Gary Lucas   press quotes  


Skeleton at the Feast FOR SKELETON AT THE FEAST:

"A TRUE AXE GOD...excellent."
MELODY MAKER, UK, 12/91

"A FLUID COMMAND OF THE BLUES, PSYCHEDELIA AND MEDITATIVE FOLK-PICKING – RECOMMENDED."
ROLLING STONE, 8/91

"5 STARS...Guitarist Gary Lucas...has advanced on traditional Delta blues as well as the high psychedelic ripping fever of Jimi Hendrix."
MUSIK EXPRESS, Germany, 9/91

"AN ALBUM OF GREAT VALUE...Lucas has achieved excellence."
ALTERNATIVE PRESS, 12/91

"AN INSPIRATION to good guitarists, an awesome deterrent to the cack-handed, and a rare phantasmagoria to even the most amateur of listeners. 4 STARS."
Q MAGAZINE, UK, 12/91

"IF MUSIC IS NARRATIVE WITHOUT WORDS, GARY LUCAS IS ABOUT AS ELOQUENT AS YOU CAN GET."
ROCKPOOL, 11/91

"PACKED TO BURSTING, and surprisingly consistent fun."
THE WIRE MAGAZINE, UK, 9/91

"ALMIGHTY GUITAR MAGICIAN...Those who love guitaristic fireworks will find a lot of pleasure in it."
NRC HANDELSBLAD, Netherlands, 5/91

"A POSTMODERN GENIUS...Seldom has the electric guitar been so electric, seldom has the electric guitar been so much a guitar."
SPEX, Germany, 9/91

"LUCAS IS A MASTER on acoustic and electric guitar: a virtuoso who made about every style of the American tradition his own..."
DE VOLKSKRANT, Netherlands, 5/91
CMJ Jackpot Pick; Best Albums of 1991, Folk Roots (UK) and Prinz (Germany)