GARY LUCAS (USA)

De Barras :: Sun 18th September :: 2.30pm :: €15

A Grammy-nominated songwriter and composer, an international recording artist with over 20 acclaimed solo albums to date, and a soundtrack composer for film and television, GARY LUCAS is on his way to this Years Clonakilty International Guitar festival 2011!

GARY LUCAS first established his reputation as a guitarist’s guitarist with 5 years spent playing with the visionary avant-garde vocalist/composer/bandleader Captain Beefheart (a/k/a Don Van Vliet).

Captain Beefheart’s “Doc at the Radar Station” (1980) and “Ice Cream for Crow” (1982), were recorded by Lucas in the 80’s and featured his explosive solo renditions of Don Van Vliet’s twisted instrumental compositions, “Flavor Bud Living” and “Evening Bell”

In the year’s that followed Lucas continued to establish himself as a world class guitar hero, playing and recording with a string of bands all over the globe. In the mid nineties he befriended a young musician called Jeff Buckley. The partnership that followed saw many collaborations between the two including Buckley adding words to an instrumental piece of music Lucas wrote which became ‘Grace’ the title track of the multi-platinum selling record.

www.garylucas.com
www.myspace.com/garylucas

PRAISE:

“The Thinking Man’s Guitar Hero” The New Yorker

“The world’s most popular avant-rock guitarist” The Independent (UK),

“Legendary leftfield guitarist” The Guardian (UK),

“Guitarist of 1000 Ideas” The New York Times,

“a true axe God” Melody Maker,

“One of the five best guitarists in the world” Lidove Noviny, (national Czech newspaper),

“without question, the most innovative and challenging guitarist playing today.” fRoots

“Gary Lucas is one of the best and most original guitarists in America” Rolling Stone’s David Fricke

“I could listen to you play for hours, Gary”. Lou Reed

Over a long performing career Gary Lucas has played and collaborated with many artists including: Leonard Bernstein, Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley, Lou Reed, John Cale, Nick Cave, Jennifer Charles, Lee Ranaldo, Mary Margaret O’Hara, John Zorn, Peter Stampfel, Patti Smith, Beardyman, Jon Spencer, Mike Edison, Joan Osborne, Najma Ahktar, Karsh Kale, Essra Mohawk, Matthew Sweet, Iggy Pop, Van Dyke Parks, Dead Combo, Adrian Sherwood, Bryan Ferry, Boris Grebentchikov, Eric Mingus, Allen Ginsberg, Dr. John, Graham Parker, Bob Weir, Chris Cornell