LATEST NEWS
06/22/2022
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Gary is profiled in the Class of '74 Alumni Notes in the latest issue of the Yale Alumni Magazine!
06/21/2022
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4 recent Gary Lucas live clips:
6/20/22 GL Birthday Bash
and 3 clips of Gary live at the Peppermint Club Hollywood 6/16/22:
"Mojo Pin" with Angelica Zollo
Gary Trances Out
GL Goes for the Godhead
6/20/22 GL Birthday Bash
and 3 clips of Gary live at the Peppermint Club Hollywood 6/16/22:
"Mojo Pin" with Angelica Zollo
Gary Trances Out
GL Goes for the Godhead
06/19/2022
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THE GREAT LOST GODS AND MONSTERS LIVE ALBUM out now on Mighty Quinn!!
06/18/2022
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ANOTHER SATISFIED CUSTOMER: A tweet from superfan singer Ericka Sance after Gary’s Tribute to Jeff Buckley at The Peppermint Club in Hollywood 6/16/22
06/17/2022
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ECCE GLENN! Gary's new article up now at CultureCatch.com
06/15/2022
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New single "FOLLOW" just released, listen here
Thank you Meg Griffin at SiriusXM who is adding the track this weekend!
THE GREAT LOST GODS AND MONSTERS LIVE ALBUM is released digitally on Mighty Quinn June 17th, with cd and vinyl coming soon—Thank you Jerry Roche!
Lineup:
GL—guitars and vocals
Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads)—keyboards and vocals
Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers)—bass and vocals
Billy Ficca Television)—drums
Jason Candler (Hungry March Band)—sax and vocals
Joe Hendel (Gods and Monsters)—trombone
cover photo taken in Amsterdam by Arjen Veldt
Recorded live at the Bowery Poetry Club
Thank you Meg Griffin at SiriusXM who is adding the track this weekend!
THE GREAT LOST GODS AND MONSTERS LIVE ALBUM is released digitally on Mighty Quinn June 17th, with cd and vinyl coming soon—Thank you Jerry Roche!
Lineup:
GL—guitars and vocals
Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads)—keyboards and vocals
Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers)—bass and vocals
Billy Ficca Television)—drums
Jason Candler (Hungry March Band)—sax and vocals
Joe Hendel (Gods and Monsters)—trombone
cover photo taken in Amsterdam by Arjen Veldt
Recorded live at the Bowery Poetry Club
06/11/2022
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Gary's JEFF BUCKLEY TRIBUTE WORLD TOUR continues at the Peppermint Club in Los Angeles on June 16th
06/08/2022
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JUST CONFIRMED: The European premiere of Gary's live solo score accompanying ORSON WELLES'S 1938 silent surrealist comedy TOO MUCH JOHNSON at the NOORDERZON FESTIVAL in Groningen Netherlands Mon. Aug. 22nd
06/08/2022
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More live clips from Paris Sunset show 6/3/23:
GRACE
BRA JOE FROM KILIMANJARO
HYMNE A L'AMOUR
GRACE
BRA JOE FROM KILIMANJARO
HYMNE A L'AMOUR
06/07/2022
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: FRANK SINATRA "WATERTOWN", Gary's review of the new reissue of this 1970 classic is up now at CultureCatch.com
06/06/2022
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A clip from Rolling Stone magazine re: Gary and Jeff Buckley, retrieved by Julie Blore-Bizot
· A couple new video clips from Gary’s current European Tour:
GRACE with ELLEN LYONS at WHELAN'S DUBLIN 5/29/22
SUN RA / PINK FLOYD MEDLEY at SUNSET JAZZ CLUB PARIS 6/3/22, with Jean-Philippe Rykiel keyboards, Lukas Ligeti drums and Alain Nyame bass
MOJO PIN with vocalist MARILINE MARIOLANY at SUNSET JAZZ CLUB PARIS, with Jean-Philippe Rykiel keyboards, Lukas Ligeti drums and Alain Nyame bass
· A couple new video clips from Gary’s current European Tour:
GRACE with ELLEN LYONS at WHELAN'S DUBLIN 5/29/22
SUN RA / PINK FLOYD MEDLEY at SUNSET JAZZ CLUB PARIS 6/3/22, with Jean-Philippe Rykiel keyboards, Lukas Ligeti drums and Alain Nyame bass
MOJO PIN with vocalist MARILINE MARIOLANY at SUNSET JAZZ CLUB PARIS, with Jean-Philippe Rykiel keyboards, Lukas Ligeti drums and Alain Nyame bass
06/05/2022
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Gary was in good company yesterday in the Spotify Release Radar 6/4/22
06/03/2022
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Just confirmed: Gary is headlining a benefit for WPKN solo on Sat. July 9th at the Bijou Theater in Bridgeport Conn., more details soon
"The Greatest Radio Station in the World!" —August 2021, The New Yorker
"The Greatest Radio Station in the World!" —August 2021, The New Yorker
06/02/2022
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Congrats to Scott Goldman on his new gig as VP of the Grammy Foundation!
