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| GARY LUCAS TRIBUTE TO PETER GREEN / NEWS AND UPCOMING SHOWS GARY LUCAS continues his thrice a week solo concerts live-streaming on his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/gary.lucas.5836 Last week he paid tribute to guitar legend PETER GREEN—one of Gary's favorite guitarists and a major inspiration—after Green's untimely passing: https://rb.gy/fzzz27 Just published today, check out Gary's appreciation of Peter Green on the Please Kill Me website: https://pleasekillme.com/peter-green/ Lucas live-streams from his apartment in the West Village of Manhattan every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3pm EDT, and has given nearly 60 concerts to date since lockdown mid-March— all archived here: https://rb.gy/kvzp0f Gary's live-streaming solo concerts were a Pick recently by Ben Sisario in the Sunday NY Times: https://rb.gy/efigzq Fans tuning in regularly from all over the world to watch Gary's shows include Pippa Casey, a young music student attending the University of Sydney in Australia, who rises every Wednesday Friday and Sunday morning at 5am Sydney time to catch Gary's concerts live from NYC at 3pm EDT. Pippa just received Top Honors in her Music Journalism Class for a piece she wrote about Lucas's live streaming shows: https://rb.gy/aagbpr Interview with Gary Lucas re live-streaming on the New York State Music website: https://rb.gy/gckpue GARY LUCAS has been giving live solo performances and masterclasses for disadvantaged Mexican children over many years at the US Embassy's Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City, and recently received this letter of appreciation and thanks for his work from US Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau: https://rb.gy/uzbrtn Gary is looking forward to resuming his concert and charity appearances in Mexico as soon as possible. Lucas was also just invited to submit a list of his 12 favorite films currently streaming on Kino Lorber's new Kino Now channel. Check out Gary's list with his full appreciation of his favorite films here: http://garylucas.com/www/news/newsfile/kinofilms.shtml www.kinonow.com New interview with Gary Lucas in Guitar World Magazine: Page one: https://rb.gy/ylog4p Page two: https://rb.gy/1bnmuf Check out this new sand painting animated clip from Budapest by Lajos Végh for "Gary and Toni Run the Hoodoo Down"- a track from their Okaymusic album "Gary and Toni Go Nutz!": https://rb.gy/tihkjw On Sunday August 23rd, a symphonic concert of all 12 songs Lucas co-wrote with his late friend and collaborator Jeff Buckley will be broadcast on producer Co de Kloet's "Co Live!" program on national Dutch radio NPO2 at 7pm Dutch time, 1pm EDT. Recorded live at the Paradiso Amsterdam, this historic concert features Lucas with singers Alessio Franchini, Jolene Grunberg and others, backed by the 65-piece Metropole Orchestra, Europe's number-one fusion orchestra. Listen live at https://www.nporadio2.nl Also check out: Gary Lucas's Pandemic Tribute to Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet): https://rb.gy/tgdwbo Gary's Pandemic Cinema Roundup: https://rb.gy/wrfoel and Gary Lucas's Pandemic Top 10 Albums: https://rb.gy/18vppe Coming in early 2021: "The Essential Gary Lucas", a double CD retrospective spanning 40 years of Lucas music over 30-plus albums. including rare and unreleased tracks. The album will be released on Knitting Factory Records. write your comments about the article :: © 2020 Jazz News :: home page |