MUSIC
Gary Lucas Albums

Double Dare
Gary Lucas - guitars throughout
ZenneZ Records ZR2203014, 2022

Gargoyle
Released for streaming and digital download across all platforms through ONErpm
All songs by Gary Lucas and David Sisko
Gary Lucas - guitars, fx
David Sisko - beats, samples, keyboards, production
Arena 01 Records, 2021

Realize It single
Released for streaming and digital download across all platforms through ONErpm
Gary Lucas - guitars throughout
David Sisko - beats, samples, production
Arena 01 Records, 2021

The Essential Gary Lucas
40-year retrospective double album
Lyrics | Press Raves
Written, co-written, and guitar throughout by Gary Lucas
Knitting Factory Records KFR1146-2, 2021

The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook
Co-written and guitar throughout by Gary Lucas
Esordisco ESCOCD 1902, 2019

Pearly Clouds
Gary Lucas - all guitars and songwriting throughout
Produced by Pearly Clouds
Hungarian CD edition, FONO FA 420-2, 2019

The World of Captain Beefheart
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Gary Lucas - guitars
Knitting Factory Records KFR1141-2, 2017

I Have a Cat
The last lengthy interview with Don Van Vliet a/k/a Captain Beefheart conducted by Co de Kloet for national Dutch radio NPO and scored to original music by Gary Lucas
Gary Lucas - music, guitars
Digitally released on Okaymusic OKM-0014, 2017, download here

Rishte
Press Raves
Gary Lucas - music and guitars throughout
Digitally re-released on Okaymusic OKM-0015, 2017, download here
Originally released on World Village WV450008, 2009

Gary and Toni Go Nutz!
Sonic sorcery by Attila Kolscenyi
Recorded at Tom-Tom Studios Budapest
Gary Lucas - guitars and fx throughout
Toni Dexso - alto and baritone sax
Rare Lumiere Rarelum 017, 2017
Digitally distributed by Okaymusic OKM-0013, 2017

Pearly Clouds
Gary Lucas - all guitars and songwriting throughout
Produced by Pearly Clouds
Trapeze Records TRACD6514, 2016

Music from Max Fleischer Cartoons
Gary Lucas - acoustic guitar, guitar arrangements, vocals
Produced by Gary Lucas
Executive Producer: Bob Rubin
Cuneiform Records Rune 405, 2016

Stereopticon
See the lyrics here
Gary Lucas - co-wrote and acoustic guitar throughout
Produced by Dr. Tre (Lucas, Klose and Beck)
Cosmic Trigger Records CT201602, 2016

Plays Bohemian Classics (digital release)
album originally released on vinyl on Faust Records only in the Czech Republic
Recorded live at the Czech Embassy Washington DC 2003 on the 14th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, with two additional studio tracks
Arranged and performed by Gary Lucas
Jason Candler - sax on "Magical Nights"

Rare Lumiere Rarelum 016, 2014

Musical Blaze-Up (Double Vinyl LP)
Gary Lucas - co-wrote all tracks and guitar throughout
produced by Colleen Murphy
Bitches Brew Bitch 027, 2014

Otherworld
Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
All songs by Peter Hammill and Gary Lucas
Produced by Peter Hammill and Gary Lucas
Esoteric Recordings EANTCD1026, 2014

The Ghosts of Prague
Remixed remastered re-grooved version of the original 1996 album, with additional tracks
Gary Lucas - guitars throughout, vocals on "Fiery Man Drunkard," co-wrote 6 songs
Produced by Richard Mader
Faust Records FR 50-CD, 2013 (Czech Republic)

Cinefantastique
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Gary Lucas - solo guitar throughout
Northern Spy Records NSCO 043, 2013

The Infra-Realist Session
Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
All compositions by Gary Lucas and Bruno Galindo
Digital only, find it on iTunes here
Rare Lumiere, 2013

Plays Bohemian Classics (vinyl)
Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
Produced by Gary Lucas and Richard Mader
Faust Records FR-39, 2011

1: Oxford UK June 6, 2005 (available on CD and vinyl)
Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
Sundazed SC11212, 2011

The Ordeal of Civility
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Cloudhopping/Tikkety Boo 12" vinyl single
produced by Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy
Bitches Brew Bitch 322, 2011

Music for the Eden Project 7" vinyl single
Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
5nakefork Records, 2010

