Gary Lucas - The Essential Gary Lucas

Format: 2CD
Catalogue No.: KFR1146-2
Barcode: 0720841114628  
Release Date: 29th January 2021
Genre: Indie

 Drawing on a wealth of material - including rare and never-before released tracks - this deluxe double disc package offers ample evidence of this maverick artist’s trailblazing and unique career. Going back to his earliest appearances on record and stage with Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) in the early 80s, which put Gary on the musical map, to his groundbreaking work with the amazing Jeff Buckley (Gary co-wrote and played on Jeff’s famous anthems ‘Grace’ and ‘Mojo Pin’, the first two
songs on Buckley’s two million-selling ‘Grace’ album), through his extensive cross-genre catalogue legacy of 35-plus albums in his own right, Lucas’ prolific career covers the waterfront creatively. Defying every categorization, Gary Lucas is his own man and his own artist, as this compilation proves again and again.
 Special guests on ‘The Essential Gary Lucas’ include Jeff Buckley, Alan Vega (Suicide), David Johansen (New York Dolls), Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads), Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers), Billy Ficca (Television), Nona Hendryx (Labelle), Chinese pop star Feifei Yang and many more.
 “Thanks to his fearless attitude and agility, Lucas shapeshifts like a chameleon in tune with whatever soundscape he finds himself in.” - Guitar World
 “Poetry that illuminates the entire emotional and sonic spectrum of guitar.” - Premier Guitar
 “If you’ve wondered whether a Mandarin take on ‘All Along the Watch Tower’ (as sung by Feifei Yang) could be as haunting as Bob Dylan’s original, the answer is a definitive ‘yes.’” - Sydney Morning Herald
(★★★★)
 “One of the best and most original guitarists in America... a modern guitar miracle” - Rolling Stone
 “The Thinking Person’s Guitar Hero… an A-list musician” - The New Yorker
 “One of the 100 Greatest Living Guitarists” - Classic Rock Magazine
 “One of the world’s greatest guitarists” - HITS Magazine
 “Legendary left-field guitarist” - The Guardian
 “Gary Lucas plays guitar like Salvador Dali paints... guitarist with a global beat.” - New York Times
 Press - Reviews in Mojo. Features in Guitar World.

Tracklisting:
CD1
Fata Morgana
Evangeline
Coming Clean
Chime On
Climb the Highest Mountain
Let’s Go Swimming
Swamp T’ing
One Man’s Meat
Poison Tree
Follow
Skin the Rabbit
Grace (Studio Demo)
Lady of Shalott
Skin Diving
After Strange Gods
Whip Named Lash
King Strong

CD2
All Along the Watchtower
The Wall
The Moon Represents My Heart
Out From Under
Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
Flavor Bud Living
Evening Bell
Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro
Fool’s Cap
Janacek’s “On An Overgrown Path” No. 15 Allegro
Two Roads
Will ‘O the Wisp
Rishte
Life Kills (feat. Alan Vega)
Story Without Words
Music for “The Golem” (Main Title / Rabbi Loew Consults the Stars / The Decree)
Dream of a Russian Princess
Guanguanco
“Largo” from Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)