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Gary on the beach in Ostia not far from Rome, 12/21/18

Piazza Venezia in Rome 12/17/18
photo by David Combusti

Gary sits in as special guest at Feifei Yang's solo show at Flushing Town Hall—full house! 12/2/18

Gary with The Band's Garth Hudson and Joziah Longo after an epic night playing in Woodstock at The Colony with The Slambovian Circus of Dreams 11/24/18
photo by Tink Lloyd

With Feifei Yang and Jason Candler recording "The Edge of Heaven Vol. 3" NYC 10/30/18

Opening the Benefit Tribute to the great Joe McPhee with Albert Ayler's "Ghosts" 10/2/18 at the Ukrainian National Hall NYC
photo by Caroline Sinclair

With Josiah Longo from the Slambovians at Gary's recent show at The Cutting Room NYC

L to R Jann Klose, Lila Palmer, GL, Feifei Yang and Joziah Longo at Gary's "From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond" show at The Cutting Room NYC 9/27/18

One of the best nights of Gary's life at The Cutting Room NYC 9/27/18 "From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond" with special amazing guests Feifei Yang, Jason Candler, Joziah Longo, Jann Klose and Lila Palmer—big thanks to RMT Productions for getting this show rolling in the UK!

With newlyweds Shaked Miller and Matan Vrobel at Blue Sky Tulum Mexico 9/11/18

Workshop of the Telescopes: with Caroline Sinclair at the Astrological Observatory in Chicen Itza, 9/11/18

In the ancient Maya city of Coba 9/7/18
photo by Caroline Sinclair

At Blue Sky Tulum, Tulum Mexico 9/5/18

At the Temple of the Sun Chicen Itza Mexico 9/11/18

Gary at lunch with his friend legendary keyboardist Mike Ratledge (Soft Machine, Kevin Ayers, Syd Barrett), The Ivy Brasserie London, 8/27/18

Gary recording in Ramsgate UK with legendary dub producer Adrian Sherwood on a new project, August 2018

Rehearsing 7/26/18 at Carroll Music NYC for "Amarcord Nino Rota"—producer Hal Willner's Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival tribute to the great composer

Gary packed The Loft at City Winery NYC on Wed. July 25th with many Chinese music lovers of all persuasions with his new Edge of Heaven Live trio project featuring Feifei Yang on vocals and erhu and multi-instrumentalist Jason Candler

In front of the sweet shop specializing in Serbian delicacies (the best baclava!) in magical Kustendorf a/k/a Drvengrad for the BOLSHOI CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL last week
photo by Milos Cvetkovic

Jamming with Macedonian guitar legend Vlatko Stefanovski closing the Bolshoi Classical Music Festival in Drvengrad Serbia 7/18/18

With Gary's friend Tanja Djapic, Goal-keeper of the Serbian Women's National Football Team, at the Bolshoi Classical Music Festival in Drvengrad Serbia 7/17/18

At the Bolshoi Classical Music Festival in Drvengrad Serbia 7/17/18
photo by Milos Cvetkovic

With Elizaveta Karaulova, a virtuosic pianist from Moscow who won a Golden Matryoshka Award at the Bolshoi Classical Music Festival in Drvengrad Serbia 7/16/17

With Nenad Mersnik at the premiere of Gary's live score for Pudovkin's 1925 silent film "Chess Fever" at the Bolshoi Classical Music Festival in Drvengrad Serbia 7/15/18

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

Gary at the premiere of his live score for Pudovkin's 1925 silent comedy "Chess Fever" at the Bolshoi Classical Music Festival in Serbia 7/15/18

Gary performing on Russian National Radio Mayak, broadcasting live from the Bolshoi Classical Music Festival in Drvengrad Serbia 7/17/18

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

Gary in Kustendorf Serbia 7/14/18 to perform at the Bolshoi Russian Music Festival the premiere of his new live score for Pudovkin's 1925 silent comedy "Chess Fever" at the invitation of his friend famed film director Emir Kusturica

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

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

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

At Gary's favorite bookstore bookbook with Caroline Sinclair and bookbook owner Carolyn Epstein 6/6/18

Gods and Monsters show at The Iridium NYC 5/31/18 (l to r: Jason Candler, GL, Billy Ficca and Ernie Brooks)
photo by Caroline Sinclair

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

After dinner with Danny Fields in Belsize Village London on Gary's last night in the UK this tour 5/21/18

With Gary's UK agent Reuben Myles Tyghe backstage at The Fleece Bristol for the last show on Gary's UK solo Tour 5/20/18

Gary at the Arlington Arts Centre in Newbury before bringing on Yass Body, who came all the way from Lille to sing with him 5/15/18

With vocalist Pierre Roxon, nephew of famed feminist rock critic Lillian Roxon, before sitting in with Gary on "Grace" and "Mojo Pin", Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre 5/15/18

