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| Gary Lucas & Gods And Monsters at Bowery Poetry Club NYC  Gary Lucas, the thinking man's guitar hero, spent time in Taipei when he was young, went on to back Captain Beefheart, and has had a solo career that embraces the avant-garde and alternative rock in equal measures. His band Gods and Monsters plays slightly psychedelic rock with an edge of Americana, and he brings them to the Bowery Poetry Club Friday January 5th. While the ever-shifting ensemble has featured such names as Matthew Sweet and the late Jeff Buckley (Lucas co-wrote his hit "Grace"), the current incarnation includes the former Television drummer, Billy Ficca, and the onetime Modern Lovers bassist, Ernie Brooks, making the band an underground-rock fan's dream team.Their new album Coming Clean (mixed by Jerry Harrison and Harold Burgon) is out now on Mighty Quinn Records (US, Canada, Japan), Side Salad/Universal (UK), Productions Speciales (France), and Exotica Music in Russia (under the title Follow)-- released soon in the Benelux by DAWA Music. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |