Gary Lucas   through the past, brightly  


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Feature article on Gary Lucas, Guitar Player, Sept. 1990





Feature interview with Gary Lucas about his 30's Chinese pop album "The Edge of Heaven", from Liberation, 3/25/2002





Gary and Israeli Pop Idol winner Ninet Tayeb backstage at the Hard Rock Paris, French Tribute to Jeff Buckley, 6/3/08

photo by Ania Freindorf





Interview with Gary from national Spanish newspaper El Norte de Castilla, 10/2009





Gary plays for German film icon Udo Kier (Andy Warhol's "Frankenstein" and "Dracula", Lars Von Trier regular, Fassbinder's last lover) in Udo's garden, Koln Germany, 7/91

photo by David Scher





Full page interview with Gary from national Mexican newspaper El Universal, 10/2008





Gary Lucas feature article in The Japan Times, April 14, 1996





Poster for "Sounds of the Surreal" and "Monsters from the Id" at Pop Montreal, October 2007

poster by Seripop





Feature on Gary Lucas' Russian Tour, Rolling Stone (Russia), July 2005





Gary Lucas centerfold pick from the Village Voice, NYC, 8/18/1992

photo copyright Michel Delsol





Gary Lucas profile by Erik Voermans from Dutch national newspaper Het Parool 9/20/02

photo by Jean-Pierre Jans





Gary Lucas profile by Mike Zwerin from the International Herald Tribune, 1/26/01

you can also read the article on the International Herald Tribune site here

photo by Christian Rose





Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas, NYC 1/1992





French icon Elli Medeiros performs with Gods and Monsters at Gary's 20 year retrospective show at the Knitting Factory NYC, 5/2000





An Interview with Gary and a review of his 30's Chinese pop album "The Edge of Heaven" on the occasion of its release in China—from the Hong Kong Music Biweekly, 4/2003





Gary Lucas on the set of the "Ice Cream for Crow" video shoot, Mojave Desert, California, August 1982

photo by Kate Simon





Gary Lucas on stage introducing his performance of "The Golem", Venice Biennale, 9/18/03





A rave review and profile of Gary in the Wall Street Journal on the occasion of the US release of his celebrated album of 30's Chinese pop, "The Edge of Heaven"





Gary a pick in the NY Daily News playing a free show for the Downtown Music Gallery NYC, 9/12/97





Gary with his pal David Johansen, 1978

photo by David Gahr





Gary's Yale yearbook photo (yes!)





Anton Corbijn's stunning photo of Gary taken on the docks of the West Village in 1990 shortly after Gary returned from his first solo tour of Holland—featured in Anton's 1996 book "Star Trak" (Schirmer/Mosel), alongside shots of Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Don Van Vliet, Lou Reed, David Bowie, William Burroughs, Kurt Cobain, Martin Scorsese, Allen Ginsberg, and many others





Gary Lucas 1977 NYC

photo by David Michael Kennedy





Laurie Anderson, Gary Lucas and Lou Reed at SOB's, NYC 1992, photo by Roger Rosenheck, from "The Love Book" (Macmillan, 1995), which featured various folks including Gloria Steinem, Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Oprah Winfrey, Kim Gordon, Bob Hope, Iggy Pop, and others photographed holding a thrift store "Love" sign





Gary Lucas, Steve Latham, and legendary producer/manager Giorgio Gomelsky (Yardbirds, Stones, Gong, etc.) at CBGB's NYC, October 1988, after one of Gary's early solo shows there





Jan-Willem Sligting, artistic director of the Paradiso, Amsterdam, and Gary, in front of the Paradiso's poster advertising Gary's engagement to play there as part of the Holland Festival, 6/12/03





Gary reads a poem by Don Van Vliet (a/k/a Captain Beefheart) entitled "Untitled" onstage at The Venue in London during Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band's sold-out 3-night stand there, November 1980





Gary Lucas onstage at Gods and Monsters' live debut at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival, Prospect Park, July 1989

photo by Marco Ugolini





Gary Lucas and The Beastie Boys at Clack Studios NYC, April 1987

photo by Ricky Powell





Gary Lucas jamming with Vrat Brabenec of the Plastic People of the Universe at La France Club in Kolin, Czech Republic, Walpurgisnacht (April 30th), 2002

photo by David Nemec