Chase the Devil
Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
Knitting Factory Records KFR-1100, 2010

The Edge of Heaven
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Waxed Oop (An Impetuous Stream Bubbled Up)
Check out the Fast 'N' Bulbous website here
Press Raves
Guitar throughout
Cuneiform RUNE 277, 2009

The Exploding Note Theory
Gary Lucas - electric teisco guitar, straocaster #8, national steel dobro throughout, co-wrote "Milo"
El Gallo Rojo Records 314-25 (Italy), 2009

Rock the Joint
Released 12/08 as 12 inch vinyl release and as a digital download
Gary Lucas - co-wrote and played guitar
produced by Colleen Murphy
Bitches Brew Bitch 014, 2008

Rise Up to Be
Internet-only release
A collection of Gary Lucas solo compositions that became the instrumental basis of many of his well-known songs co-written with Jeff Buckley, incuding "Grace" and "Mojo Pin". Purchase the EP here.

produced by Gary Lucas
Rare Lumiere RARELUM 012, 2008

Beyond the Pale
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Purple Somersault
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Musical Blaze-Up
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Coming Clean (Mighty Quinn)
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Coming Clean (Side Salad)
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Coming Clean (Productions Speciales)
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Coming Clean (Dawa Records)
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Monsters from the Id (Rarities and Verities)
Internet-only release
Guitar throughout and wrote most tracks
produced by Gary Lucas
Rare Lumiere RARELUM 08, 2008

Down the Rabbit Hole
Guitar throughout and wrote most tracks
produced by Gary Lucas
Rare Lumiere RARELUM 09, 2008

...Follow
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21st Century Mirror Men
Recorded live in the USA and England 2003-2004
Includes a live bonus DVD recored at Camber Sands, England, April 6, 2003
Guitars (left ear guitar)
Produced by John French
Proper Records PRPCD026, 2005

Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind
Press Raves
Guitar throughout
Cuneiform, 2005

The Universe of Absence
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Gary Lucas - guitar throughout
Bvhaast, 2004

Free Flying
Guitar throughout
Produced by Richard Mader
Faust Records FR 26-2331, 2004

Operators Are Standing By
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Back to the Front
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Songs to No One
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She is Free
Promotional CD-single
Co-wrote and guitar on "She is Free" and "Grace"
produced by Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas
Knitting Factory Records/Discograph/Recall (France) PRO 006, 2002

No Knowledge of Music Required
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Diplopia
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Gary Lucas National steel guitar and acoustic guitars; Josef Van Wissem lute
produced by Josef Van Wissem
BVHaast 0103, 2003

Street of Lost Brothers
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Level the Playing Field
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Improve the Shining Hour
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@Paradiso
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Busy Being Born
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Evangeline
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The Ghosts of Prague
Guitars throughout, vocals on "Fiery Man Drunkard," co-wrote 6 songs
Produced by Richard Mader
Faust Records FR 06-2331, 1996 (Czech Republic)

Bad Boys of the Arctic
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The Killer Shrews
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Gods and Monsters
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Skeleton at the Feast
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Albums

The Secret Life of Love Songs book
Published by PS Publishing Sept 2021 which comes with a bonus CD
Gary Lucas - guitar on two tracks

CoLive! Nick Vollebregt Jazz Cafe
Gary Lucas - live performance recorded for Co de Koet's CoLive! radio show of his composition "Dance of Destiny", a solo acoustic instrumental recorded live at Nick Vollebregt's Jazz Cafe in Laren Holland 12/15/19
Released July 2020 as a promo CD for NPO National Dutch Radio

Pay It All Back Vol. 7
Gary Lucas - guitar and fx on "Toby's Place"
Arkel and Hargreaves on drums and bass
Produced and Mixed by Adrian Sherwood
On-U Sounds ONU 143, 2019

NOWThen
Gary Lucas - 66 Fender Strat ("A Tout Jamais-Pour Eva") and Shanghai Rematch National Steel Resonator ("Don")
RockinK Music RKM005, 2018

Temple of the Cat Vol. 3
Charity album benefitting cat and dog shelters in Spain, purchase it here for a very good cause
Gary Lucas - wrote and performed "Take Me to The Casbah"
Released 2018

Tutto Duo Cambiare In Un Attimo
Gary Lucas - co-wrote and played acoustic guitar on "Expired Days"
Produced by Alessio Franchini / Alessio Maccaia
Seahorse Recordings SRCD 208, 2017