06/02/2022
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Gary got a shout out this week from Marc Riley on BBC 6 Music about a 1971 letter he wrote to English music mag Disc and Music Echo inquiring about one of his favorite guitarists
05/30/2022
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A spectacular night at WHELAN’S DUBLIN last night 5/29/22 kicking off Gary's JEFF BUCKLEY TRIBUTE WORLD TOUR
Photo to the left: After the show with Gary's friend and collaborator Paul McCann
Gary let's 'er rip after his TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY at WHELAN'S DUBLIN 5/29/22
Photo to the left: After the show with Gary's friend and collaborator Paul McCann
Gary let's 'er rip after his TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY at WHELAN'S DUBLIN 5/29/22
05/27/2022
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9pm GMT tonight 5/27/22 on BBC4 and BBC iPlayer
05/24/2022
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BOB NEUWIRTH—AN APPRECIATION
Gary's new article about his friend and collaborator and one of the most influential people of the 60's who sadly passed away this week, up now at CultureCatch.com
Gary's new article about his friend and collaborator and one of the most influential people of the 60's who sadly passed away this week, up now at CultureCatch.com
05/22/2022
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And here's a 'nother one, 'nother one...BOHEMIAN RIPSODY, Gary's new article all about musical madness in the Czech Republic, just up now at CultureCatch.com
photo: Ahoj mateys—on the good ship FAUST
with Pat Fulgoni and Richard Mader somewhere on the Vlatava River
photo: Ahoj mateys—on the good ship FAUST
with Pat Fulgoni and Richard Mader somewhere on the Vlatava River
05/21/2022
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Just Confirmed: Gary's TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY WORLD TOUR continues in WOODSTOCK NY FRI. JUNE 24th at THE COLONY, with special guests tba!! Tickets here
05/20/2022
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RIP BOB NEUWIRTH
From Gary:
SAD NEWS: Bob Neuwirth was a dear friend and collaborator of mine
I met him playing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival years ago and went on to play, record and write with him. He gave me one of his paintings in fact.
A great man—I will really miss him.
Listen to Bob and Gary's collaboration on Bob's song "Cloudy Day"
recorded in Gary's apt. in NYC direct to DAT
Bob—voice and acoustic guitar
Gary—electric guitar
RIP BOB NEUWIRTH
From Gary:
SAD NEWS: Bob Neuwirth was a dear friend and collaborator of mine
I met him playing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival years ago and went on to play, record and write with him. He gave me one of his paintings in fact.
A great man—I will really miss him.
