GARY LUCAS UPDATE

Gary Lucas—On The Road and In The Studio

New Music and Recordings in Progress

Shows in the Hamptons, Paris, Madrid, Ireland, and Woodstock

photo courtesy of Gary Lucas

In addition to two eclectic album releases this year (the space rock “Omnidirectional” with drummer Lukas Ligeti and the Chinese Pop “The Edge of Heaven-2” with singer/instrumentalist Feifei Yang), Gary’s presenting equally wide-spanning gigs over the next two months in Sag Harbor, NY; Paris France; Madrid, Spain; Dundalk, Ireland; and Woodstock, NY.

Saturday, Oct. 31st, 2026, 6:00pm
Sag Harbor Cinema, 90 Main Street, Sag Harbor, NY - Gary will perform his live solo guitar score accompanying James Whale's 1931 “Frankenstein” starring Boris Karloff.
sagharborcinema.org/films/frankenstein/

Tuesday, Nov. 17th, 2026, 9:30pm
Le Chair de Poule, Paris - Gary plays solo acoustic upstairs at the Peine Perdu bar.
evvntly.com/event/gary-lucas-at-gl-solo-acoustic-at-the-peine-perdu-bar-le-chair-de-poule-paris-pa/ev-df2ea53e29a9b6ceb77b13228

Gary is recording in Normandy with French musicians Hannah Hesse and Fred Pessoa.

Friday & Saturday, Nov. 20th & 21st, 2026
Recoletos Jazz Series, Recoletos Hotel, Madrid, Spain - Gary returns to Madrid to lead a Tribute to Jeff Buckley, marking what would have been Jeff's 60th Birthday Anniversary. Many cutting-edge Spanish will perform many of the Buckley/Lucas songs with Gary.
 www.recoletosjazz.com

Saturday, Nov. 28th, 2026, 11:00am - 5:00pm
An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk, Ireland - Gary Lucas Masterclass
www.antain.ie/event/gary-lucas-masterclass/

Thursday, Dec. 17th, 2026, 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
The Colony, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY – Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, feat. Calvin Weston drums and Ernie Brooks bass.

www.eventbrite.com/e/gary-lucas-gods-and-monsters-tickets-2003586325635

NEW ALBUM BY GARY LUCAS

Gary Lucas teamed up with Lukas Ligeti to record a new album: "Omnidirectional".

Bandcamp / Cuneiform digital download / streaming only, as far as I can tell.

GARY LUCAS RELEASED "THE EDGE OF HEAVEN VOLUME 2"

On Chinese New Year Feb. 7th 2026 (Year of the Fire Horse), Gary Lucas released “The Edge of Heaven Volume 2,” featuring Chinese vocalist and erhu virtuoso Feifei Yang and multi-instrumentalist Jason Candler;

It's a Digital Music Platform-only release.

 

GARY LUCAS & YASS BODY - HERE IS THE OCEAN

• Gary Lucas & Yass Body: Here Is The Ocean
      (2024, cd ep, France, --)

Once a member of Captain Beefheart's band, Gary Lucas has been involved in numerous projects, including working with Jeff Buckley and Gods And Monsters.
On of his more recent collaborations is with Yass Body, a French musician.

Gary Lucas and Yass Body's "Here Is The Ocean" 5 track EP got released last year already.
Both as a digital download and as a CD EP.
For some reason, it took a while to send the actual CD but it finally arrived last week.
I'm always happy with a physical copy. The only unfortunate thing about this CD EP is that I need a magnifying glass to be able to read the text on the back. Can't even make out the label...

Contrary to the Bandcamp download, the CD EP presents 12 tracks: 6 pieces of music and 6 very short audio snippets (like in-between-takes-comments & telephone messages).
Nice.
You can check it out over at Bandcamp:

GARY LUCAS AT THE BRIDGE GUITAR FESTIVAL IN EINDHOVEN

HEROES NIGHT: THE MUSIC OF GARY LUCAS & JEFF BUCKLEY

BRIDGE Guitar Festival

Saturday, June 01, 2024
at the Kleine zaal at the Muziekgebouw, Eindhoven, NL

https://www.muziekgebouweindhoven.nl/en/agenda/6465/heroes-night/the-music-of-gary-lucas-jeff-buckley

GARY LUCAS IN CONCERT AT THE BRIDGE GUITAR FESTIVAL IN JUNE 2024

Gary Lucas in concert in Eindhoven on June 1, 2024.

SAT. JUNE 1ST at the BRIDGE GUITAR FESTIVAL

MUZIEKEBOUW EINDHOVEN

THE MUSIC OF GARY LUCAS AND JEFF BUCKLEY

In celebration of the the 30th anniversary of "GRACE"

 

GARY LUCAS & YASS BODY RELEASE AN EP

Gary Lucas / Yass Body: "Here Is The Ocean" 

Available as a 12" and as a CDEP.

https://myfunkyfriendmff.bandcamp.com/merch

MOSAE ZAPPA - - - THE WRONG OBJECT WITH SPECIAL GUEST GARY LUCAS

Back home from another memorable edition of the Mosae Zappa festival.

If you've never been there, better hope that there will be another edition in the future, and that you'll be able to attend, because this is a top festival.
Kudos to the organization and to the musicians.

One of the many highlights:

First, Gary Lucas played a spectacular solo set.
An near the end of an amazing concert by The Wrong Object, Gary joined them for 'Son Of Mr. Green Genes / King Kong'...

Video by Luc Pilmeyer !!

THE WRONG OBJECT and GARY LUCAS Mr Green Genes/King Kong from Luc Pilmeyer on Vimeo.

GARY LUCAS - THE GREAT LOST GODS AND MONSTERS

• gary lucas: the great lost gods and monsters
      (2022, lp, usa, dot time records)

Gary Lucas' "The Great Lost Gods And Monsters" album got released in June 2022.
I'm pretty sure that I mentioned the album quite a while ago (when I ordered it), and it (finally) arrived last week.
Anyway, quite happy with it.
The vinyl includes 8 tracks. The CD has 11 tracks.
Both include Gary's 'King Strong', a piece that was based on FZ's 'King Kong'.

GARY LUCAS - THE GREAT LOST GODS AND MONSTERS

• gary lucas: the great lost gods and monsters
      (2022, cd, usa, dot time records)

The Dot Time Records label recently released "The Great Lost Gods And Monsters", an album by Gary Lucas' Gods And Monsters band, recorded in concert in 2006.

The recording kicks off with a raw version of 'King Strong', Gary's take on Frank Zappa's 'King Kong'.
Different versions of 'King Strong' could already be found on other albums but I love this take.

The other tracks are a bit calmer, but they all have Gary's guitar on the forefront.
Superb show. Excellent band. 

• Gary Lucas – guitars, vocals
• Jerry Harrison – keyboards, vocals
• Ernie Brooks – bass, background vocals
• Billy Ficca – drums
• Jason Candler – saxophone, background vocals
• Joe Hendel – trombone, background vocals

Out on LP and on CD, although both limited and only available from Dot Time Records (?).

GARY LUCAS & PETER WILLEMS - - - DOUBLE DARE - - - IN CONCERT

Friday, October 7, 2022, Gary Lucas and Peter Willems will be performing at the Paradox jazz club in Tilburg, NL.

The duo released their "Double Dare" album last year (or was it two years ago already) and had to cancel / postpone concerts because of Covid.

https://paradoxtilburg.nl/programma/gary-lucas-peter-willems/

GARY LUCAS & PETER WILLEMS

Yesterday, Nov 10, 2021, Gary Lucas and Peter Willems did an in-store concert in Hilversum.
It got recorded by Co de Kloet for Dutch radio, if I'm not mistaken.

In the meantime, Gary and Peter have embarked on a 'Double Dare' tour.

Thursay, November 18, 2021, the duo will perform at De Cacaofabriek in
20h45 - at 'de Popzaal' at De Cacaofabriek.

De Cacaofabriek
Cacaokade 1
5705 LA Helmond
NL

The duo is also releasing "Double Dare", a double EP on vinyl and on CD.

THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS

"The Essential Gary Lucas" is a 2 CD set that presents material from Gary's Gods & Monsters band (the first CD) as well as solo material (the second cd).

It also includes 'King Strong', Gary's version of FZ's 'King Kong', originally released by Gods & Monsters.

More info soon.

GARY LUCAS AT THE "SO WHAT'S NEXT" FESTIVAL IN EINDHOVEN, NL

On-line due to COVID-19

https://sowhatsnext.nl/

Friday - October 30 – 20h00 – 22h00 uur
20.00 – 20.15 h: Q&A with Gary Lucas & Peter Willems
20.15 – 20.45 h: Gary Lucas & Peter Willems

PULNOC WITH ELLIOTT SHARP AND GARY LUCAS - LIVE IN NEW YORK

• pulnoc with elliott sharp and gary lucas: live in new york
      (1996, cd, czech republik, globus international 21 0185-2)

Milan Hlavsa was part of Czech cult band Plastic People Of The Universe.
Later, Milan started his Pulnoc project. April 25, 1989, Milan took Pulnoc to New York City where they performed with special guests Eliott Sharp and Gary Lucas.
The concert got released on CD by the Globus International record label. (That's the same label that released Zappa albums on CD and on vinyl in the Czech Republic in the early ninetees !)

Data has been added to the Gary Lucas discography over at the United Mutations Archives.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - WHAT'S THAT NOISE 009

• various artists: what's that noise 9
      (1995, 7", ger, what's that noise)

"What's That Noise" was a German music magazine. The first issue saw the light of day in 1988. It folded 18 issues (and 10 years) later.
From 1992 on, the mag included a promotional 7" EP.

The 7" that came with issue number 9, from 1995, featured Gary Lucas on the B-side.
Gary Lucas : 'Autobahn' (Hütter, Schneider), a Kraftwerk coverversion.

NONA HENDRYX & GARY LUCAS - THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEHEART

• nona hendryx and gary lucas: the world of captain beefheart
      (2017, cd, usa, knitting factory)

February 17, 2013, Gary Lucas presented "The World Of Captain Beefheart" at the 'Paradiso' in Amsterdam, NL. The concert featured The Metropole Orchestra and special guest Nona Hendryx.

This event evolved in a five-piece band performing the music of Captain Beefheart.

• Nona Hendryx : vocals
• Gary Lucas: guitars
• Jesse Krakow: bass
• Jordan Shapiro: keyboards
• Richard Dworkin: drums

And now, there's the album. Out on the Knitting Factory record label.
Superb.
Great package. Excellent liner notes. Amazing music.

Essential !!

THE WOODENTOPS - WOODEN FOOT COPS ON THE HIGHWAY

• the woodentops: wooden foot cops on the highway
      (1988, lp, eur, rough trade) 

Gary Lucas (from Captain Beefheart's Magic Band) added some slide guitar to The Woodentops 1988 album, "Wooden Foot Cops On The Highway".

Data has been added to the United Mutations Archives.

NONA HENDRYX AND GARY LUCAS

New album by Nona Hendryx and Gary Lucas, performing the music of Don Van Vliet / Captain Beefheart.
Out on the Knitting Factory record label.

-- info: Jan van Kemenade / Danny Mathys

GODS & MONSTERS WITH JEFF BUCKLEY - LIVE IN BROOKLYN 1992

• gods & monsters feat. jeff buckley: live in brooklyn 1992
      (2017, cd, ??, ??)

'Radio show' release.

Gods & Monsters with Jeff Buckley, live at St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, New York on 13th March 1992

At a tribute concert to his late father in April 1991, Jeff Buckley met and impressed Captain Beefheart's former guitarist Gary Lucas. They began to collaborate on songs, and before long Buckley had joined his band, Gods And Monsters.

This remarkable set combines standards and songs they'd written together, including an early performance of the classic Mojo Pin.

Originally broadcast on FM radio, it's presented here together with background notes and images.


-- info: Danny Mathys