You and I
Gary Lucas - co-wrote "Grace"
Sony Legacy/Columbia 517586, 2016

Brooklyn Blowhards
Gary Lucas - National steel guitar on "Shallow Brown", "Dancing Waters" and "Shenendoah"
Little (i) Music, 2016

Horizonal
Gary Lucas - electric guitar and fx on "Sweetness and Light" and "Magere Brug"
Produced by Ben Neill
Audiokult Records, 2015

Temple of the Cat Vol. 2 (digital release)
proceeds benefit animal shelters in Spain
Gary Lucas - "Dream of the Wild Horses"
Produced by Gary Lucas
2015

Avarp
Gary Lucas - guitar on "Voyager", "Io", and "Heliopause"
Produced by Ales Vejnar
Avarp 889211035137, 2014

The Music (Songs You May Have Missed)
Gary Lucas - wrote and performed "Lazy Flowers"
Compilation produced by Mark Prescott
Park Rock Records, 2014

Love and Hate
Gary Lucas - co-wrote "Keep It Underground"
Produced by Joan Osborne and Jack Petruzzelli
Entertainment One EOM-CD-9396, 2014

Trombone for Lovers
Gary Lucas - guitar on "Green Onions"
Produced by Ivan Rubinstein-Gillis
Sunnyside SSC 1369, 2013

Play The Rolling Stones Songbook Volume Two
Gary Lucas - guitars on "Play With Fire", "Bitter Sweet Symphony" and "Lady Jane"
Gold Lake Records GLAO03262013, 2013

Cosmopolitan Traffic
Gary Lucas - guitar on "Wroclaw"
Tzadik Records TZ 8181, 2013

Informer Times
Gary Lucas - guitar on "Duty Free"
This Must Be Some Kind of a Record Label, 2012

Pioneers For a Cure—American Songs to Fight Cancer
Gary Lucas - guitar and vocal on "Go Down Moses", arr. and performed by Gary Lucas
2011

Peregrino
Gary Lucas - guitar on "Se me Olvida"
produced by Andrew Loog Oldham
2010
Travesia
Gary Lucas - guitar on "Juegos de Otros"
CDDP/1409, 2009
The Peppermint Tree and the Seeds of Superconsciousness
co-wrote and played guitars on "Opus of the Black Sun"
Produced by The Future Sound of London and Stone Freshwaters
FSOLD005 2, 2008

Carry On
Gary Lucas - Electric guitar on "Arms Around Your Love", "Safe and Sound", "She'll Never Be Your Man", "Ghosts", "Killing Birds", "Billie Jean", "Scar On the Sky", "Your Soul Today", "Finally Forever", and "Silence the Voices"
National steel guitar and electric guitar on "Disappearing Act"
Electric guitar on "Today" and "Roads We Choose", bonus tracks on UK album only
Produced by Steve Lillywhite


Dans Tous Les Sens Du Terme
Gary Lucas - guitar on "La Corde"
Produced by Eric Duchamp
Duchamp 01, 2007

A La Recherche De L'Amour Perdu
Gary Lucas - co-wrote and played on "Little Blue"
Produced by Melissa Mars, Lilas Klif, Jack Lahana and Rob
Polygram/Universal Music France 530 258 0, 2007

Instead
Gary Lucas - co-wrote and played guitar on "The Weakness in Me", and played guitar on "A Vision In the Sky"
Produced by Paul Humphreys and Claudia Brucken
There Records BOOOMGBOBK, 2007

Love is Still the Answer
Gary Lucas - co-wrote and performed on "The Devil's Gotta Move Along" | MP3
Engineered by Jeff Bernstein
MummyPump Records MPR-111, 2006

The Harry Smith Project: The Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited 2-CD/2-DVD box
Disc One: Concert CD
1. Nick Cave - "John the Revelator": Gary Lucas - electric slide guitar
2. Eric Mingus & Gary Lucas - "Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting?": Gary Lucas - electric guitar, national steel guitar, effects
3: Geoff Muldaur - "K.C. Moan": Gary Lucas - national steel bottleneck guitar
Disc Two: Concert CD

