DECEMBER 2006
Sunday, Dec. 17th
8:00pm
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Mass. - Gary Lucas plays "The Golem"
NOVEMBER 2006
Saturday, Nov. 4th
midnight
CMJ Music Marathon, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Joe Hendel, and special guests
Tuesday, Nov. 7th
9:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas in a duo with Russian avant-guitarist Alexei Pliousnine
Thursday, Nov. 9th
11:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas and Lenny Kaye present a Tribute to David Walley, friend, music writer, cultural iconoclast, biographer of Frank Zappa, Ernie Kovacs—with special guests
Sunday, Nov. 12th
10:00pm
Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, New York City - Gary Lucas plays as part of Alexei Pliousnine's Improv Orchestra with Daniel Carter, Lukas Ligeti, Frank London, and others
Monday, Nov. 13th
8:00pm
Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with the legendary Czech band The Plastic People of the Universe
Wednesday, Nov. 15th
9:00pm
Pizza on the Park, 11-13 Knightsbridge, London, England - Fast 'N' Bulbous, The Captain Beefheart Project featuring Gary Lucas and Phillip Johnston, with Richard Dworkin, Joe Fiedler, Rob Henke, Jesse Krakow, and Dave Sewelson; first night of a 2 night residency as part of the London Jazz Festival, 2 sets
Thursday, Nov. 16th
9:00pm
Pizza on the Park, 11-13 Knightsbridge, London, England - Fast 'N' Bulbous; part of the London Jazz Festival, 2 sets
Friday, Nov. 17th
BimHuis, Amsterdam, Holland - Fast 'N Bulbous
Saturday, Nov. 18th
10:00pm
Taktlos Festival, Bern, Switzerland - Fast 'N Bulbous
Tuesday, Nov. 21st
Porgy and Bess, Vienna, Austria - Fast 'N Bulbous
Wednesday Nov. 22nd
8:30pm
Eremitage, Schwaz, Austria - Fast 'N' Bulbous
Thursday, Nov. 23rd
8:30pm
Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia - Fast 'N Bulbous
Thursday, Nov. 30th
8:00pm
CZECH BeneFASHION.06, Milk Gallery, 450 West 15th St., New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters play as part of the first Czech Fashion Show in NYC, a Benefit hosted by the Czech Center New York and
Helena Houdova's Sunflower Children Foundation. Guest of Honor - Miss World 2006 Tatana Kucharova—call 212-288-0830 x100 for tickets or click here to purchase tickets on line
OCTOBER 2006
Sunday, Oct. 1st
Patronaat, Haarlem, Holland - Gary Lucas solo and with Jozef Van Wissem
Also, Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem play live from Amsterdam's BimHuis on the Dutch tv show "Vrije Geluiden", VPRO Television Nederland 1, 10:30am, repeats on Friday, Oct. 6th on Nederland 2 at 12:40am
Wednesday, Oct. 4th
Gary opens the Pop Montreal Festival with "The Golem"; Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, corner of Rachel and Henri-Julien, Montreal, Canada
Thursday, Oct. 5th
3-4:15pm
The Future of Music Conference at Pop Montreal, McGill University, Schulich School of Music, 555 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Canada - Gary Lucas is a panelist, "What's Wrong With Music?"