At London's Bush Hall for a spectacular show 5/14/18
photo by Dick Heath

Backstage after Gary's London Bush Hall Show 5/14/18 with Richard Heath and his new squeeze and singer Emma Buckley

Gary with his old friend mixologist extraordinaire Adrian Sherwood after Gary's show in Ramsgate 5/11/18

From Phil Vellender: "Gary Lucas brilliant guitarist and raconteur played a memorable gig at the Ramsgate Music Hall tonight." 5/11/18

With Ian Waldman in Cumbria after standing ovation in Egremont at the Florence Arts Centre
photo by Val De G 5/9/18

Gary in Cumbria on his recent UK tour 5/7/18

With singer Addie Brik outside St. Luke's Glasgow where Gary performed with Addie as his special guest 5/6/18

Gary in front of St. Luke's Church in Glasgow where he performed on 5/6/18

Poster for Gary's Liverpool Philharmonic Show 5/4/18

UK SOLO TOUR: Gary received a standing ovation in Newcastle and in Liverpool to kickoff his 12-City UK solo tour "An Evening with Gary Lucas: From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond"
Photo by Reuben Tyghe

Gary with Natalie McCool at a secret gig in Liverpool on 5/3/18

Gary with legendary CAROLINE COON (center) at her opening 5/3/18 at The Gallery in Liverpool titled Caroline Coon The Great Offender. Gary met her years ago when she managed The Clash—she is now a prominent feminist-erotic artist with major exhibitions at Tate Modern and the Saatchi Gallery
photo by Reuben Myles Tyghe

At the Museo Del Rock in Catanzaro Calabria 4/26/18
photo by Marzia Lucente

With Emilio Sorridente and his and before performing at the Museo Del Rock in Catanzaro Calabria as part of Gary's "Touched By Grace" Tribute to Jeff Nuckley 4/26/18

Gary packed the Museo Del Rock in Catanzaro Italy Thurs night 4/26/18 with his "Touched By Grace" Tribute to Jeff Buckley featuring Emilio Sorridente and his band

With Mary Takes, the biggest Syd Barrett fan in Italy, at the Museo Del Rock in Catanzaro 4/26/18

Life Imitating Art: in front of the infamous Moby Grape poster featuring Don Stevenson giving the finger which caused nervous CBS execs to airbrush it out of subsequent editions at the Museu Del Rock in Catanzaro Italy 4/26/18

Gary sold out his show with "The Golem" at Politeama Tolentino in Italy 4/23/18

With longtime friend and promoter Enrico Romero and my friend and tour agent Luca Zannotti at a fantastic Italian restaurant in Firenze 4/21/18

With DJ Lucille Mancini, GL, promoter Enrico Romero and Italian agent Luca Zannotti at Controradio Firenze 4/21/18

Gary is interviewed about working with Jeff Buckley in Italian national newspaper La Repubblica 4/21/18

Gary Lucas rocks Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin for a special charity solo concert for disadvantaged children 3/23/18

Gary Lucas t-shirt designed by Angel Tejeda 3/23/18

With producer Felipe Souza and Mexican band Rojo Marfil, Soga Recording Cuernavaca Mexico 3/26/18

With Gary's old friend Don Karp at SOGA Recordings Cuernavaca 3/26/18

On the road in Mexico 3/27/18

Gary Lucas at Los Insurgentes in Mexico City 3/23/18
photo by Xavier Baviera

Announcement for Gary's UK solo tour in MOJO

Return to Richmond and Gary's favorite BBQ joint for his 4th appearance at the James River Film Festival 3/15/18

Grace on Grace Street: Gary performing his well known song with Jeff Buckley at the Grace Street Theatre as part of the James River Film Festival in Richmond Virginia 3/16/18
photo by Bob Jacobson

More Grace on Grace Street at the James River Film Festival 3/16/18
photo by Bob Jacobson

Outside one of the oldest Magic stores in America in Richmond Virginia during the 2018 James River Film Festival 3/18/19
photo by James Parrish

The official t-shirt of the 2018 James River Film Festival Richmond Virginia 3/16/18

Gary and his old friend and collaborator David Johnasen at a book signing for Duncan Hannah's "Twentieth Century Boy", Strand Books NYC 3/14/18
photo by Danny Fields

Gary packed them in at the Melkweg in Amsterdam with his "Touched By Grace" tribute to Jeff Buckley...sitting in on vocals was his special guest Jolene Grunberg 2/28/18
photo by Stefan Kessels

With Ukrainian photographer Julia Romanovskaya after a photo shoot at Cafe Fourmi in Pigalle 2/26/18

Grace in Paris: Gary at his sold-out show at Sunset Jazz Club with l to r: David Konopnicki, Losseni Kone, Jean-Philippe Rykiel, and Tim Watt, Paris 2/24/18

A blast from the past taken on the road by Sandrine Olivier in Chelles France on tour a few years ago