2. Nick Cave - "Shine On Me": Gary Lucas - electric slide guitar
Disc Three: Concert Film Live DVD
1. Nick Cave - "John the Revelator": Gary Lucas - electric slide guitar
2. Eric Mingus & Gary Lucas - "Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting?": Gary Lucas - electric guitar, national steel guitar, effects
3. Geoff Muldaur - "Poor Boy Blues": Gary Lucas - electric slide guitar
Concerts Conceived and Directed by Hal Willner
Box Set Produced by Rani Singh and Hal Willner
Shout! Factory 826663-10041, 2006

super700
Gary Lucas - steelguitar on "Nachbarin"
produced by Gordon Raphael and super700
MOT03552, 2006

All Tomorrow's Parties 3.1 - Curated by Matt Groening
The Magic Band - "Dropout Boogie" (taken from the album "Back to the Front")
Gary "Mantis" Lucas - electric guitar
produced by John French and Bob Weston
ATPRCD16, 2005

Guitar Harvest Volume One: Teachers, Mentors, Inspirations...
Wrote, arranged and performed on "Dream of the Wild Horses"
Produced by David Spelman and John Schaefer
Associate Producer: Caryn Havlik
Solid Air Records SACD 2042, 2003

Light of Day - A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen
Arranged and performed on "Ain't Got You" (Springsteen), performed by Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters
Executive Producers: Bob Benjamin and Salvador Trepat
Schoolhouse Records SHR0022-2, 2003

Alice in Ultraland
Guitar on "The Witchfinder" and "Billy the Onion"
Produced by The Future Sound of London
EMI Harvest 0946 3 33994 2 6, 2005

WFMU Gone Wild! DVD
Guitar on "Abba Zabba" with Fast 'N' Bulbous, live on Irene Trudel's show, 12/13/2004
WFMU, 2005

Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim + Jeff Buckley
Co-wrote "Grace" (performed by King Creosote) and "Mojo Pin" (performed by Adem)
Full Time Hobby FTH008CD, 2005

Outlaw
National steel guitar on "Have You Seen Bruce Richards Reynolds?" | MP3 sample
Produced by Mark Wallis and Dave Ruffy
Executive Production: Larry Love
One Little Indian TPLP389CD, 2005

Arctic Poppy
Guitar on "24th Century Dinosaur"
Produced by Pyrolator and Pascal Plantinga
Ata Tak WR 94, 2005

Later Prophets
Special guest - guitar on "Among the Exile, By the River Kiver" and "Can These Bones Come to Life?"
Produced by Greg Wall with Marty Ehrlich
Tzadik Records TZ 7186, 2004

Elocation
Co-wrote "Cruel" with Jeff Buckley in 1992 (the original track appeared on the 2002 release "Songs to No One—Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas 1991-1992")
Produced by Rick Parashar
TVT Records TV-6000-2, 2003

Tough Love
Uncut magazine's Album of the Month for December 2003
Gods and Monsters (Gary Lucas - electric guitar, Jonathan Kane - drums, and Ernie Brooks - bass) performed on "Downs", and Gods and Monsters members Jonathan Kane and Ernie Brooks performed on "First Date"
Produced by John Leckie, Ani DiFranco, Andrew "Goat" Gilchrist, Frederick Reed and Ed Hammel

Righteous Babe Records RBR033-D, 2003

Dark Was the Night - A Tribute to the Music of Blind Willie Johnson
Guitar and vocals on "Praise God I'm Satisfied", performed by The Du-Tels (Gary Lucas & Peter Stampfel)
recorded by Edward Haber at Betrayal Studios, New York
produced by David Suff for Deep Sea
Deep Sea Records SeaD 8002, 2003