Listen to Bob and Gary's collaboration on Bob's song "Cloudy Day"
recorded in Gary's apt. in NYC direct to DAT
Bob—voice and acoustic guitar
Gary—electric guitar
05/20/2022
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Yesterday Gary posted a photo on Facebook of a an Italian fan who'd tattooed his arm with the lyrics of the first verse of "Grace". (Jeff's lyrics, and his song title as well). Now this photo just surfaced from Gary's fan Luigi Pastore—who tattooed his arm with the opening repeated guitar motif of Jeff and Gary's "Mojo Pin"! Which is Gary's music—he wrote the underlying original guitar instrumental with all the riffs that became "Mojo Pin" under the title "And You Will".
05/13/2022
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THINGS NEARLY GO ASUNDER DOWN UNDER: Gary's new article just up at CultureCatch.com
photo by Dianne Harris: Onstage in St. Petersburg with Garry Cobain during the White Nights 2003
photo by Dianne Harris: Onstage in St. Petersburg with Garry Cobain during the White Nights 2003
05/12/2022
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BOOLA-BOOLA: from the Yale Alumni Magazine Class Notes just now, May-June 2022 issue, courtesy Alec Haverstick and Tom Strumolo, Class of 1974
photo: with the Yale Precision Marching Band 1973 at the Yale Bowl when we kicked Harvard University's collective ass 35-0
photo: with the Yale Precision Marching Band 1973 at the Yale Bowl when we kicked Harvard University's collective ass 35-0
05/10/2022
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COMING UP!
05/10/2022
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Read an essay about Gary's faves the Third Ear Band in the latest issue of The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music just out now! See the cover here
Note from Gary: the photo used for my article in The Wire about Third Ear Band is the cover of Glen Sweeney's personal copy of the actual shooting script of Roman Polanski's 1971 film of "Macbeth", written by Roman Polanski and Kenneth Tynan. Glen spontaneously gave me his copy as a gift at the end of my afternoon hang / interview with him in June '73 on my very first trip to London. Glen was the loveliest guy—a true musical visionary.
Note from Gary: the photo used for my article in The Wire about Third Ear Band is the cover of Glen Sweeney's personal copy of the actual shooting script of Roman Polanski's 1971 film of "Macbeth", written by Roman Polanski and Kenneth Tynan. Glen spontaneously gave me his copy as a gift at the end of my afternoon hang / interview with him in June '73 on my very first trip to London. Glen was the loveliest guy—a true musical visionary.
05/09/2022
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Just added: Special guest Haitian vocalist Mariline Marolany just added to my Paris TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY show Fri. June 3rd @ 8pm at Sunset Jazz Club
The lineup includes Jean-Philippe Rykiel keyboards, Alain Nyame bass, Lukas Ligeti drums, and Estelle Perrault vocals
The lineup includes Jean-Philippe Rykiel keyboards, Alain Nyame bass, Lukas Ligeti drums, and Estelle Perrault vocals
05/08/2022
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FOR MOTHER'S DAY: My mom ADELE LUCAS (nee Goldman) died of Covid at age 93 in a nursing home in Calfornia at the beginning of the pandemic on April 24th 2020. She could have lived to 100, she had such a strong life-force.
Once infected, she had a pronounced rapid decline. We were allowed only a FaceTime Messenger visit courtesy of a nurse inside the home, Caroline and I shouting into the phone "We Love You, Mom!!" My mother was too far gone, she was unable to acknowledge us. She couldn't move a muscle. It was pretty grim.
She raised us (my two older sisters and younger brother) liberal Democrats and instilled a love of art, literature, music, film, theater, nature, animals, and learning in us.
She was so beautiful, one of a kind.
Here she is pictured in better days on her honeymoon.
WE MISS YOU MOM
Once infected, she had a pronounced rapid decline. We were allowed only a FaceTime Messenger visit courtesy of a nurse inside the home, Caroline and I shouting into the phone "We Love You, Mom!!" My mother was too far gone, she was unable to acknowledge us. She couldn't move a muscle. It was pretty grim.
She raised us (my two older sisters and younger brother) liberal Democrats and instilled a love of art, literature, music, film, theater, nature, animals, and learning in us.
