Past Shows in 2008
— DECEMBER 2008 —
Wednesday, Dec. 3rd
10:00pm
Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow St., New York City - Gods and Monsters live, with Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) bass, Billy Ficca (Television) drums, Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) alto sax, and Joe Hendel (The Latest Show on Earth), trombone and keyboards; with Radio I-Ching (Dee Pop's band with special guest James Chance) and more
Wednesday, Dec. 17th
6:30pm
Dust Bar, 27 Clerkenwell Road, London - SPECIAL WILD RUMPUS VIDEO SCREENING EVENT IN LONDON, click here for more info
Saturday, Dec. 20th
10:00pm
The Stone, corner of Ave. C & 2nd St., New York City - Gary Lucas solo acoustic, curated by Jennifer Charles
— NOVEMBER 2008 —
Saturday, Nov. 1st
6:00pm-8:30pm
ISCP Gallery, 1040 Metropolitan Ave., Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York - Gary Lucas plays solo for the closing party of "Wrestling Angels", an art exhibition featuring work by Bonnie Lucas, Laura Elkins and Carol Peligian, curated by Marion Callis, more info here
Saturday, Nov. 8th
8:00pm, free to the public
Bohemian National Hall, 321-325 East 73rd St., New York City - Gary Lucas joins forces with Czech poet Pavel Zaichek from legendary Czech underground band DG-307, more info here
Monday, Nov. 10th
7:00pm, free to the public
Bohemian National Hall, 321-325 East 73rd St., New York City - Gary Lucas Plays "The Golem", part of a month long celebration of 16th century Prague curated by Edward Einhorn, more info here
Sunday, Nov. 23rd
9:30pm
The Knitting Factory Mainspace, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gods and Monsters, with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler and Joe Hendel; Part of The Third Annual Halleluwah Festival of Enthused Arts, Featuring the US Debut of Japan's Legendary Flower Travellin' Band; also see the Gods and Monsters myspace site
— OCTOBER 2008 —
Saturday, Oct. 4th
Casa del Lago, Mexico City - Gary Lucas joins forces with renowned Spanish spoken word artist and writer Bruno Galindo at the "Poesia en Voz Alta 08" Festival, read his bio here, and check out flyers, programs and press releases for the show here
Saturday, Oct. 11th
8-9:30pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas joins forces with renowned Spanish spoken word artist and writer Bruno Galindo for an evening of sounds and poetry, read his bio here, and see the poster here
Tuesday, Oct. 14th
8:00pm
Gershwin Hotel, 7 E. 27th St., New York City - Gary Lucas joins forces with renowned Spanish spoken word artist and writer Bruno Galindo, read his bio here
Thursday, Oct. 16th
8:00pm, $15
SpiegelWorld, Pier 17, South Street Seaport (South Street & Beekman Street), New York City - Gary Lucas sits in with Mike Edison and the Rocket Train Delta Science Arkestra featuring Jon Spencer
Monday, Oct. 20th
11:00am
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Room 760, 721 Broadway, New York City - Gary Lucas lectures and plays for Prof. Leslie Lee's class "The Craft of Visual and Dramatic Writing"
Wednesday, Oct. 22nd
11:00pm, $5
Public Assembly (formerly Galapagos), 70 North 6th St., Williamsburg, New York - CMJ Kick-off with Gods and Monsters featuring Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, and Joe Hendel
Wednesday, Oct. 22nd - Thursday, Oct. 30th
Gary Lucas' original score is featured in Judd Ehrlich's Emmy-nominated documentary "Mayor of the West Side", screening at the 5th Jewish Eye, World Jewish Film Festival, Ashkelon, Israel
Thursday, Oct. 23rd
5:00pm
The Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary Lucas plays a solo set for a Fanatic/Panache/Yep Roc party during CMJ
Monday, Oct. 27th
midnight
Valladolid Film Festival, Madrid, Spain - Gary Lucas plays "The Golem"
Thursday, Oct. 30th
8:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Chase the Devil (Gary Lucas and vocalist Dean Bowman) play a set of modern and traditional spirituals by Rev. Gary Davis, the Staple Singers, the Campbell Brothers and more
— SEPTEMBER 2008 —
Sunday, Sept. 14th
4:00pm
Berlin Jewish Film Festival, Cinema Babylon-Mitte (landmark kino designed by famed expressionist architect Hans Poelzig, set designer for "The Golem"), Rosa Luxemburg Strasse 30, Berlin, Germany - Gary Lucas Plays "The Golem"
Thursday, Sept. 18th
2:00pm
Amsterdam Musik Conservatorum, Holland - Gary Lucas lectures on the craft of songwriting and gives a guitar masterclass
10:00pm
BUT (B-movie, Underground & Trash) Film Festival, Electron, Breda, Holland - Gary Lucas performs the unexpurgated version of his "Monsters from the Id" project
Wednesday, Sept. 3rd
10:00pm-midnight Dutch time
