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title: "Just A Friend"

description: "Early archive — 2006 self-released solo EP from Luke Walton’s teenage songwriter period (~17:40, six tracks)."

year: 2006
releaseType: EP

artist: "Luke Walton"

amazon: "https://www.amazon.com/Just-Friend-Luke-Walton/dp/B000XXWXF4"

tracks:
  - { title: "Prelude", song: prelude }
  - { title: "One Take", song: one-take }
  - { title: "Just A Friend", song: just-a-friend }
  - { title: "Preschool", song: preschool }
  - { title: "Who Needs Tears", song: who-needs-tears }
  - { title: "Dirty Blonde", song: dirty-blonde }

press:
  - 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 page: release 2006, ~17:40, six-track listing."

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**Early archive**, self-released **2006** solo EP from **Luke Walton**’s (**Luke Francis Walton**; not the NBA coach) teenage songwriter period. Documented on [archived lukewaltonband.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20110714002356/http://lukewaltonband.com/site/CDs_and_Lyrics.html) (~17:40); [Amazon Music](https://www.amazon.com/Just-Friend-Luke-Walton/dp/B000XXWXF4) lists **July 16, 2007** (likely redistribution metadata). Part of a long-running writing and recording practice that later continued through [The Luke Walton Band](/albums/goodbye-hello/), [FEiN](/albums/little-homes-fein/), and Scoobert Doobert: listed here for **provenance**, not as a current listening recommendation.

**Luke Walton**, guitar, piano, voice, songwriting. Six tracks with [archived lyrics](https://web.archive.org/web/20110714002356/http://lukewaltonband.com/site/CDs_and_Lyrics.html): [**Prelude**](/songs/prelude/) (instrumental) · [**One Take**](/songs/one-take/) · [**Just A Friend**](/songs/just-a-friend/) · [**Preschool**](/songs/preschool/) · [**Who Needs Tears**](/songs/who-needs-tears/) · [**Dirty Blonde**](/songs/dirty-blonde/).

Chronology: parallel band line at La Costa Canyon (solo EPs ran at the same time) — Rock I IV V club (2006) · <a href="/with/casey-mcsocial/">Casey McSocial</a> (first band) · **Mannequin** (Walton founded) · <a href="/with/blue-suburbia/">Blue Suburbia</a> ([*The Other Side*](/albums/the-other-side/), 2009). Solo releases: [*Heart in Hand*](/albums/heart-in-hand/) (2008) → [*Goodbye/Hello*](/albums/goodbye-hello/) (2010, The Luke Walton Band).

See [Catalog](/catalog/#luke-walton-band) · [Wikipedia: The Luke Walton Band](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Luke_Walton_Band)

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