She was so beautiful, one of a kind.
Here she is pictured in better days on her honeymoon.
WE MISS YOU MOM
05/06/2022
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JUST BACK IN THE SHOP! High quality Gary Lucas tees all sizes!
05/06/2022
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WHEN JOHNNY MET GARY: Gary's new article DEPP FOR MEN / SCENE AND NOT HEARD: just up at CultureCatch.com
05/02/2022
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NEW REVIEW OF "DOUBLE DARE", Gary Lucas and Peter Willems, just in from Written in Music (NL), 4.5 out of 5 Stars!
05/01/2022
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BEEF-A-ROONIE! BIG FUN mixing it up with the fabulous NONA HENDRYX 4/29/22 at Roulette Brooklyn with THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, live at the Bang on a Can Long Play Festival—our first show in 5 years! With Jesse Krakow bass, Jordan Shapiro keys and Richard Dworkin drums, more info on the project here.
Stay tuned for more news!!
Special thanks to Bang on a Can and Roulette for hosting us at this event—Roulette is a great place to play and the audience ate it up!
Stay tuned for more news!!
Special thanks to Bang on a Can and Roulette for hosting us at this event—Roulette is a great place to play and the audience ate it up!
04/28/2022
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WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED ROCK?—Gary's new article up now at CultureCatch.com
04/27/2022
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NEW REVIEW from BLUESTOWN (NL)
DOUBLE DARE Vol. One and Two: Gary Lucas and Peter Willems
Just out on ZenneZ Records
DOUBLE DARE Vol. One and Two: Gary Lucas and Peter Willems
Just out on ZenneZ Records
04/23/2022
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Just Confirmed: Thurs. June 16th (Bloom's Day) at The Peppermint Club in LA, my TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY at 7:30pm, tickets here
04/23/2022
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RETURN TO GERMANY!!
SAT. JUNE 4th at the Jazzclub Tonne Dresden
My TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY
with special guest vocalists Veronika Kralacek and Hallam London
Tonne Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
SAT. JUNE 4th at the Jazzclub Tonne Dresden
My TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY
with special guest vocalists Veronika Kralacek and Hallam London
Tonne Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
04/21/2022
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LISTENING PAST THE GRAVEYARD / EAR OF THE BEHOLDER—My new article is up now at CultureCatch.com
04/17/2022
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TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY WORLD TOUR 2022 continues with a show just confirmed in Maastricht, Netherlands on
WED JUNE 8th at SINT JANS KERK w/Gary's DOUBLE DARE partner Peter Willems on vocals
More dates:
Sun. May 29th Dublin—Whelan's
Fri. June 3rd Paris—Sunset Jazz Club with special guests Estelle Perreault and Mariline Marolany
Sat. June 4th Dresden—Tonne Jazz Club
Wed. June 8th Maastricht—Sint Jans Kerk with special guest Peter Willems
Thurs. June 16th Los Angeles—The Peppermint Club with special guest vocalist Ada Pasternak
Fri. June 24th Woodstock, NY—The Colony
Thurs. July 28th NYC—The Cutting Room with special guest Francesco Arpino
More Dates TBA
More dates:
Sun. May 29th Dublin—Whelan's
Fri. June 3rd Paris—Sunset Jazz Club with special guests Estelle Perreault and Mariline Marolany
Sat. June 4th Dresden—Tonne Jazz Club
Wed. June 8th Maastricht—Sint Jans Kerk with special guest Peter Willems
Thurs. June 16th Los Angeles—The Peppermint Club with special guest vocalist Ada Pasternak
Fri. June 24th Woodstock, NY—The Colony
Thurs. July 28th NYC—The Cutting Room with special guest Francesco Arpino
More Dates TBA
04/17/2022
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GOLEM ITALIAN-STYLE AT THE VENICE BIENNALE—My new article is up now at CultureCatch.com
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