Gary Lucas

Gary Lucas is an American guitarist, a Grammy nominated songwriter, and an international recording artist with over a dozen solo albums to date, and a soundtrack composer for film and television. He has been described as "one of the best and most original guitarists in America" a "legendary leftfield guitarist" and one of "the most innovative and challenging guitarists playing today."

Gary Lucas tours the world relentlessly both solo and with several different ensembles, including his longtime band Gods and Monsters, whose ranks once included the late great singer Jeff Buckley. Lucas played guitar on Buckley’s double platinum album Grace and co-wrote two of its most famous hits, “Grace” and “Mojo Pin".

Gods and Monsters is now a super-group based around Gary’s guitar playing, singing, and songwriting, featuring Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads), Billy Ficca (Television) and Ernie Brooks (Talking Heads), along with Jason Candler and Joe Hendel. Gary continues to co-lead and record with Fast ‘N’ Bulbous, a 7 piece ensemble devoted to the music of Gary’s original music mentor, avant-rock visionary Captain Beefheart, with whom Lucas played and toured with as a featured soloist for 5 years – and which first put Gary Lucas on the musical map as a force to be reckoned with.