Sunday, Oct. 8th
9th Hope and Dreams Film Festival, Hope Community Center,
Hope, New Jersey - Gary Lucas' original score and interview featured in award-winning documentary film maker Slawomir Grunberg's "The Legacy of Jedwabne"
Wednesday, Oct. 18th
7:00pm
Gary Lucas plays solo and in collaboration with Shelley Hirsch and Bob Holman at the Eldridge Street Project's "Wine Cellar Cabaret", Eldridge Street Synagogue, 12 Eldridge Street between Canal and Division Streets, New York City; for reservations call 212-219-0888, ext. 302, click here for more information
Saturday, Oct. 28th
midnight
"Rituals": Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters (with Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, and Jason Candler, with special guest Felice Rosser) and the Sun Ra Arkestra (under the direction of Marshall Allen) celebrate the opening of the mammoth new club Brooklyn Sugar on the site of the old Domino Sugar complex, 289 Kent Ave and South 2nd Street, Brooklyn, New York City - Gary will open with "Monsters From the Id" at 8:30pm, solo guitar improv to hardcore horror, sci-fi, and erotic films, with special guest vocalist Anna Podolak
SEPTEMBER 2006
Wednesday, Sept. 13th
9:00pm
NY Jewish Music and Heritage Festival, Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, New York City - Gary Lucas accompanies the 1920 silent German horror film "The Golem" with his original solo guitar score
Thursday, Sept. 14th
3:30pm
Gary will give a talk entitled "Words and Music" for Professor Leslie Lee's Dramatic Writing class at New York University, 720 Broadway, 7th floor, New York City
Saturday, Sept. 23rd
9:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters Record Release Party, with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Joe Hendel and special guests tba
Sunday, Sept. 24th
8:00pm
Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, New York City - Gary Lucas plays solo acoustic at poet Steve Dalechinsky's 60th Birthday Party, with Matthew Shipp, Loren Mazzacane, Roy Campbell, and others
Wednesday, Sept. 27th
Paradox, Tilburg, Holland - Gary Lucas solo and with lute master Jozef Van Wissem
Thursday, Sept. 28th
Amsterdam Music Conservatorium, Hoofdgebouw, Van Baerlestraat 27, Amsterdam (tel. 020-527 75 50) - Gary Lucas lectures and gives an afternoon guitar master class
Saturday, Sept. 30th
Oosterpoort, Groningen, Holland - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem, to be recorded for NPS radio
AUGUST 2006
Saturday, Aug. 12th
2:00am
Bacardi B-Live, Kristal Summer Club, Mamaia, Romania (Romania's biggest resort on the Black Sea) - Gary Lucas plays with DJ Cosmo, percussionist Shovell, fire-dancer Katie, and VJ Anyone
Thursday, Aug. 17th
11:00pm
The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street New York City - Gary Lucas solo acoustic
Thursday, Aug. 31st
11:00pm
The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street New York City - Gary Lucas solo acoustic
JULY 2006
Friday, July 14th
Cosmic Cabaret India: Gary Lucas - guitar and fx, Cosmo - producer/dj, Ben Mitchell - percussion, and Miss Lady G Luck - performance artist/fire dancer, Bacardi Global Promotion concert, Renaissance, Mumbai, India
Saturday, July 15th
Cosmic Cabaret India: Gary Lucas - guitar and fx, Cosmo - producer/dj, Ben Mitchell - percussion, and Miss Lady G Luck - performance artist/fire dancer, Bacardi Global Promotion concert, Hitex, Hyderabad, India
Monday, July 17th
7:30pm
Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St NW, Washington, 20036 (phone: 202-518-0248) - Gary Lucas' music and interview featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne"
Wednesday, July 19th
7:30pm
Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, 300 Forest Drive, East Hills, NY - Gary Lucas' music and interview featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne"
Thursday, July 20th
2:30pm
Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, 300 Forest Drive, East Hills, NY - Gary Lucas' music and interview featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne"
JUNE 2006
Friday, June 1st
8:00pm EST
Gary Lucas interview and original score featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne", on Link
TV (satellite network)
Friday, June 2nd
2:00am, 8:00am & 2:00pm EST
Gary Lucas interview and original score featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne", on Link
TV (satellite network)
Friday, June 2nd
Gary's original score is featured in a national PBS
screening of Judd Ehrlich's documentary "Mayor of the West Side", a portrait of a teenager with multiple disabilities, which can be viewed
in NYC on Channel 13 at 10pm, more details here and here
Saturday, June 3rd
Gary performs at the Glenn Kenny/Claire Elizabeth Evans nuptials, Big Indian, New York - Glenn is a senior editor at Premiere Magazine, has written for The New York Times and Rolling Stone, and wrote the liner notes for Gary's compilation album "Operators Are Standing By"
Friday, June 9th
12:00am, 6:00am, 12:00pm & 2:00pm EST
Gary Lucas interview and original score featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne", on Link
TV (satellite network)
Wednesday, June 14th
7:30pm to 9pm
Gary is the featured guest on WNYU's "Shake 'Em On Down" blues radio show, 89.1 FM in NYC, listen live at www.wnyu.org
Saturday, June 17th
3:00pm
Gary Lucas gives an acoustic guitar masterclass at Reservoir Music Center, 3179 State Route 28, Shokan NY (10 miles west of Woodstock), Reservoir Music is owned by Fred Perry, brother of original Beefheart producer Richard Perry; see the ad here
MAY 2006
Wednesday, May 10th
11:00pm, $15
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, corner of Bleecker and Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) bass, Billy Ficca (Television) drums, and Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) alto sax
Tuesday, May 16th
TV4 Morning Show, Stockholm - The Magic Band (Gary Lucas, John French, Denny Walley. Mark Boston, and Michael Traylor) play live on Swedish National TV, broadcast throughout Scandinavia
Friday, May 19th
Opera House, Umea, Sweden - The Magic Band (Gary Lucas, John French, Denny Walley, Mark Boston, and Michael Traylor)
Saturday, May 20th
Club Fasching, Stockholm, Sweden - The Magic Band (Gary Lucas, John French, Denny Walley, Mark Boston, and Michael Traylor)
Tuesday, May 30th
11:00pm EST
Gary Lucas interview and original score featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne", on Link
TV (satellite network)
Wednesday, May 31st
Gary Lucas, Cosmo, Shovel and the Light Surgeons join forces to play the Bacardi GCC (Global Collaborative Collective) Launch, ICA, The Mall, London; the bill includes Chaka Khan, Roy Ayers, Dimitri from Paris, Francois K, and more
Thursday, May 31st
5:00pm EST
Gary Lucas interview and original score featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne", on Link
TV (satellite network)
APRIL 2006
Saturday, Apr. 1st
The Flynn Theater, 147 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont - Gary plays "The Golem", click here to see the blurb!
