GARY LUCAS announces CMJ performances, US debut of “Dracula” Project
Posted: Thursday, October 07, 2010
Gary Lucas is back in the US and will be doing a few shows throughout the month of October before he heads back to the UK, the Czech Republic and Cuba. Yup, that Cuba.
His Gods and Monsters project(Featuring Gary Lucas on guitars, vocals
Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers, Arthur’s Landing) on bass and vocals, Billy Ficca (Television) on drums, Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) on sax, Joe Hendel (Faddy Acids) on Trombone and Keyboards)
will be playing at the Bowery Poetry Club on October 23 and he will also be playing with Jim Staley at Roulette during the CMJ Marathon. You can purchase tickets for those dates over at his events page HERE
In more recent performing news, Lucas will be debuting his score to the silent Spanish version of Dracula at the Walter Reed Theater. It was one of the Village Voice’s picks for the weekend, which you can check out right HERE
if you are unfamiliar with his Dracula project, you can check out some of the samples from his performance at the Havana Film Festival over at his media page
While you’re there, you can check out his video with Gods and Monsters for the song “Climb the Highest Mountain” to get yourself ready for his CMJ performances.
In another bit of Gary Lucas happenings, you can also find yourself intrigued with this interview he did with Gibson Guitars about his work with the both legendary artists Jeff Buckley and Captain Beefheart. You can watch the interview with the “Guitarist of 1000 Ideas” right HERE
