Past Shows in 2008
— JUNE 2008 —
Tuesday, June 3rd
Hard Rock Cafe, 14, Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, France - Gary performs at the French Tribute to Jeff Buckley, with some very special guests including French icon Elli Medeiros, Israeli Pop Idol winner Ninet Tayeb, and Hoody Goody
Friday, June 13th
8:30pm
Yale Law School Courtyard, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT - Gary plays his acclaimed album of 30's Chinese Pop "The Edge of Heaven" at the Farewell Dinner in Honor of Nancy Chapman, Executive Director of the Yale-China Association for 14 years..."The Edge of Heaven" is now available for international license
Friday, June 20th
10:00pm
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters, with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, and Joe Hendel
Sunday, June 22nd
7:00-10:00pm
Central Park SummerStage, Rumsey Playfield, New York City - Gary sits in with his friends Yael Naim and David Donatien
— MAY 2008 —
Thursday, May 1st
11:00pm
WNYC, 93.9 FM, New York City - Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar perform live on John Schaefer's "New Sounds", listen live on the internet here
Saturday, May 3rd
9:30pm $20
Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, New York City - Gary and Indian vocalist extraordinaire Najma Akhtar debut their new project, with Dibyarka Chatterjee, tabla; more info here, and see the flyer here
Thursday, May 8th
11:00pm
Drom, 85 Ave. A btw. 5th and 6th, New York City - Gary sits in with Middle Eastern trance/dance artist Anath, listen here: www.myspace.com/anathmusiccom
— APRIL 2008 —
Sunday, Apr. 6th
10:00pm-11:00pm
WKCR 89.9 FM, New York City - Gary Lucas performs live and is interviewed by Charles Blass on his "Live Constructions" program, listen live on the internet here
Wednesday, Apr. 9th
The Knitting Factory Main Space, 74 Leonard Street, New York City - Gary Lucas curates Beefheart Night at the Knit, a salute to the Music, Poetry and Art of Don Van Vliet, a/k/a Captain Beefheart—beginning at 8:00pm with a screening of rare Beefheart videos and documentaries and the spinning of unreleased tracks—followed by a reading of Don Van Vliet's poetry, and reminiscences by special guests including Lee Ranaldo, Alan Vega, Roswell Rudd, Kurt Loder, Danny Fields, Mike Edison, Hal Willner, Jamie Cohen, Billy Altman, Dusty Wright, Giorgio Gomelsky, Fred Perry, Felice Rosser, Darryl Read, Glen Kenny, Brainpang, and more tba; also David Lynch is taping a reading of a Van Vliet poem specially for this tribute ("This man is a very sophisticated lyricist!"—Jerzy Kosinksi, Yale University 1973)—and at 11pm, the return of Fast 'N' Bulbous, the Captain Beefheart Project, featuring Gary Lucas, arranged and conducted by Phillip Johnston, with Jesse Krakow (bass), Joe Fiedler (trombone), Rob Henke (trumpet), Dave Sewelson (baritone sax), and Richard Dworkin (drums)
Friday, Apr. 11th
10:00pm
The Stone, corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street, New York City - Gary Lucas performs with Italian jazz-rockers Gallo and the Roosters (Danilo Gallo—acoustic bass, Zeno Di Rossi—drums, Achille Suchi—bass clarinet, trombonist tba), with whom he's just recorded an album in Milano
Saturday, Apr. 12th
10:30pm
Rubulad, 338 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY - Gods and Monsters with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, and Joe Hendel
Sunday, Apr. 13th
7:00pm
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th St., New York City - Gary improvises while writer/editor Steven Lee Beeber ("The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's", Chicago Review Press) reads from Gary's short story "Me and the Golem" from "Awake! A Reader for the Sleepless" (Soft Skull Press)
Thursday, Apr. 17th
Dionysus Disco, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio - Gods and Monsters, with Gary Lucas, Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Joe Hendel, and Aishlin Harrison
Thursday, Apr. 24th
7:00pm
Yale Club of New York City, 50 Vanderbilt Ave., New York City - Premiere of Erik Anjou's new documentary "8: Ivy League Football and America", featuring an original score by Gary Lucas, see the press release here
Saturday, Apr. 26th
6:00pm
WFMU, 91.1 FM, New Jersey - Gary Lucas and Indian vocalist extraordinaire Najma Akhtar perform live on Rob Weisberg's show, listen live on the internet here
Sunday, Apr. 27th
11:00pm
WGBB AM 1240, Long Island, New York - Gary is interviewed by Dave Lefkowitz on his show "Dave's Gone By," listen live on the internet here; the show will be archived here
— MARCH 2008 —
Saturday, Mar. 1st
10:00pm, $15
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City - Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Joe Hendel, and special guest Aishlin Harrison
Thursday, Mar. 6th
6:00pm
Canadian Music Week 2008, Royal Theatre, Toronto, Canada - Gary Lucas performs his original solo guitar score accompanying the silent film "The Golem" (1920) as part of the CMW's "Music for the Screen" series, see the poster here, more info here
Friday, Mar. 7th
12:30pm
Canadian Music Week 2008, Salon B at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada - Gary Lucas participates in the panel "Guitar Hero and Rock Band: Transcendental Air Guitar and the Object Lesson of the Gaming Phenomenon", with Gary's friends Prof. Sandy Pearlman (Blue Oyster Cult and Clash producer) and Prof. Dan Levitin (author, "This is Your Brain on Music") from McGill University, along with Chris Dahlen, a writer from Pitchfork Media, and Helen McWilliams a developer from Harmonix Music Systems Inc.
Thursday, Mar. 13th
Gary Lucas joins forces with Portuguese band Dead Combo at the Coimbra em Blues 2008 Festival, Teatro Academico de Gil Vicento, Coimbra, Portugal - curated by The Legendary Tiger Man (Paulo Furtado)
Saturday, Mar. 15th
9:30pm
FNAC Colombo, Lisbon, Portugal - Gary Lucas performs as part of the book release party for his friend music journalist Rui Silva's new book about The Doors, "Contigo Torno-Me Real" (You Make Me Real), Edicoes Frontamento
— FEBRUARY 2008 —
Friday, Feb. 1st
Uhagon Kulturgunea, Markina (Bizkaia), Spain - solo acoustic
Sunday, Feb. 3rd
Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao, Spain - solo acoustic
Monday, Feb. 4th
Teatro Del Mercado, Pza. Santa Domingo, 18, Zaragoza, Spain - solo acoustic
Tuesday, Feb. 19th
8:00pm
Gershwin Hotel, 7 East 27th St., New York City - Gary Lucas plays acoustic solos and duos with guitarist Scott Goldman, curated by Neke Carson and Michael Weiner
— JANUARY 2008 —
Thursday, Jan. 4th (Thurs. night)
12:00am
WBAI 99.5 FM, New York City - The Du-Tels (Gary Lucas and Peter Stampfel) play live and are guests of legendary NYC radio personality Bob Fass on his long-running program Radio Unnameable
Monday, Jan. 21st
11:00am
Amsterdam Music Conservatorum, Amsterdam, Holland - Gary Lucas gives a guitar master class and lectures on the craft of song writing
Tuesday, Jan. 22nd
Paradiso, Weteringschans 6-8, Amsterdam, Holland - Gary Lucas plays his original solo guitar scores live for the Dutch premiere of his "Sounds of the Surreal / Monsters from the Id" live music and film project
Thursday, Jan. 31st
Teatro El Albeitar, Leon, Spain - solo acoustic
