: "Goodbye", song: goodbye } - { title: "Hello Beautiful", song: hello-beautiful } - { title: "Stay The Same", song: stay-the-same } - { title: "A Good Girl", song: a-good-girl } - { title: "Dead End Love", song: dead-end-love } - { title: "Where We're Going To (Go)", song: where-were-going-to-go } - { title: "Just A Friend", song: just-a-friend } - { title: "Heart in Hand", song: heart-in-hand } - { title: "Who Needs Tears", song: who-needs-tears } - { title: "Preschool", song: preschool } - { title: "Missin' the Way", song: missin-the-way } press: - outlet: "USC Trojan Family Magazine (Winter 2009)" url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20100827053440/http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/pdf/winter09.pdf" date: "2009" desc: "Cover feature after the Taylor Swift date video; Walton with Peter Lee Johnson, Leland Cox, and Mia Minichiello." - outlet: "Country Weekly" url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20110714002652/http://www.lukewaltonband.com/site/Photos/Pages/Media_Photos_files/Media/CountryWeekly/CountryWeekly.jpg?disposition=download" date: "2009" desc: "National country-magazine print feature (page scan)." - outlet: "NBC New York" url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20110811230621/http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/celebrity/Its-a-Love-Story-Taylor-Just-Say-Yes-.html" date: "2009-06" desc: "“Teen Romeo Sings ‘Love Story’ to Taylor Swift.”" - outlet: "Nashville City Paper" url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20110813194527/http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/lifestyles/taylor-swift-fan-come-courting-nashville" date: "2009-06-22" desc: "Taylor Swift fan to come courting in Nashville." - outlet: "Orlando Sentinel" url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20110813044830/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_music_blog/2009/06/san-diego-teen-uses-viral-video-to-court-taylor-swift-.html" date: "2009-06" desc: "San Diego teen uses viral video to court Taylor Swift." - outlet: "San Diego Reader (Swift Serenade, Jun 2009)" url: "https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/jun/17/blurt1/" date: "2009-06-17" desc: "San Diego Reader Blurt coverage of the Taylor Swift date video." - outlet: "San Diego Union-Tribune (May 2009)" url: "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2009/05/14/student-film-has-2-screenings-today/" date: "2009-05-14" desc: "We Must Remember encore screenings at MovieMax Carlsbad; Luke Walton named as film composer." - outlet: "San Diego Union-Tribune (Jul 2009)" url: "https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2009/07/10/encinitas-local-teen-gets-national-attention-for-video-asking-singer-for-date/" date: "2009-07-10" desc: "Encinitas local teen gets national attention for video asking singer for date. Source lead; may be paywalled." - outlet: "Taylor Swift Love Story date video (YouTube, Mar 2009)" url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSh9ULGBkXw" date: "2009-03" desc: "Original video — Luke's rewritten “Love Story” asking Taylor Swift for a date. 300k+ views. Swift never responded." - outlet: "Six Months to Make It: Getting Into USC Popular Music" url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiYPRjOPxtA" - outlet: "The Coast News" url: "https://thecoastnews.com/six-months-to-make-it-for-young-local-musician/" desc: "“Six Months to Make It for young local musician”: North County feature on Walton and the 21-episode vlog (Jan–July 2009), started after graduating La Costa Canyon a semester early." - outlet: "Luke Walton Band: CDs & Lyrics (archived)" url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20110714002356/http://lukewaltonband.com/site/CDs_and_Lyrics.html" desc: "Official discography: Goodbye/Hello 2010, ~35:05, eleven-track order." - outlet: "Wikipedia: The Luke Walton Band" url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Luke_Walton_Band" desc: "Band history and release chronology." - outlet: "Charitable Chords: Know Your Rights" url: "https://charitablechords.bandcamp.com/album/know-your-rights-in-collaboration-with-knit-the-world" date: "2010-06" desc: "Student charity compilation for Knit The World. Track 5: Luke Walton (Blue Suburbia), Preschool." draft: false --- *Goodbye/Hello* is the self-released album by **The Luke Walton Band**: Luke Francis Walton (then publicly credited as **Luke Walton**; not [Luke Walton the basketball coach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Walton)), Logan Shrewsbury (drums), [Peter Lee Johnson](/with/peter-lee-johnson/) (violin), and [Nick “Thor” Campbell](/with/nick-campbell/) (bass). The group formed in USC Thornton’s inaugural **Popular Music Program** during the 2009–2010 school year, playing weekly around Los Angeles before a **self-booked summer 2010 California coast tour** (San Diego to San Francisco) with [Rozzi Crane](/with/rozzi-crane/) — Walton and Crane’s first tour together. [The Luke Walton Band](/albums/goodbye-hello/) ran one bill; Crane’s band was the same Walton lineup with [Sam Wilkes](/with/sam-wilkes/) on bass. Recovered discography ([archived lukewaltonband.com CDs & Lyrics](https://web.archive.org/web/20110714002356/http://lukewaltonband.com/site/CDs_and_Lyrics.html)): [**Just A Friend**](/albums/just-a-friend/) (**2006**) → [**Heart in Hand**](/albums/heart-in-hand/) (**2008**) → [**The Other Side**](/albums/the-other-side/) (**2009**, Luke Walton feat. Blue Suburbia) → **Goodbye/Hello** (2010, The Luke Walton Band). Parallel band line at La Costa Canyon (solo EPs ran at the