Jazzthing presents - Wet Paint: Wolf Kampmann's Knitting Facts
Arranged and performed "Autobahn" (Kraftwerk)
Compilation by Wolf Kampmann
Executive Producer: Michael Dorf, Associate Producer: Stephanie Oxley
Knitting Factory Records KFW 116, 2002
fRoots No. 19
Promotional CD included with the August/September 2002 issue of Folk Roots (fRoots) Magazine
Guitar on "The Wall" (instrumental)
this track produced and arranged by Gary Lucas
FROOTCD 019, 2002
Sound Unseen
Promotional CD for the 2002 Sound Unseen Film & Music Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Co-wrote and guitar on "Golgotha", performed by Gary Lucas & DJ Spooky
this track produced and arranged by Gary Lucas
Copy Cats Digital Media, 2002
The Deep End, Vol. 2
Co-wrote and guitar on "World of Confusion"
Produced and mixed by Michael Barbiero and Warren Haynes
Ato Records 21507, 2002
Magnetic Hands: Live in the UK 72-80
Guitar on "Flavour Bud Living", live at the Venue, London, November 1980
Viper CD 011, 2002
The Isness
Electric guitar on "Elysian Feels" and "Divinity", steel and slide guitars on "Go Tell it to the Trees Egghead", bottleneck steel guitar on "Meadows", acoustic finger picking and electric guitar 'ghost' fx on "High Tide on the Sea of Flesh", guitar picking, electric guitar and the electric 'ghost' fx choir on "Goodbye Sky"
produced by The Future Sound of London

Don't Shoot the Toy Piano Player
Live music from the studios of WFMU
Guitar and vocals on "Ring of Fire" (J. Carter/M. Kilgore), performed by The Du-Tels (Gary Lucas & Peter Stampfel)
performed live 2/24/01 on Rhubarb Cake, hosted by Douglas Wolk
Engineer: Jesse Cannon

Walking in Time
Slide steel guitar on "Last Night (I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep)" (Hank Williams)
produced by Michiel Jansen
Munich Records MRCD 219, 2002

Mersey Trout
Performed on "Flavour Bud Living", "One Man Sentence", and "Her Eyes are a Blue Million Miles", live in Liverpool England 1980
Ozit Morpheus Records BF 4003, 2001

Narcissus Drowning
dobro on "Brethren of the Free Spirit", "Diploplia", and "The Mirror Stage"
produced by Josef Van Wissem
Persephone 003, 2002

Balling the Jack, The Birth of the Nu-Blues
produced, composed and performed on "Poison Tree" with Mary Margaret O'Hara, vocals
compilation produced by Joe Cushley
Ocho Records CDO12, 2002

Wish You Were Here: Love Songs for New York
produced, arranged and performed on "We're Still Here", performed by The Du-Tels (Gary Lucas & Peter Stampfel)
compilation produced by Chuck Eddy
Village Voice Records 001, 2002
Sadhana
Co-wrote "O Colossus He", guitars and raygun on "O Colossus He" and "She-Haw"
Produced by Walter Horn, Engineer: Rob McCabe
Saxofonus Music SM 20011, 2001