Tuesday, Apr. 4th
6:00pm and 8:00pm
Makor, 35 West 67th Street, New York City - Gary Lucas' music and interview featured in award winning documentary film maker Slawomir Grunberg's "The Legacy of Jedwabne"; the film maker and Gary will do a q and a at the screenings
for more info and tickets click here
Friday, Apr. 7th
10:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, corner of Bleecker and Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) keyboards and guitar, Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) bass, Billy Ficca (Television) drums, and Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) alto sax
Wednesday, Apr. 12th
Platforma Club, Saint Petersburg, Russia - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, and Jason Candler
Thursday, Apr. 13th
Brestskaya Club, Moscow, Russia - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, and Jason Candler
Friday, Apr. 14th
Golden Mask Festival, Theatre Center, Strastnoy Blvd, Moscow, Russia - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) keyboards, Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) bass, Billy Ficca (Television) drums, and Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) alto sax
Saturday, Apr. 15th
Chinese Pilot, Moscow, Russia - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters with Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca and Jason Candler
Sunday, Apr. 16th
Ogi Club, Moscow, Russia - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters with Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca and Jason Candler
MARCH 2006
Saturday, Mar. 4th
Midnight, $15
Mo Pitkin's, 34 Avenue A at 3rd Street, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) on bass, Billy Ficca (Television) on drums, Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) on alto sax, plus special surprise guests
Thursday, Mar. 16th
11:00pm
Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem play live on John Schaefer's "New Sounds", WNYC 93.9 FM, New York City, listen live at www.wnyc.org
Saturday, Mar. 25th
James River Film Festival, The Canal Club, Richmond, Virginia - Gary plays "Sounds of the Surreal", accompanying silent surrealist film classics by Fernand Leger, Rene Clair and Ladislaw Starewicz with his original solo guitar music; Gary will also jam with Hotel X after the performance
FEBRUARY 2006
Tuesday Feb. 7th
8:00pm
Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street btw. Delancey and Rivington, New York City - Gary Lucas, Alan Licht and Billy Ficca play free improv, with special guests Fay Victor on vocals and Jason Candler on sax
Friday, Feb. 10th
9:30pm
Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St., New York City - Gary plays his original solo guitar score live to accompany a screening of the silent horror classic "The Golem" (1920, d. Paul Wegener and Carl Boese), view the poster here
Sunday, Feb. 26th
8:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary improvises while poet emeritus Bob Holman reads
JANUARY 2006
Saturday, Jan. 14th
World Financial Center Wintergarden, New York City - Gary plays as part of The Nebraska Project, interpretations of Bruce Springsteen's songs from the Nebraska album, opening night of the New York Guitar Festival, with Vernon Reid, Jesse Harris and others
Wednesday, Jan. 25th
New York Guitar Festival, Merkin Concert Hall, New York City - Gary plays the music of Skip James, with his special guest Felice Rosser, with Alvin Youngblood Hart, Chocolate Genius, Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar
Saturday, Jan. 28th
10:00pm
$15.00
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, corner of Bleecker and Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters with Ernie Brooks and Billy Ficca, with special guests; also Gary will sit in with Peter Stampfel and John Kruth at their show at 8pm