same time): **Rock I IV V** (2006 school club, named for the I–IV–V progression) · [**Casey McSocial**](/with/casey-mcsocial/) (2006, bass — Walton's **first band**; won LCC Battle of the Bands, Luke archive memory) · **Mannequin** (2006–2008, original songs — **Walton founded**; [Jonathan Gillie](/with/jonathan-gillie/) on guitar; second place at LCC Battle of the Bands per archive memory and Wikipedia) · [**Blue Suburbia**](/with/blue-suburbia/) (2008–2009, classic rock / blues trio; won LCC Battle of the Bands — confirmed in the 2009 Coast News profile). Luke graduated early from La Costa Canyon in January 2009. Walton: guitar, piano, voice, songwriting on the solo EPs; store credits as “Luke Walton,” national radio and television, and a YouTube campaign from December 2008 before the USC cohort adopted his name as the marquee. The public break was the March 2009 **Taylor Swift “Love Story”** date [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSh9ULGBkXw) (300k+ views) — Luke rewrote “Love Story” to ask Swift for a date. She never responded. In May, the [*San Diego Union-Tribune*](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2009/05/14/student-film-has-2-screenings-today/) covered encore screenings of [**We Must Remember**](/songs/we-must-remember/), a Carlsbad High Holocaust documentary Walton scored — naming him as composer and performer at MovieMax Carlsbad. The press did: [*San Diego Reader*](https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/jun/17/blurt1/) (“Swift Serenade,” June 17), [NBC New York](https://web.archive.org/web/20110811230621/http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/celebrity/Its-a-Love-Story-Taylor-Just-Say-Yes-.html), the [*Orlando Sentinel*](https://web.archive.org/web/20110813044830/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_music_blog/2009/06/san-diego-teen-uses-viral-video-to-court-taylor-swift-.html), [*Nashville City Paper*](https://web.archive.org/web/20110813194527/http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/lifestyles/taylor-swift-fan-come-courting-nashville), [*San Diego Union-Tribune*](https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2009/07/10/encinitas-local-teen-gets-national-attention-for-video-asking-singer-for-date/) (July 10), a print feature in **Country Weekly**, a **Winter 2009 cover of USC Trojan Family Magazine**: Walton alongside **Peter Lee Johnson**, **Leland Cox**, and **Mia Minichiello** ([PDF via Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20100827053440/http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/pdf/winter09.pdf)), and a July 2009 trip to Nashville. Luke graduated **a semester early** from La Costa Canyon in **January 2009** and used the open spring/summer before the next chapter to document a deliberate push from amateur to working musician. The [“Six Months To Make It”](https://thecoastnews.com/six-months-to-make-it-for-young-local-musician/) vlog (**21 episodes, January–July 2009**) was that project: [The Coast News](https://thecoastnews.com/six-months-to-make-it-for-young-local-musician/) covered it as a young North County musician's run-up — not accidental virality, but a semester's worth of intentional runway before USC and *Goodbye/Hello*. One episode captures [getting into USC Thornton's inaugural Popular Music Program](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiYPRjOPxtA). *Goodbye/Hello* landed **September 1, 2010** on [Bandcamp](https://lukewaltonband.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-hello), eleven tracks (~35:05 on the official site), pop rock / Los Angeles, digital album at 16-bit/44.1 kHz with **per-track streaming** on Bandcamp. Full [per-track lyrics archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20120423002356/http://www.lukewaltonband.com/site/CDs_and_Lyrics.html) (2012 captures): [**Goodbye**](/songs/goodbye/) · [**Hello Beautiful**](/songs/hello-beautiful/) · [**Stay The Same**](/songs/stay-the-same/) · [**A Good Girl**](/songs/a-good-girl/) · [**Dead End Love**](/songs/dead-end-love/) · [**Where We're Going To (Go)**](/songs/where-were-going-to-go/) · [**Just A Friend**](/songs/just-a-friend/) · [**Heart in Hand**](/songs/heart-in-hand/) · [**Who Needs Tears**](/songs/who-needs-tears/) · [**Preschool**](/songs/preschool/) · [**Missin' the Way**](/songs/missin-the-way/). Five cuts reissued from solo EPs: *Preschool*, *Dead End Love*, and *Who Needs Tears* share lyrics with the 2006/2008 versions; [**Just A Friend**](/songs/just-a-friend/) and [**Heart in Hand**](/songs/heart-in-hand/) were **rewritten** for the LP. **Preschool** has a distinct earlier commercial credit: track 5 on [Charitable Chords](https://charitablechords.bandcamp.com/album/know-your-rights-in-collaboration-with-knit-the-world)’s *Know Your Rights (In Collaboration With Knit The World)*: **June 10, 2010**, billed as **Luke Walton (Blue Suburbia)**. Jake Barnes’ student charity project (Social Justice course); proceeds to **Knit The World** (Sarah Edelstein). Same song, three months before the Luke Walton Band LP: Blue Suburbia name on the comp, band marquee on *Goodbye/Hello*. All eleven tracks now link to [/songs/](/songs/). Present-tense credits use **Luke Francis Walton** or **Scoobert Doobert**; the bare “Luke Walton” credit belongs to this historical window only. Listen: [Bandcamp](https://lukewaltonband.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-hello) · [Amazon Music](https://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Hello-Luke-Walton-Band/dp/B00454TZJE) · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Luke_Walton_Band)