Gary Lucas   through the past, brightly  



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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