LE CLUB DES QUATRE: a nice celebration after Gary's sold-out show at La Cinematheque Francaise in Paris 2/19/18 at the Cafe de Flore in Saint Germain des Pres with l to r: Benoit Le Thierry d'Ennequin, Nicolas Le Thierry d'Ennequin, and Wafa Ghermani

Q & A after Gary's sold-out show with "The Unholy Three" at La Cinematheque Francaise Paris 2/19/18

Gary in action at the sold-out European premiere of his live solo score accompanying "Le Club Des Trois" (The Unholy Three) at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris 2/19/18

Gary at the sold-out European premiere of his live solo score accompanying "Le Club Des Trois" (The Unholy Three) at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris 2/19/18
photo by Jean-Paul Bellanger

Gary, Jason Candler and Feifei Yang at THE EDGE OF HEAVEN LIVE at the Laurie Beechman Theatre Chinese New Year 2/16/18
photo by Phil Mango

Gary, Jason Candler and Feifei Yang at THE EDGE OF HEAVEN LIVE at the Laurie Beechman Theatre Chinese New Year 2/16/18
photo by Stephen Knittweis

Gary and Feifei Yang at THE EDGE OF HEAVEN LIVE on Chinese New Year 2/16/18
photo by Phil Mango

The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol: Spotted in a Bristol record store—thanks to Paul Newport

At the world premiere of Gary's live scores for The Short Films of Curtis Harrington, Roulette Intermedium Brooklyn 2/2/18
photo by Mark Kirschbaum

Gary kicks butt at the NAMM Show in Anaheim with a resonator guitar from Shanghai Rematch Music Instr. Co., playing slide guitar blues and 30's Chinese pop

Gary at the NAMM Show in Anaheim with two fans from Mexico City who spotted him, Erick Huesca and Natalia Marrokin 1/27/18

At the NAMM Show in Anaheim playing a resonator guitar made by Shanghai Rematch Music Inst Co Ltd

With Phil Mango and Gary's nephew Max Greene at the NAMM Show in Anaheim Ca. 1/27/18

Gary and Nona Hendryx at their packed show THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART at City Winery NYC 1/22/18

Gary, Nona and Dickie rip it up at THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART show at City Winery NYC 1/22/18

A great composite drawing from the night by Joan Chiverton which includes band members Jesse Krakow, Jordan Shapiro and Richard Dworkin, plus special guests Tammy Faye Starlight and Bob Holman

Gary VJ's at his World of Captain Beefheart event at City Winery NYC 1/22/18
drawing by Joan Chiverton

Gary at the New York Jewish Film Festival party for Pearl Gluck's "Summer" with l to r Hannah Roze, Caroline Sinclair and Malky Goldman 1/21/18

Cool that Brian Eno is a Beefheart fan! He retweeted Gary's interview from Please Kill Me about working with Don Van Vliet

LOCKED AND LOADED: Jamming with The No Smoking Orchestra at the Kustendorf Film & Music Festival in Serbia 1/17/18 with major domo Emir Kusturica to Gary's right and lead guitarist Dragomir Herendic to his left

Gary performing his live score for Rene Clair's 1924 surrealist short "Entr'acte" at the opening night ceremonies of Emir Kusturica's Kustendorf Film Festival in Serbia 1/16/18

Gary photographed for Serbian television, Kustendorf Film and Music Festival Serbia 1/16/18

Gary is interviewed for Serbia Today, Kustendorf Film Festival Serbia 1/17/18

Gary was interviewed by Masha Radovic on 1/16/18 for Sputnik TV at Emir Kusturica's Kustendorf Film & Music Festival in Serbia

With Petar Popovic, well-known Serbian music critic, rock magazine editor, and writer at Emir Kusturica's Kustendorf Film & Music Festival in Serbia 1/18/18

Backstage at the Kustendorf Film & Music Festival Serbia at the Noam Chomsky Amphitheater after sitting in with Emir Kusturica and The No Smoking Orchestra&$8212;one of the best bands in the world 1/18/18

KUSTURICA RIDES AGAIN: Gary with Emir Kusturica backstage at the Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival about to sit in with him and the No Smoking Orchestra bandito style 1/18/18

In beautiful Kustendorf Serbia to perform at the opening of famed director Emir Kusturica's Kustendorf Film & Music Festival 1/15/2018

Gary and Feifei Yang were interviewed and performed on Weiwei Gao's popular SinoVision tv program at the Laurie Beechman Theatre NYC Jan. 8th in anticipation of their upcoming "Edge of Heaven Live" show Fri. Feb. 16th with Jason Candler

Feifei Yang and Gary at CCTV's new "Super Baby" talent competition's Award Ceremonies in Flushing, where they performed "The Moon Represents My Heart" as an acoustic duo to great response 1/5/18

Poster for CCTV's "Super Baby" award ceremonies in Flushing NY where Gary and Feifei Yang performed 1/5/18

Gary is a judge with Feifei Yang on CCTV's new "Super Baby" talent competition for gifted Chinese children—the awards ceremony will be held in Flushing on Jan 5th 2018