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Past Shows in 2006

DECEMBER 2006

Sunday, Dec. 17th 8:00pm

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Mass. - Gary Lucas plays "The Golem"

NOVEMBER 2006

Saturday, Nov. 4th midnight	CMJ Music Marathon, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Joe Hendel, and special guests
Tuesday, Nov. 7th 9:00pm	Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas in a duo with Russian avant-guitarist Alexei Pliousnine
Thursday, Nov. 9th 11:00pm	Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas and Lenny Kaye present a Tribute to David Walley, friend, music writer, cultural iconoclast, biographer of Frank Zappa, Ernie Kovacs--with special guests
Sunday, Nov. 12th 10:00pm	Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, New York City - Gary Lucas plays as part of Alexei Pliousnine's Improv Orchestra with Daniel Carter, Lukas Ligeti, Frank London, and others
Monday, Nov. 13th 8:00pm	Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with the legendary Czech band The Plastic People of the Universe
Wednesday, Nov. 15th 9:00pm	Pizza on the Park, 11-13 Knightsbridge, London, England - Fast 'N' Bulbous, The Captain Beefheart Project featuring Gary Lucas and Phillip Johnston, with Richard Dworkin, Joe Fiedler, Rob Henke, Jesse Krakow, and Dave Sewelson; first night of a 2 night residency as part of the London Jazz Festival, 2 sets
Thursday, Nov. 16th 9:00pm	Pizza on the Park, 11-13 Knightsbridge, London, England - Fast 'N' Bulbous; part of the London Jazz Festival, 2 sets
Friday, Nov. 17th	BimHuis, Amsterdam, Holland - Fast 'N Bulbous
Saturday, Nov. 18th 10:00pm	Taktlos Festival, Bern, Switzerland - Fast 'N Bulbous
Tuesday, Nov. 21st	Porgy and Bess, Vienna, Austria - Fast 'N Bulbous
Wednesday Nov. 22nd 8:30pm	Eremitage, Schwaz, Austria - Fast 'N' Bulbous
Thursday, Nov. 23rd 8:30pm	Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia - Fast 'N Bulbous
Thursday, Nov. 30th 8:00pm	CZECH BeneFASHION.06, Milk Gallery, 450 West 15th St., New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters play as part of the first Czech Fashion Show in NYC, a Benefit hosted by the Czech Center New York and Helena Houdova's Sunflower Children Foundation. Guest of Honor - Miss World 2006 Tatana Kucharova--call 212-288-0830 x100 for tickets or click here to purchase tickets on line

OCTOBER 2006

Sunday, Oct. 1st	Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem play live from Amsterdam's BimHuis on the Dutch tv show "Vrije Geluiden", VPRO Television Nederland 1, 10:30am, repeats on Friday, Oct. 6th on Nederland 2 at 12:40am
	Patronaat, Haarlem, Holland - Gary Lucas solo and with Jozef Van Wissem
Wednesday, Oct. 4th	Gary opens the Pop Montreal Festival with "The Golem"; Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, corner of Rachel and Henri-Julien, Montreal, Canada
Thursday, Oct. 5th 3-4:15pm	The Future of Music Conference at Pop Montreal, McGill University, Schulich School of Music, 555 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Canada - Gary Lucas is a panelist, "What's Wrong With Music?"
Sunday, Oct. 8th	9th Hope and Dreams Film Festival, Hope Community Center, Hope, New Jersey - Gary Lucas' original score and interview featured in award-winning documentary film maker Slawomir Grunberg's "The Legacy of Jedwabne"
Wednesday, Oct. 18th 7:00pm	Gary Lucas plays solo and in collaboration with Shelley Hirsch and Bob Holman at the Eldridge Street Project's "Wine Cellar Cabaret", Eldridge Street Synagogue, 12 Eldridge Street between Canal and Division Streets, New York City; for reservations call 212-219-0888, ext. 302, click here for more information
Saturday, Oct. 28th midnight	"Rituals": Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters (with Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, and Jason Candler, with special guest Felice Rosser) and the Sun Ra Arkestra (under the direction of Marshall Allen) celebrate the opening of the mammoth new club Brooklyn Sugar on the site of the old Domino Sugar complex, 289 Kent Ave and South 2nd Street, Brooklyn, New York City - Gary will open with "Monsters From the Id" at 8:30pm, solo guitar improv to hardcore horror, sci-fi, and erotic films, with special guest vocalist Anna Podolak

