Foggy Road

 

There is a growing collection of Gary Lucas videos on You Tube - check it out! One of our favorites is Gary playing his version of “Foggy Road” (Burning Spear) on Czech National TV. Enjoy…

Gary Lucas and the Golem

For your pleasure, here is a clip from an exceptional film, “Gary and the Golem” by Peter Braatz. If you’ve seen The Golem dvd, this film gives you a (literally) different (and fascinating) perspective. Gary is at his mad-magician/musician best. Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV.

new website

Check out the new Gary Lucas website. It’s gorgeous! HERE

Najma Akhtar & Gary Lucas

Najma Akhtar, who Ian Anderson called, “the premier …Indian [Asian] singer on the planet” and Gary Lucas, who Rolling Stone called,  “one of the best and most original guitarists in America” will be performing all new material from their much anticipated and soon to be completed studio recording. 

The fusion of influences and musical styles that Akhtar and Lucas have brought to this partnership has made the music they’re creating uniquely brilliant. They’re looking forward to this upcoming night in May to perform their new music for a live audience for the very first time.    

  Dibyarka Chatterjee on tabla will join Akhtar and Lucas for this performance.
 

When: Saturday, May 3rd
Where: Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St, New York, NY
Time: 9:30 pm
Cost: $20.00
Joe’s Pub Phone: 212-967-7555
 able Reservations: 212-539-8778
 Website: joespub.com
  
To listen to ”Rishte”, a new track by Najma Akhtar and Gary Lucas, check out the Joe’s Pub website.

 

 

 

 

 

Spring has sprung

OK, we’ve been away for a bit, because some of us have moved (from one house to another), and some of us are moving (from one town to another). In any case, it’s going to be a busy Spring in Lucasland, and those of you up in Canada can look forward to a performance of The Golem at Canadian Music Week (CMW) in Toronto, “Music for the Screen” on March 5th, and Gary’s participation in the panel, “Guitar Hero and Rock Band: Transcendental Air Guitar and the Object Lesson of the Gaming Phenomenon” (whew - long one!) also in Toronto, March 7th. After that, Gary will be heading out to our favorite socialist country, Portugal, for the Coimbra em Blues Festival on March 13th, to play with Dead Combo, and then to Lisbon for Rui Silva’s book release party for “You Make Me Real,” Silva’s book about the Doors. And then for you Beefheart fans, on April 9th, Gary will be back in NYC for the Beefheart Night at the Knit, a salute to the Music, Poetry and Art of Don Van Vliet. 8:30 pm — don’t miss it! Get your details HERE.

“Everybody is so fucking polite. I’m just into making rude noises…”

…or so Gary Lucas is quoted by Kris Needs. But more on that in a moment. We’ve always thought there was something kinda “I-Spy” about Mr. Lucas, and this new artwork for Wild Rumpus does a great job of bringing forth his cloak and dagger (or axe?) persona. We are collecting examples of Gary Lucas (& Gods and Monsters, & Wild Rumpus) poster art, and posting them all up in the “Art” page (look up!). And this (below) is a great example. Plus, it comes with a rave review by DMCUpdate.com on “Purple Somersault” (Gary Lucas and DJ Cosmo as Wild Rumpus):

Kris Needs writes: “We’re in the presence of greatness here. Gary Lucas cut his teeth in Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band. This could mean bugger-all to younger readers, but, in the entire history of music, nobody comes close for wildly-surreal lyrics, musical visions bordering on the insane, and sheer primeval blues power…” Read more HERE.

 

Gary Lucas and Salman Ahmad (Junoon)

For those of you on the chilly side of the continent, Gary Lucas will be heating things up in a special performance at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA - Gary will play solo acoustic as part of “Songs of the Spirit,” with Salman Ahmad (Pakistani guitarist and leader of Junoon) and Jamie Choquette. Not to be missed! Have a listen to Junoon right here, to get a taste of what’s to come. Salman Ahmad will be performing for the Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremony in Oslo, Norway, Dec. 10 and 11.

OK, we’ve heard from a reliable source that ”about 10 of [Gary Lucas'] catalog albums are about to be re-released digitally…” Check it out for yourself on Gary’s blog, where, by the way, he gives us the low-down on his days at CBS Records…

Jojoblog

Adding Jojoblog — the unofficial Jonathan Richman fansite. They’ve done a nice post on Gods & Monsters here

Golem strikes again

 

For those of you down under, in Sydney, Australia, don’t miss Gary Lucas’ performance of The Golem (his live guitar soundtrack to the classic silent film based on Gustav Meyrink’s expressionist/gothic masterpiece of the same title). This Saturday and Sunday at the GU Bondi Junction Cinemas, Westfield Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia - opening for the Sydney Festival of Jewish Cinema.
You can hear/see an excerpt of it HERE.