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07/20/2018

· Gary laying a copy of Ryan H. Walsh's excellent book "Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968" on legendary director and Bolshoi Classical Music Festival curator Emir Kusturica
photo by Ksenia Lamshina
· Updates made to the Photos

07/18/2018

· Gary performing yesterday morning 7/17/18 on Russian National Radio Mayak, broadcasting live from the Bolshoi Classical Music Festival in Drvengrad Serbia—listen here at 2:08

07/18/2018

· Interview with Gary in Serbian national newspaper Blic!

07/17/2018

· Gary with some of the young Serbian classical virtuosos who asked for a photo with him on the way to breakfast the morning after the extremely well-received premiere of his new live solo score for Pudovkin's silent comedy "Chess Fever" at the Bolshoi Classical Music Festival in Drvengrad Serbia 7/16/18

07/16/2018

· Gary's premiere of his new live score for Pudovkin's 1925 silent comedy "Chess Fever" at the Bolshoi Russian Music Festival in Drvengrad Serbia was a big hit last night!! Listen to an interview with Gary for Moscow's Radio Cultura this morning conducted by Ksenia Lamshina

07/14/2018

· Gary just arrived in Kustendorf Serbia to perform at the Bolshoi Russian Music Festival the premiere of his new live score for Pudovkin's 1925 silent comedy "Chess Fever" tomorrow July 15th at the invitation of his friend famed film director Emir Kusturica

07/10/2018

· New recording session with Gary, Jason and Italian vocalist Simone Moncada in NYC 7/6/18
photo by Debbie Sanna

07/10/2018

· Pic recently unearthed taken by Andy Chertow (Papa Andy) of a one-off project known as The ZimmerMen featuring Gary on slide guitar, Andy on bass, Dro Ostrow drums, and Holly Rock vocals, who recorded a reggae version of Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street" in 1983

07/06/2018

· With Gary's friend and collaborator Damo Suzuki and the late Michael Karoli (far left) backstage after a gig in 1998 at The Cooler NYC. Thanks to Doug Rotz for spotting this pic in the new MOJO in a great feature about Damo. Thumbs up always, old friend!

07/06/2018

· Facebook Promotion in Russian for Gary's upcoming appearance at the BOLSHOI RUSSIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL in Kustendorf Serbia July 14-18th:

Амерички гитариста Гери Лукас који је наступао са водећим светским џез музичарима, својим јединственим музичким стилом озвучиће неми филм „Шаховска грозница" Всеволода Пудовкина, другог фестивалског дана! Американский гитарист Гари Лукас, который выступал с ведущими джазовыми музыкантами мира, в своем уникальном музыкальном стиле озвучит немой фильм "Шахматная горячка" Всеволода Пудовкина, во второй день фестиваля!

American guitarist Gary Lucas, who performed with the leading jazz musicians of the world, in his unique musical style provides a live sound track for the Russian silent comedy "Chess Fever" by Vsevolod Pudovkin on the second day of the festival!

07/02/2018

· Thanks to Robert Williams for sharing this hitherto unseen photo taken during the Beefheart tour of Europe in 1980

06/30/2018

· Just confirmed: Thurs. Sept 27th - AN EVENING WITH GARY LUCAS: FROM BEEFHEART TO BUCKLEY AND BEYOND at The Cutting Room NYC, 9:30pm - Gary's solo multi-media show—songs, stories, and rare clips ranging over 30 albums released to date with a focus on his work with Don Van Vliet and Jeff Buckley, special guest vocalist tba

06/23/2018

· Mexico-inspired Gary Lucas t-shirt now available for purchase in the Merchandise section!

06/23/2018

· Gary is honored to have been invited by his old friend and collaborator Hal Willner to perform in his tribute to legendary composer Nino Rota on Fri. July 27th as part of Lincoln Center Out Of Doors Summer Concerts at Damrosch Park

06/20/2018

· From webmaster Tanya: Please join me in wishing Gary a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today!!

06/13/2018

· With the great Seymour Stein (legendary Sire Records chief who signed The Ramones, Talking Heads, Madonna and many others) at the reception at McNally Jackson Books for Seymour's new memoir "Siren Song"
photo by MaryEllen Cataneo

06/11/2018

· A lovely live review just in of Gary's recent live solo show in Newcastle at The Cluny 5/5/18

06/11/2018

· Save the date: Fri. June 22nd Gary in sitting in with his friend and collaborator Jann Klose for his new album release party at The Cutting Room NYC

06/08/2018

· Gary has just been invited by famed director Emir Kusturica to open the BOLSHOI CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL on a mountain in Kustendorf Serbia Sat. July 14th with his original live solo score accompanying "Chess Fever" (original title: Шахматная горячка or Shakhmatnaya goryachka), a 1925 short comedy directed by Eisenstein contemporary Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky. This film incorporates actual footage of the Moscow 1925 chess tournament and features cameos by many top chess masters of the time, and Gary's score will draw on many Russian classical music motifs.

06/02/2018

· Backstage at The Iridium NYC with Gary and Feifei Yang at Gary's Gods and Monsters show 5/31/18

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