All Good Things
Co-wrote "Weightless"
Produced by Jørn Dahl and John Kreutzer
Executive Producers: Sissel and Arne Svare
Mercury/Universal 542936-2, 2000
Le Détroit
Co-wrote and guitar on "Oui peut-être" and "À toi la seule", co-wrote "Overture", and guitar on "Le Détroit", "Eva" and "Aux Lumières de Six Heures"
Produced by Gary Lucas and Philippe Pigeard
Mercury/Universal 542311-2, 2000
Grow Fins—Rarities 1965-1982
Solo guitar on "Evening Bell" (recorded at home NYC March 1982), "Flavour Bud Living" (live at the Beacon Theater NYC November 1980), and bass (uncredited) on "Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee" (live at the Venue, London November 1980)
Revenant Records 210, 1999
The Dust Blows Forward (An Anthology)
Glass finger guitar on "Ice Cream for Crow", "The Past Sure is Tense", and "Light Reflected off the Oceands of the Moon"
Warner Archives, Rhino Records Double CD R2 75863, 1999
Klezmer Festival 1998—Live at the Knitting Factory
Arranged and performed on "Adir Hu/Rock of Ages Medley" (trad.)
produced by Gary Lucas
Executive Producer: Michael Dorf
Knitting Factory Records KFR 238, 1999
The Other Sister (Soundtrack)
Slide guitar on Joan Osborne's "At Last" (Mack Gordon/Harry Warren)
produced by Rick Chertoff (Soundtrack Producer: Kathy Nelson)
Hollywood Records HR-62180-2, 1999
Vital Rythm Colors
Guitar on "Gary's Visit"
Faust Records FR 09-2331, 1998
The Jewish Alternative Movement—A Guide for the Perplexed
Wrote, arranged and performed on "Breath of Bones" with Jonathan Kane (drums) and Kato Hideki (bowed electric bass) under the name Gods and Monsters
produced by Gary Lucas
Executive Producers: Andrew Hurwitz and Michael Dorf
Knitting Factory Records KFR 216, 1998
Relish
Co-wrote and performed on "Spider Web," | (wav sample, 10sec., 105k), arranged and performed on "Help Me" (Sonny Boy Williamson)
Produced by Rick Chertoff
Blue Gorilla/Polygram Records 314 526 699-2, 1995
Grace
Co-wrote and performed on:"Mojo Pin" and "Grace" | sample size: 11 sec., 119k
Produced by Andy Wallace
Columbia Records CK 57528, 1994
Lets Go Do What Happens
Electric guitar and effects on "My Own Reality" and sampled electric guitar (uncredited) on "Crazy is a Pitstop"
produced by Francis Dunnery and Stephen Harris
Razor & Tie 82834-2, 1998
Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan
Arranged and acoustic slide guitar, electronics and voices on "Deboraarobed" | lyrics/info
produced by Gary Lucas and Murray Weinstock
Executive Producer: John Zorn
Recorded at Krypton Studios NYC 5/15/98
Tzadik Records TZ 7126, 1998
Tongues and Tails
Performed on "Carry Me," "Listen" and "I Want You" (Bob Dylan)
Produced by Rick Chertoff and Ralph Schuckett
Columbia ACC 46797, 1992
Avenue A
Co-wrote "Come Alive"
produced by Fred Maher and Daniel Cartier
PolyGram/Rocket Records 31453 6189 2, 1997
Red Blooded Blues
Arranged and performed on Joan Osborne's "Help Me" (Sonny Boy Williamson)
Album proceeds to go to The American Liver Foundation
Arsenal/Polygram 314 525 879-2, 1995
What's That Noise?
Promotional 7"
Arranged and performed on "Autobahn" (Kraftwerk), live at the Knitting Factory, New York City, January 1995
What's That Noise Magazine (Germany), Issue #15, 1995
They Came, They Played, They Blocked The Driveway
Live music from the studios of WFMU
Arranged and performed on "Farewell Angelina" (Bob Dylan) with Jeff Buckley, as Gods and Monsters
Produced by Nicholas Hill for the Music Faucet
Premium CD offered to listeners of WFMU-FM (91.1) East Orange, New Jersey, 1993
Knocking on Your Brain
Double CD album
Co-wrote and guitars on "Wonderland" and "English Rose"
Produced by Ali Neander and Kevin Coyne, co-produced by Tom Liwa
Rockport Records DCD 388.7019.250, 1997
Jews and the Abstract Truth
Electric guitar on "Finale: 'Juba'"
Recorded live in Koln, Germany 11/5/93
Produced by Frank London, Greg Wall and Brett Heinz
Knitting Factory Works KFW 192, 1997
Guitars on Mars
Solo electric guitar on Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - "Flavour Bud Living" and "Evening Bell"
produced by David Toop
Virgin Records 7243 8 44799 2 3, 1997
Piss and Vinegar—The Songs of Graham Parker
Electric guitar, vocals and arrangement on "Local Girls" (with Pat DiNizio and Frank Black)
Produced by Jon Tiven
Buy or Die Records 96032, 1996
Love Somebody
Electric guitar and dobro on "99%", acoustic and electric guitars on "It's Not So Bad Feeling"
Produced by Hoppy Kamiyama
COCA 13589 Nippon Columbia, 1996 (Japan)
Hot Air Head
Guitar and effects on "Pachinko Rebellion"
Recorded live in Koln, Germany 11/5/93
Produced by Dennis Gunn
Alida/Creativeman Disc CMDD--00041, 1996 (Japan)
Live in New York
Electric guitar throughout
Recorded live at P.S. 122, NYC, 4/25/89
Produced by Pulnoc
Globus International Z10185-Z, 1996 (Czech Republic)
Look Up
Recorded, engineered and performed on "Cloudy Day"
Produced by Bob Neuwirth
Watermelon CD 1050, 1996
For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson
Recorded, engineered and performed on "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City" (with Richard Barone) | sample size: 12 sec., 126k
Produced by Richard Barone and Mike Rathke
Executive Producers: Danny Kapilian and Al Kooper
MusicMasters/BMG 01612-65127-2, 1995
Graham Parker's Christmas Cracker
Performed on "Christmas is for Mugs"
Produced by Jon Tiven
Dakota Arts DA40001-2, 1994
Darn it!—Poems by Paul Haines, Musics by Many
Co-wrote and performed on "Third World Two Medley" (with Mary Margaret O'Hara and Fernando Saunders), performed on "On the Way to Elsewhere and Here" | sample size: 9 sec., 97k (with Mary Margaret O'Hara and Steve Swallow)
Produced by Kip Hanrahan
American Clave 1014/18, 1994
Just Fred
Co-wrote "Bad Dream"
Produced by Steve Albini
Reprise Records 9 46215-2, 1996
Back to the Streets—Celebrating the Music of Don Covay
Performed on "Sookie Sookie" (with Iggy Pop, Vernon Reid and Noel Redding)
Produced by Jon Tiven and Joe Ferry
Shanachie 9006, 1993

