Read a rave review from HITS of Gary's recent solo acoustic show at the legendary McCabe's.

Check out 2 clips from the McCabe's show:

Theme from "Sex and Lucia" (Alberto Iglesias)


"Dance of Destiny" (Lucas)


Gary Lucas has been called "The Thinking Man's Guitar Hero" (The New Yorker), "A modern guitar miracle" (Rolling Stone) and "One of the 100 greatest living guitarists" (Classic Rock).

One area of guitar-playing he particularly excels at is performing solo acoustic.

As Gary has said before, this is his favorite arena to work in:

"Any electric guitarist can sound totally awesome cranked up to 11 in front of a wall of Marshalls, without necessarily possessing any real skills as a player. But in the solo acoustic mode, there's no place to hide. You're either going to be able to pull it off in front of an audience or you're not. It's my favorite mode of expression on guitar, it's like a little symphony orchestra, a total universe of sound at your fingertips. If I had to choose which guitar to take with me to a desert island, it would have to be my acoustic 1946 Gibson J-45—without a doubt." 

The Japan Times raves about Gary's "formidable fingerpicking skills". The Hamburg Morgenpost dubbed him "Merciful Mr. Quickhand" after one of his dazzling solo acoustic performances.

And De Volkskrant in Holland headlined one of his solo acoustic shows "Whirlwind on Strings".

A Gary Lucas solo acoustic concert is a tour de force, covering the length and breadth of Gary's Grammy-nominated songwriting, his arrangements of classical music, country blues, George Gershwin, 30's Chinese pop, his instrumental arrangements of classic Rolling Stones hits for an upcoming album hes working on with legendary Stones producer Andrew Loog Oldham, music from Jacques Tati films, covers of Captain Beefheart and Jeff Buckley, Jewish children's music, and much much more.

For more info about booking Gary Lucas solo acoustic, please email bookings@garylucas.com.

Gary Lucas performs "Q & A"


Gary Lucas performs his "Song for Tuli" at an all-star benefit for the co-founder of legendary NY rockers The Fugs:


Gary Lucas performs "Aksar/Hot and Cold Everything" at Music Matrix in Amsterdam:


Gary Lucas performs a Chinese Pop Medley at Music Matrix in Amsterdam:


Additional clips from Music Matrix:
Level The Playing Field/Tangled Up In Blue/Soweto Is Where It's At/Perefere |  I'm So Glad/Hugh's Graveyard Stomp/Poison Tree | Theme From "Sex and Lucia" | Rolling Stones "Last Time" | Dance of Destiny | The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao |  Our Love is Here to Stay

Also check out Gary live solo acoustic in London:
part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7 | part 8 | part 9 | part 10 | part 11 | part 12

and in Bilbao Spain:
part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5