SEPTEMBER 2006

Wednesday, Sept. 13th 9:00pm	NY Jewish Music and Heritage Festival, Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, New York City - Gary Lucas accompanies the 1920 silent German horror film "The Golem" with his original solo guitar score
Thursday, Sept. 14th 3:30pm	Gary will give a talk entitled "Words and Music" for Professor Leslie Lee's Dramatic Writing class at New York University, 720 Broadway, 7th floor, New York City
Saturday, Sept. 23rd 9:00pm	Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters Record Release Party, with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Joe Hendel and special guests tba
Sunday, Sept. 24th 8:00pm	Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, New York City - Gary Lucas plays solo acoustic at poet Steve Dalechinsky's 60th Birthday Party, with Matthew Shipp, Loren Mazzacane, Roy Campbell, and others
Wednesday, Sept. 27th	Paradox, Tilburg, Holland - Gary Lucas solo and with lute master Jozef Van Wissem
Thursday, Sept. 28th	Amsterdam Music Conservatorium, Hoofdgebouw, Van Baerlestraat 27, Amsterdam (tel. 020-527 75 50) - Gary Lucas lectures and gives an afternoon guitar master class
Saturday, Sept. 30th	Oosterpoort, Groningen, Holland - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem, to be recorded for NPS radio

AUGUST 2006

Saturday, Aug. 12th 2:00am	Bacardi B-Live, Kristal Summer Club, Mamaia, Romania (Romania's biggest resort on the Black Sea) - Gary Lucas plays with DJ Cosmo, percussionist Shovell, fire-dancer Katie, and VJ Anyone
Thursday, Aug. 17th 11:00pm	The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street New York City - Gary Lucas solo acoustic
Thursday, Aug. 31st 11:00pm	The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street New York City - Gary Lucas solo acoustic

JULY 2006

Friday, July 14th	Cosmic Cabaret India: Gary Lucas - guitar and fx, Cosmo - producer/dj, Ben Mitchell - percussion, and Miss Lady G Luck - performance artist/fire dancer, Bacardi Global Promotion concert, Renaissance, Mumbai, India
Saturday, July 15th	Cosmic Cabaret India: Gary Lucas - guitar and fx, Cosmo - producer/dj, Ben Mitchell - percussion, and Miss Lady G Luck - performance artist/fire dancer, Bacardi Global Promotion concert, Hitex, Hyderabad, India
Monday, July 17th 7:30pm	Washington DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St NW, Washington, 20036 (phone: 202-518-0248) - Gary Lucas' music and interview featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne"
Wednesday, July 19th 7:30pm	Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, 300 Forest Drive, East Hills, NY - Gary Lucas' music and interview featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne"
Thursday, July 20th 2:30pm	Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, 300 Forest Drive, East Hills, NY - Gary Lucas' music and interview featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne"

JUNE 2006

Friday, June 1st 8:00pm EST	Gary Lucas interview and original score featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne", on Link TV (satellite network)
Friday, June 2nd 2:00am, 8:00am & 2:00pm EST	Gary Lucas interview and original score featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne", on Link TV (satellite network)
Friday, June 2nd	Gary's original score is featured in a national PBS screening of Judd Ehrlich's documentary "Mayor of the West Side", a portrait of a teenager with multiple disabilities, which can be viewed in NYC on Channel 13 at 10pm, more details here and here
Saturday, June 3rd	Gary performs at the Glenn Kenny/Claire Elizabeth Evans nuptials, Big Indian, New York - Glenn is a senior editor at Premiere Magazine, has written for The New York Times and Rolling Stone, and wrote the liner notes for Gary's compilation album "Operators Are Standing By"
Friday, June 9th 12:00am, 6:00am, 12:00pm & 2:00pm EST	Gary Lucas interview and original score featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne", on Link TV (satellite network)
Wednesday, June 14th 7:30pm to 9pm	Gary is the featured guest on WNYU's "Shake 'Em On Down" blues radio show, 89.1 FM in NYC, listen live at www.wnyu.org
Saturday, June 17th 3:00pm	Gary Lucas gives an acoustic guitar masterclass at Reservoir Music Center, 3179 State Route 28, Shokan NY (10 miles west of Woodstock), Reservoir Music is owned by Fred Perry, brother of original Beefheart producer Richard Perry; see the ad here

