Gary Lucas interview and original score featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary “The Legacy of Jedwabne"
on Link TV (satellite network)--repeated on June 1st at 8pm
GARY LUCAS & GODS AND MONSTERS NEW ALBUM COMING CLEAN RELEASED SEPTEMBER 4TH IN THE UK THROUGH SIDE SALAD/UNIVERSAL
Just back from successful dates in Russia, guitarist-extraordinaire/Grammy-nominated songwriter GARY LUCAS announces a new album with his longtime band GODS AND MONSTERS (Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jonathan Kane, Jason Candler and Joe Hendel). The new album features special guests David Johansen, Elli Medeiros, Richard Barone, and Michael Schoen.
Mixed by Jerry Harrison and Harold Burgon, it will be released in the UK Sept. 4th through Side Salad/Universal (home of hot indie UK band The Noisettes), and is in the process of being licensed in other Territories worldwide.
The group is scheduled to go into the studio soon to begin work on the follow-up, with JERRY HARRISON producing.
“An underground rock fan's dream team"--The New Yorker
UPCOMING GARY LUCAS APPEARANCES
Wednesday, May 31
Gary Lucas, mixmaster Cosmo, percussionist Shovell and visual artists the Light Surgeons join forces to play the Bacardi Global Collaborative Collective Launch at the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), The Mall, London--the bill includes Chaka Khan, Roy Ayers, Dimitri from Paris, Francois K, and more
7:30pm, http://www.bacardiblive.com
Friday June 2
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
http://www.flatbushpictures.com
Saturday, June3
Gary Lucas 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.
Saturday, June 17
Gary Lucas gives an acoustic guitar masterclass at Reservoir Music Center, 3179 State Route 28, Shokan NY (10 miles west of Woodstock), 3pm
Reservoir Music is owned by Fred Perry, brother of original Beefheart producer Richard Perry.
Friday, July 14
Gary Lucas, Cosmo, percussionist Ben Mitchell, and performance artist Miss Lady G Luck, Bacardi Global Collaborative Collective, Bangalore India--venue tba
Saturday, July15
Gary Lucas, Cosmo, Ben Mitchell, and Miss Lady G Luck, Bacardi Global Collaborative Collective, Hyderabad India--venue tba
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