The Big Off
Performed on "Hail the Hero"
Produced by Samm Bennett
Knitting Factory Works KFWD 126, 1993
Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus
Arranged and performed on "Haitian Fight Song," performed on "Canon" and "Freedom" (with Dr. John)
Produced by Hal Willner
Columbia CK 52739, 1992
Knitting Factory Tours Europe 1991
Includes four solo guitar compositions arranged and performed by Gary Lucas:
- Autobahn (Kraftwerk) | sample size: 9.5 sec., 102k
- Third World Two (Lucas)
- Comicosmics (Hoagy Carmichael/Gary Lucas)
- Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro (Abdullah Ibrahim)

Shelter
Performed on "Stand on Your Own" and "Imagine Love"
Produced by Hal Willner
Geffen DGC 924256-D2, 1990

Live at the Knitting Factory
Volume 2
Arranged and performed on "Ghosts" (Albert Ayler) | sample size: 8 sec., 85k
produced by Bob Appel
A & M Records CD5276, 1989
Earth
Performed on "Love," "Vertigo" and "Having a Bad Dream"
Produced by Fred Maher and David M. Allen
A & M Records CD5233, 1989
Vacuum Pumping
Performed on "Lighthouse/Dream World"
Produced by Adrian Sherwood
ON-U SOUND LP39, 1988
Wooden Foot Cops on the Highway
Performed on "They Can Say What They Want," "No One Makes Me Feel," "Wheels Turning" and "What You Give Out"
Produced by Scott Litt and Rolo McGinty
Columbia CK 40861, 1988
Innocent
Performed on "The Day the Devil Comes to Get You"
Produced by Gary Lucas and Peter Gordon
CBS FM 42098, 1985
Ice Cream for Crow
Performed on all songs including solo guitar composition "Evening Bell" | sample size: 13.5 sec., 143k
Produced by Don Van Vliet
Virgin CDV 2237, 1982
Ice Cream for Crow
7" single with picture sleeve
Performed on "Ice Cream For Crow"
and B-side, "Light Reflected Off the Oceands of the Moon"
Produced by Don Van Vliet
Virgin/Epic, 14-03190, 1982
Doc at the Radar Station
Performed on solo guitar composition "Flavour Bud Living" | sample size: 13 sec., 142k
and French horn on "Best Batch Yet"
Produced by Don Van Vliet
Virgin CDV 2172, 1980
Producer
Gary Lucas - The Edge of Heaven - Gary Lucas Plays Mid-Century Chinese Pop
Indigo/Label Bleu LBLC 2582 HM 83, 2001
Gary Lucas - Street of Lost Brothers
Tzadik Records TZ 7145, 2000
Gary Lucas - Level the Playing Field
Last Call Records 3063132, 2000
Gary Lucas - Improve the Shining Hour
Knitting Factory Records KFW-265, 2000
Tanger - Le Détroit (co-produced with Philippe Pigeard)
Mercury/Universal 542311-2, 2000
Gary Lucas - @Paradiso
Oxygen Music Works OMWCD11, 1999
Gary Lucas - Busy Being Born
Tzadik Records TZ 7121, 1998
Gary Lucas - Evangeline
Paradigm Records PME 0012-2, 1997
Zenzor Records ZS152, 1996
Gary Lucas - Bad Boys Of The Arctic
Enemy Records EMY 146-2, 1994
The Killer Shrews - The Killer Shrews
Enemy Records EMY 141-1, 1993
Gary Lucas - Gods And Monsters
Enemy Records EMY 133-2, 1992
Gary Lucas - Skeleton At The Feast
Enemy Records EMY 126-2, 1991
Columbia CK 40530, 1987
Peter Gordon - Innocent
CBS FM 42098, 1985
Compilation Producer
(with liner notes by Gary Lucas)
Columbia CK 39472, 1984
Columbia/Legacy CK 47966, 1991
Columbia/Legacy CK 52726, 1993
Epic/Legacy EK 52724, 1993
Epic/Legacy EK 52770, 1993
Film and Television Scores
Film Scores
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directed by Sandy Gotham Meehan and Williams Cole
Gary Lucas contributed original music to the soundtrack
released October 2017