National Dutch Radio NPS Radio 6 - The world premiere of "I Have a Cat", a collaboration by Gary Lucas and Co de Kloet commissioned by National Dutch Radio NPS combining Gary Lucas' original solo guitar score with the last lengthy phone interview with Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) by Co de Kloet, listen on the internet here
Saturday, Sept. 6th
8:30pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters play the HOWL Festival, with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, and Joe Hendel, with special guest Felice Rosser; see the Village Voice ad here
Thursday, Sept. 11th
Link TV - broadcast of Emmy award-winning film maker Slawomir Grunberg's "Bed and Breakfast 9/11" featuring an original score by Gary Lucas
— AUGUST 2008 —
Wednesday, Aug. 6th
8:00pm
Issue Project Room, The (OA) Can Factory, 232 3rd Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, New York - Gary Lucas joins forces with vocalist Dean Bowman for an evening of modern and traditional spirituals, including music by Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Willie Johnson, the Campbell Brothers, and more
Thursday, Aug. 28th
8:30pm
RedDoor Music Rehearsal Studio, 140 West 24th St., New York City - Gary Lucas performs "Obama" at Move The Groove Change The Tune, a "Yes We Can" party sponsored by MoveOn.org on the occasion of Obama's nomination acceptance speech at the DNC, hosted by Giorgio Gomelsky
— JULY 2008 —
Wednesday, July 2nd
11:00pm
The Trash Bar, 265 Grand Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters play DJ Mojo's Birthday Party, w/Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Jesse Krakow, and Joe Hendel, open to the public, admission $6
Saturday, July 12th
Gods and Monsters play the Salzkammergut Festival in Ebensee, Austria, with Jerry Harrison, Billy Ficca, Ernie Brooks, and Jason Candler
Tuesday, July 22th
9:00pm
Lakeside Lounge, Ave. B and 10th Street, New York City - Gary Lucas plays his National steel guitar as part of the premiere of GDM, new roots-rock project (Gary is the G, Dusty Wright is the D, on harmonica and vocals, and Matt Goeke on cello is the M in GDM)
Saturday, July 26th
9:00pm
The Boiceville Inn, Rte 28, Boiceville (Woodstock), New York - Gary Lucas performs a solo tribute to The Rolling Stones on Mick Jagger's birthday, curated by Fred Perry
— JUNE 2008 —
Tuesday, June 3rd
Hard Rock Cafe, 14, Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, France - Gary performs at the French Tribute to Jeff Buckley, with some very special guests including French icon Elli Medeiros, Israeli Pop Idol winner Ninet Tayeb, and Hoody Goody
Friday, June 13th
8:30pm
Yale Law School Courtyard, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT - Gary plays his acclaimed album of 30's Chinese Pop "The Edge of Heaven" at the Farewell Dinner in Honor of Nancy Chapman, Executive Director of the Yale-China Association for 14 years..."The Edge of Heaven" is now available for international license
Friday, June 20th
10:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, and Joe Hendel
Sunday, June 22nd
7:00-10:00pm
Central Park SummerStage, Rumsey Playfield, New York City - Gary sits in with his friends Yael Naim and David Donatien
— MAY 2008 —
Thursday, May 1st
11:00pm
WNYC, 93.9 FM, New York City - Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform live on John Schaefer's "New Sounds", listen live on the internet here
Saturday, May 3rd
9:30pm $20
Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, New York City - Gary and Indian vocalist extraordinaire Najma Akhtar debut their new project, with Dibyarka Chatterjee, tabla; more info here, and see the flyer here
Thursday, May 8th
11:00pm
Drom, 85 Ave. A btw. 5th and 6th, New York City - Gary sits in with Middle Eastern trance/dance artist Anath, listen here: www.myspace.com/anathmusiccom
— APRIL 2008 —
Sunday, Apr. 6th
10:00pm-11:00pm
WKCR 89.9 FM, New York City - Gary Lucas performs live and is interviewed by Charles Blass on his "Live Constructions" program, listen live on the internet here
Wednesday, Apr. 9th
The Knitting Factory Main Space, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary Lucas curates Beefheart Night at the Knit, a salute to the Music, Poetry and Art of Don Van Vliet, a/k/a Captain Beefheart—beginning at 8:00pm with a screening of rare Beefheart videos and documentaries and the spinning of unreleased tracks—followed by a reading of Don Van Vliet's poetry, and reminiscences by special guests including Lee Ranaldo, Alan Vega, Roswell Rudd, Kurt Loder, Danny Fields, Mike Edison, Hal Willner, Jamie Cohen, Billy Altman, Dusty Wright, Giorgio Gomelsky, Fred Perry, Felice Rosser, Darryl Read, Glen Kenny, Brainpang, and more tba; also David Lynch is taping a reading of a Van Vliet poem specially for this tribute ("This man is a very sophisticated lyricist!"—Jerzy Kosinksi, Yale University 1973)—and at 11pm, the return of Fast 'N' Bulbous, the Captain Beefheart Project, featuring Gary Lucas, arranged and conducted by Phillip Johnston, with Jesse Krakow (bass), Joe Fiedler (trombone), Rob Henke (trumpet), Dave Sewelson (baritone sax), and Richard Dworkin (drums)
