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"Dracula" website section | New Cinefantastique website section | New The Unholy Three website section | Solo website section
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Legendary producer Phil Ramone
(Paul Simon, Bob Dylan et al) selects Gary Lucas as one of his favorite artists in his recent Huffington Post blog: New York native guitar monster and devilish-voiced composer Gary Lucas lives in his own frequency. A compulsive truth-teller and an earnest artist with a riveting presence. The Grammy-nominated Lucas co-penned Jeff Buckley's "Grace" and "Mojo Pin" and Joan Osborne's "Spider Web", to name a few. Collaborations include the great Captain Beefheart, Jerry Harrison (of Talking Heads), John Cale, Lou Reed, Yael Naim, Iggy Pop, Van Dyke Parks, and Chris Cornell. Lucas's music imagination is infinite, but startwith his take on the Syd Barrett title "Astronomy Domine," from the 1992 album "Gods and Monsters". It's spooky and enigmatic. Currently touring.
Check out live clips from all over
the world spanning Gary's career now on YouTube at the OutFromUnderLive Channel — new clips added frequently
Many of Gary Lucas' Long Out of Print Catalog Albums and New
Digital Only Releases now available for download
Giving to You:
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section—see rare pictures and articles
discussion and gig reminders 
"Gary Lucas Plays the Golem"
DVD now upgraded visually using the best source print currently available ("restored" and colour tinted), and all CDs and DVDs for sale are now autographed by Gary — see the merchandise section
New Gary Lucas DVD — A double bill of his "Sounds of the Surreal/Monsters from the ID"
films with live soundtracks project — order it now here
  Gary Lucas :: what's new
03/03/2010
Gary gives an acoustic guitar masterclass this Monday March 8th in Amsterdam
03/02/2010
Updates made to the tour section
03/01/2010
Check out a new review of Chase the Devil's concert in Venice last December, from Kinematrix.net
02/08/2010
Two recent Gary Lucas interviews for Outsight Radio Hours are now archived here 
02/05/2010
Check out three new YouTube clips of Gary and Najma Akhtar live at the WOMAD Festival Las Palmas last November!
"Soul Taker" | "Aksar" | "Rishte" 
02/01/2010
Download a podcast interview with Gary about his Rishte" album with Najma Akhtar, and his new Chase the Devil project with Dean Bowman, from Outsight Radio Hours here (iTunes) or here 
Gary's upcoming NYC music and film projects—"The Golem" at the Rubin Museum Feb. 5th and "Cinefantastique" at the Gerswhin Hotel Feb. 9th—are picked in The New Yorker and in the NY Post this week
01/31/2010
Updates made to the pics 
01/26/2010
Check out a clip of Gary playing live at the Tuli Kupferberg Benefit at St Ann's Warehouse NYC last Friday
01/17/2010
Gary is praised in the latest issue of MOJO by psychedelic renegades Amorphous Androgynous, and their collaboration "Opus of the Back Sun" graces the covermount CD (additional article here)
01/15/2010
"Rishte" chosen as one of the Best of 2009 in Sons magazine Spain
01/14/2010
More rave reviews for "Rishte" and "Waxed OOP" just in, from Berskhire Living and Blurt magazine
12/28/2009
Updates made to the pics 
12/26/2009
English translation of rave review of Gary's Spanish "Dracula" premiere at the Havana Film Festival 12/11/09, plus interview with Gary
12/14/2009
Read a rave review of the world premiere of Gary's Spanish "Dracula" project in Havana from Granma, Cuba's largest newspaper
Read an interview with Gary about his Spanish "Dracula" project from the Diario Del Festival Internacional Del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano from 12/12/09
Read a description of Gary's triumphant world premiere of his new live score for the Spanish-language "Dracula" at the 31st Havana Film Festival from the official festival program
Read an interview in Spanish with Gary about his Spanish language "Dracula" project from the official press conference held in the Hotel Nacional de Cuba from 12/10/09
12/11/2009
Gary selects his Best of 2009 for Portuguese music magazine Bodyspace
12/02/2009
Check out these photos of Gary and Dean Bowman live in Florence as CHASE THE DEVIL continue their very successful European tour, and check out this photo album from their end of tour concert in Venice!
11/29/2009
Check out a rave review and photo from Gary's recent concert performing "Sounds of the Surreal" and "Monsters from the Id" at the Malaga Fancine Festival, from "La Opinion de Malaga"
11/27/2009
Gary talks about his favorite guitarists Lou Reed, David O'List, Syd Barrett, and One String Sam in a blast from the past blog post by Jim Macnie that was originally published in Musician magazine
11/26/2009
Read an excerpt of an interview with Gary in Croatian national newspaper Glas Istre as Chase the Devil kick off their European tour
11/21/2009
Check out new photos of Gary's stellar performance of "Sounds of the Surreal/Monsters from the Id" at Fancine (Festival de Cine Fantastico de Malaga) 11/14/09
11/18/2009
FLASH!! "RISHTE" IS ONE OF DAVID FRICKE'S PICKS IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF ROLLING STONE!!