directed by Lena Friedrich
original music composed and performed by Gary Lucas
released 2015 to film festivals

directed by Peter Bull
original music by Gary Lucas
2010

directed by Sebastian Doggart
original music by Gary Lucas
premiered at the Denver Film Festival, November 2009

directed by Slawomir Gruberg
original score by Gary Lucas


directed by Roy Stuart
additional music by Gary Lucas
2008

directed by Erik Greenberg Anjou
original score by Gary Lucas
premiered at the Yale Club NYC, April 24, 2008

A documentary film by Slawomir Grunberg
original music score by Gary Lucas, and Gary is also interviewed in the film and his mother's family came from Jedwabne
2007 Special Prize for 'an intelligent treatment of an important national issue' at Rozstaje Europy "Crossroads of Europe" The International Days of Documentary Films in Lublin, Poland
premiered at Krakow International Film Festival 2005, screened at many international film festivals, broadcast on PBS (2006), Link TV (2006), Polish Television Network - Channel Kultura (2005), Planete Poland (2006), Russian Cable - Channel Nostalgia (2006)

A documentary directed by Judd Ehrlich
nominated for a 2007 Emmy Award for Best Documentary
premiered at the Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival, April 2003
premiered on television in 2007 on Thirteen/WNET New York (America's most-watched public television station), aired on PBS stations nationwide through May 2008

A documentary directed by Rob Fruchtman
premiered at the RiverRun International Film Festival, North Carolina, April 2003
chosen for the Hamptons International Film Festival, October 2003
aired in February 2004 on Showtime
Bed and Breakfast Guestbook 9/11 (click here for description and credits in .doc format)
A film by award-winning documentary film maker Slawomir Grunberg (click here for resume/filmography in .doc format)
premiered at the Bare Bones International Film Festival, Oklahoma, April 2003

Directed by Doug Sloan
premiered at the Waldorf Astoria Fundraiser, April 2001

23rd Annual Telly Awards 2002, Silver Award

Directed by Susan Froemke and Deborah Dickson with Albert Maysles
premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, January 2001
broadcast on HBO September 2002
Eerie
Directed by Phillip Hartman
New York City, 1997
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
compiled and 'Nervous System Projection' by Ken Jacobs, 1995
Premiered at The Knitting Factory, June 1995
Winner - Best Experimental Film, NYU Film Festival, March 1992
Directed by Peter Steinberg
Broadcast on PBS Television
Aquatic Ecology
Narrated by Rod Serling
New York State Department of Forestry, Film Department, 1971
Television Scores

A documentary directed by Kate O'Driscoll
Edited by John Mister
premiered on BBC 2 TV, December 2004

"Turning Point: Who Killed Martin Luther King, Jr.?" 6/17/97
"Turning Point: When Children Accuse: Who to Believe?" 11/14/96

"Turning Point: Rebirth: Untold Stories of the Oklahoma City Bombing" April 1996
"Turning Point: Guns & Self-Defense: When Can You Shoot?" 10/5/94
"Turning Point: Tragedy on Storm King Mountain" 7/13/94
"Turning Point: The Untold Story of the Exxon Valdez" 6/15/94
Dance Scores
Big Dance Theater Company, excerpts of "The Edge of Heaven" and Gary Lucas' recording of Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" featured in Plan B
International touring project, debuts at the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis, January 2004
Big Dance Theater Company, Gary Lucas' recording of "Songstress on the Edge of Heaven" featured in Antigone
International touring project, premiered at Dance Theatre Workshop in New York City, Winter 2003
Original score for Dance Theater Workshop
New York City, October 1994
Original score for Nina Winthrop and Dancers,
Premiered at Merce Cunningham Studios
New York City, September 1993