Friday, Apr. 11th
10:00pm
The Stone, corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street, New York City - Gary Lucas performs with Italian jazz-rockers Gallo and the Roosters (Danilo Gallo—acoustic bass, Zeno Di Rossi—drums, Achille Suchi—bass clarinet, trombonist tba), with whom he's just recorded an album in Milano
Saturday, Apr. 12th
10:30pm
Rubulad, 338 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY - Gods and Monsters with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, and Joe Hendel
Sunday, Apr. 13th
7:00pm
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th St., New York City - Gary improvises while writer/editor Steven Lee Beeber ("The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's", Chicago Review Press) reads from Gary's short story "Me and the Golem" from "Awake! A Reader for the Sleepless" (Soft Skull Press)
Thursday, Apr. 17th
Dionysus Disco, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio - Gods and Monsters, with Gary Lucas, Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Joe Hendel, and Aishlin Harrison
Thursday, Apr. 24th
7:00pm
Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Ave., New York City - Premiere of Erik Anjou's new documentary "8: Ivy League Football and America", featuring an original score by Gary Lucas, see the press release here
Saturday, Apr. 26th
6:00pm
WFMU, 91.1 FM, New Jersey - Gary Lucas and Indian vocalist extraordinaire Najma Akhtar perform live on Rob Weisberg's show, listen live on the internet here
Sunday, Apr. 27th
11:00pm
WGBB AM 1240, Long Island, New York - Gary is interviewed by Dave Lefkowitz on his show "Dave's Gone By," listen live on the internet here; the show will be archived here
— MARCH 2008 —
Saturday, Mar. 1st
10:00pm, $15
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Joe Hendel, and special guest Aishlin Harrison
Thursday, Mar. 6th
6:00pm
Canadian Music Week 2008, Royal Theatre, Toronto, Canada - Gary Lucas performs his original solo guitar score accompanying the silent film "The Golem" (1920) as part of the CMW's "Music for the Screen" series, see the poster here, more info here
Friday, Mar. 7th
12:30pm
Canadian Music Week 2008, Salon B at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada - Gary Lucas participates in the panel "Guitar Hero and Rock Band: Transcendental Air Guitar and the Object Lesson of the Gaming Phenomenon", with Gary's friends Prof. Sandy Pearlman (Blue Oyster Cult and Clash producer) and Prof. Dan Levitin (author, "This is Your Brain on Music") from McGill University, along with Chris Dahlen, a writer from Pitchfork Media, and Helen McWilliams a developer from Harmonix Music Systems Inc.
Thursday, Mar. 13th
Gary Lucas joins forces with Portuguese band Dead Combo at the Coimbra em Blues 2008 Festival, Teatro Academico de Gil Vicento, Coimbra, Portugal - curated by The Legendary Tiger Man (Paulo Furtado)
Saturday, Mar. 15th
9:30pm
FNAC Colombo, Lisbon, Portugal - Gary Lucas performs as part of the book release party for his friend music journalist Rui Silva's new book about The Doors, "Contigo Torno-Me Real" (You Make Me Real), Edicoes Frontamento
— FEBRUARY 2008 —
Friday, Feb. 1st
Uhagon Kulturgunea, Markina (Bizkaia), Spain - solo acoustic
Sunday, Feb. 3rd
Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao, Spain - solo acoustic
Monday, Feb. 4th
Teatro Del Mercado, Pza. Santa Domingo, 18, Zaragoza, Spain - solo acoustic
Tuesday, Feb. 19th
8:00pm
Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th St., New York City - Gary Lucas plays acoustic solos and duos with guitarist Scott Goldman, curated by Neke Carson and Michael Weiner
— JANUARY 2008 —
Thursday, Jan. 4th (Thurs. night)
12:00am
WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City - The Du-Tels (Gary Lucas and Peter Stampfel) play live and are guests of legendary NYC radio personality Bob Fass on his long-running program Radio Unnameable
Monday, Jan. 21st
11:00am
Amsterdam Music Conservatorum, Amsterdam, Holland - Gary Lucas gives a guitar master class and lectures on the craft of song writing
Tuesday, Jan. 22nd
Paradiso, Weteringschans 6-8, Amsterdam, Holland - Gary Lucas plays his original solo guitar scores live for the Dutch premiere of his "Sounds of the Surreal / Monsters from the Id" live music and film project
Thursday, Jan. 31st
Teatro El Albeitar, Leon, Spain - solo acoustic