Read an interview with Gary and Najma at the WOMAD Las Palmas Festival last weekend, from the Canary Islands online newspaper Canariasaldia.com
11/17/2009
Read an interview in Spanish with Gary about his life-long interest in horror and fantasy cinema and his upcoming performance at the Malaga Fantasy Film Festival with "Sounds of the Surreal" and "Monsters from the Id" 
Read a rave review (in Italian) of "The Exploding Note Theory" from the latest issue of All About Jazz Italia, English translation here
11/11/2009
Check out a new web page devoted to Gary's Cinefantastique solo project
11/09/2009
Gary is cited today in the New York Times in an article about his friend saxophonist/rabbi Greg Wall
11/08/2009
Gary premieres his new solo score accompanying the Spanish-language "Dracula" (1931, d. Enrique Tovar Avalos and George Melford) on Friday Dec. 11th at the 31st International Havana Film Festival—see a photo from the film here 
11/03/2009
New track up on the jukebox at Gary's MySpace site—Gary's solo guitar arrangement of the theme from the film "Sex and Lucia" (2001, d. Julio Medem) by Alberto Iglesias, recorded live at Gary's late night cinema music concert at the Jecheon International Film and Music Festival South Korea 8/15/09
10/30/2009
New web page for "Gary Lucas Plays The Unholy Three"!!
10/29/2009
Read a great review of Fast 'N' Bulbous' "WAXED OOP" from the latest issue of Cadence
10/27/2009
Revisit Gary's recent appearance at the Rochefort Festival in France with the Trip Journal from director Eli Kabilio and his Travel Channel video about Gary's trip
10/24/2009
"Rishte" receives 4 stars in The Internationalist (UK)
10/19/2009
New "Rishte" clip from Gary and Najma Akhtar now up on YouTube...plus clips of them live at the London Jazz Cafe performing "Woh Din" (part 1 and part 2)
And check out more solo clips from Gary's triumphant London Jazz Cafe show 10/3/09—"Rise Up to Be", "Songstress on the Edge of Heaven/The Wall/The Mad World", and "Hellhound on my Trail/One Man's Meat" 
Fast 'N" Bulbous' "WAXED OOP" is Disc of the Day at The Jazz Breakfast website
"The Exploding Note Theory" CD by Gallo & The Roosters + Gary Lucas, personally autographed by Gary, is now available for purchase in the merchandise section!
10/17/2009
New Gods and Monsters video "Climb the Highest Mountain", directed by Jill A. Black—up now on YouTube!
10/15/2009
Check out the press release for Gary's solo show this Friday at the Show Gallery in Staten Island in honor of his friend photographer Mick Rock
Check out the program notes for Gary's performance at the recent Madame Guitar Festival in Tricesimo Italy
10/13/2009
Check out "She's a Rainbow" and more clips of Gary live at the London Jazz Cafe last week, filmed by a fan who drove all the way from Swansea Wales to catch Gary's show!
10/12/2009
"The Exploding Note Theory", the new album from Gallo & The Roosters + Gary Lucas, is CD of the Month and receives an 8 out of 10 in the latest issue of Blow Up (Italy), English translation here 
10/08/2009
Check out a clip of Gary's recent solo set on the mainstage at the Rochefort-En-Accords Festival in France...and a new clip from The Travel Channel about Gary's recent trip to France, directed by Eli Kabilio
10/07/2009
Read a rave 4 star review of "Rishte" from the latest issue of Rock 'n Reel (UK)
10/05/2009
Read a rave review of Gary's Saturday night solo concert at the London Jazz Cafe!!—from UK music website Fairhearing
10/03/2009
Check out a Yahoo Trip Planner account of Gary's recent performance in France at the Rochefort-En-Accords Festival, from Travel Channel director Eli Kabilio, video to follow...
09/29/2009
Check out a Q & A with Gary on the Fairhearing website (UK) to promote his upcoming show at the Jazz Cafe in London this Saturday Oct. 3rd...also check out his new short bio here 
09/19/2009
Gary is a feature pick in Dutch national newspaper Het Parool today for his show at the Paradiso in Amsterdam this coming Friday!! (English translation here)
09/17/2009
FLASH!! Gary and Najma Akhtar just confirmed to perform together at the WOMAD Festival in Las Palmas, Canary Islands on Saturday Nov. 14th!!