MAY 2006

Wednesday, May 10th 11:00pm, $15	Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, corner of Bleecker and Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) bass, Billy Ficca (Television) drums, and Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) alto sax
Tuesday, May 16th	TV4 Morning Show, Stockholm - The Magic Band (Gary Lucas, John French, Denny Walley. Mark Boston, and Michael Traylor) play live on Swedish National TV, broadcast throughout Scandinavia, catch it archived here
Friday, May 19th	Opera House, Umea, Sweden - The Magic Band (Gary Lucas, John French, Denny Walley, Mark Boston, and Michael Traylor)
Saturday, May 20th	Club Fasching, Stockholm, Sweden - The Magic Band (Gary Lucas, John French, Denny Walley, Mark Boston, and Michael Traylor)
Tuesday, May 30th 11:00pm EST	Gary Lucas interview and original score featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne", on Link TV (satellite network)
Wednesday, May 31st	Gary Lucas, Cosmo, Shovel and the Light Surgeons join forces to play the Bacardi GCC (Global Collaborative Collective) Launch, ICA, The Mall, London; the bill includes Chaka Khan, Roy Ayers, Dimitri from Paris, Francois K, and more
Thursday, May 31st 5:00pm EST	Gary Lucas interview and original score featured in Slawomir Grunberg's documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne", on Link TV (satellite network)

APRIL 2006

Saturday, Apr. 1st	The Flynn Theater, 147 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont - Gary plays "The Golem", click here to see the blurb!
Tuesday, Apr. 4th 6:00pm and 8:00pm	Makor, 35 West 67th Street, New York City - Gary Lucas' music and interview featured in award winning documentary film maker Slawomir Grunberg's "The Legacy of Jedwabne"; the film maker and Gary will do a q and a at the screenings for more info and tickets click here
Friday, Apr. 7th 10:00pm	Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, corner of Bleecker and Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) keyboards and guitar, Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) bass, Billy Ficca (Television) drums, and Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) alto sax
Wednesday, Apr. 12th	Platforma Club, Saint Petersburg, Russia - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, and Jason Candler
Thursday, Apr. 13th	Brestskaya Club, Moscow, Russia - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, and Jason Candler
Friday, Apr. 14th	Golden Mask Festival, Theatre Center, Strastnoy Blvd, Moscow, Russia - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) keyboards, Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) bass, Billy Ficca (Television) drums, and Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) alto sax
Saturday, Apr. 15th	Chinese Pilot, Moscow, Russia - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters with Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca and Jason Candler
Sunday, Apr. 16th	Ogi Club, Moscow, Russia - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters with Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca and Jason Candler

MARCH 2006

Saturday, Mar. 4th Midnight, $15	Mo Pitkin's, 34 Avenue A at 3rd Street, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) on bass, Billy Ficca (Television) on drums, Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) on alto sax, plus special surprise guests
Thursday, Mar. 16th 11:00pm	Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem play live on John Schaefer's "New Sounds", WNYC 93.9 FM, New York City, listen live at www.wnyc.org
Saturday, Mar. 25th	James River Film Festival, The Canal Club, Richmond, Virginia - Gary plays "Sounds of the Surreal", accompanying silent surrealist film classics by Fernand Leger, Rene Clair and Ladislaw Starewicz with his original solo guitar music; Gary will also jam with Hotel X after the performance

FEBRUARY 2006

Tuesday Feb. 7th 8:00pm	Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street btw. Delancey and Rivington, New York City - Gary Lucas, Alan Licht and Billy Ficca play free improv, with special guests Fay Victor on vocals and Jason Candler on sax
Friday, Feb. 10th 9:30pm	Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St., New York City - Gary plays his original solo guitar score live to accompany a screening of the silent horror classic "The Golem" (1920, d. Paul Wegener and Carl Boese), view the poster here
Sunday, Feb. 26th 8:00pm	Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary improvises while poet emeritus Bob Holman reads

JANUARY 2006

Saturday, Jan. 14th	World Financial Center Wintergarden, New York City - Gary plays as part of The Nebraska Project, interpretations of Bruce Springsteen's songs from the Nebraska album, opening night of the New York Guitar Festival, with Vernon Reid, Jesse Harris and others
Wednesday, Jan. 25th	New York Guitar Festival, Merkin Concert Hall, New York City - Gary plays the music of Skip James, with his special guest Felice Rosser, with Alvin Youngblood Hart, Chocolate Genius, Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar
Saturday, Jan. 28th 10:00pm $15.00	Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, corner of Bleecker and Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters with Ernie Brooks and Billy Ficca, with special guests; also Gary will sit in with Peter Stampfel and John Kruth at their show at 8pm

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