09/12/2009
Gary's upcoming appearance at the Madame Guitar Festival in Italy is highlighted in the Jazz, Rock and More sections of the Romamusic site
09/08/2009
Gary Lucas is cited as one of the 100 Greatest Living Guitarists and salutes Davy O'List as one of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in the latest issue of Classic Rock (UK)
09/02/2009
Gary and Najma Akhtar's celebrated "Rishte" album is the subject of an hour long special on national German radio Deutschlandfunk's "Rock et cetera" program on Nov. 16th from 10:05pm to 10:50pm, hosted by Karl Lippegaus
Check out new articles for South Korea about Gary's recent appearance at the Jecheon International Music and Film Festival, here and here 
09/01/2009
"RISHTE" CLIMBS TO #4 ON THE WORLD MUSIC CHARTS EUROPE THIS MONTH!!
08/28/2009
Gary's "Rise Up to Be" EP receives a rave review in the latest issue of Italian guitar magazine "Chitarre" (English translation here), download it now from iTunes
08/24/2009
Check out a review of "Rishte" and "WAXED OOP" from the Aug.-Sept. issue of Jazz Special (Denmark), English translation here 
08/23/2009
Check out an interview with Gary (in Korean) on the occasion of his performance last week at the 5th Jecheon International Music and Film Festival in South Korea, from the JIMFF Daily 
Check out a rave review for Fast 'N' Bulbous' "WAXED OOP"  in the latest issue of Terrascope (UK), just scroll down the page
New album "The Exploding Note Theory" by Italian psych-jazz ensemble Gallo & The Roosters + Gary Lucas out now on El Gallo Rojo Records (Italy), order a copy now here, also available from iTunes and all digital portals
08/18/2009
Check out some of the voluminous press for Gary's solo appearance in South Korea this week performing at the 5th Jecheon International Music and Film Festival here and here...and check out an excerpt from Gary's Q and A after playing "The Golem" in front of 2000 folks (scroll down the page to the top clip)
Check out a rave review from UK music blog Leicester Bangs (great name) of the new Fast 'N' Bulbous album "Waxed Oop"
08/12/2009
Read another rave "Rishte" review from the Dutch newspaper Dagblad van het Noorden
08/10/2009
Listen to a special edition of Outsight Radio devoted to Gary's music
08/03/2009
"Rishte" is #7 on the World Music Charts Europe this month!!
07/29/2009
Read a feature about Gary and Najma Akhtar's celebrated "Rishte" album from Spinner
07/26/2009
Read a rave review from Brazilian website Cine Dementia of Gary's sold-out "Golem" show closing the First International Fantasy Film Festival of Sao Paulo July 2nd
Check out a rave review from Brazilian culture website Sosni of Gary's "Golem" show July 2nd in Sao Paulo
07/25/2009
Check out a new post from the Brazilian music and art site Sonorica about Gary Lucas inspired by his recent appearances in Sao Paulo Brazil
07/24/2009
See "Fata Morgana" in HD from the Gods and Monsters 20th Anniversary Show in June
07/22/2009
"Rishte" CDs personally autographed by Gary are now available for purchase in the merchandise section!
07/21/2009
Read a feature on Gary and Najma Akhtar's "Rishte" from the new fRoots...and check out a rave review of "Rishte" from Spanish world music website B!ritmos, who made it CD of the Week! (English translation here
07/20/2009
The complete Pop Loaded show that Gary taped in Sao Paulo for the cool Brazilian music site is up now, including a radio podcast with lots more of Gary's music
07/18/2009
Check out the new Gods and Monsters music video "LuvzOldSweetSong" up on YouTube now
Another rave review for "Rishte" from SonicBoomers.com
07/17/2009
Just back from Latin America, check out clips of Gary performing 4 songs live on Brazil's supercool Pop Loaded music website—including "Rise Up to Be",  "Bra Jo from Kilimanjaro", "Fata Morgana", and "One Man's Meat/Swamp T'ing" 
07/12/2009
Gary is in Bogota Colombia this week recording with legendary Rolling Stones producer Andrew Loog Oldham, and was interviewed on national Colombian radio Radionica Colombia...On Wed. July 15th Gary plays a special solo concert in Bogota with special guest Juan Galeano, details here 
07/11/2009
"Rishte" is CD of the Week on BBC Radio Foyle (Northern Ireland), and read 2 French reviews of "Rishte" from Guitarist and La Press de la Manche
Clips of historic first ever Gods and Monsters live show filmed at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival June 1989 up now on the OutfromUnderLive channel 
Read a review of Gary's recent "Golem" performance in Malaga Spain from the RomaMusica website, English translation here 
07/07/2009
Read a great review of "Rishte" from the UK Vibe website
07/06/2009
Gary sold-out his Sao Paulo Golem show on Friday at the 1st International Fantasy Film Festival-SP Terror
Read a review of Rishte from London Metro newspaper
07/01/2009
Check out the special screening invitation for Gary's show at SP Terror Sao Paulo tomorrow, and invitation to the closing party 

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