Gary Lucas 20th Anniversary Show--"Season of the Witch"

Celebrating 20 years of recording and performing with his band Gods and Monsters, guitarist extraordinaire Gary Lucas put together an evening length show booked by Live Nation at the sumptuous Gramercy Theater in NYC on 6/11/09 that spanned the length and breadth of his career. Here he performs with Gods and Monsters the final encore song, a blistering version of Donovan's "Season of the Witch", sung by emcee for the evening Dusty Wright of CultureCatch.com and featuring the triple guitar attack of Gary Lucas, Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith) and Jon Spencer (Blues Explosion), plus Mike Edison on theremin. Rolling Stone called Gary Lucas "one of the best and most original guitarists in America...and a songwriter of established invention", referring to his co-writing of "Jeff Buckley's signature songs 'Grace' and 'Mojo Pin'. Gary's longtime band Gods and Monsters have been called "an underground rock fan's dream team" by the New Yorker, and Time Out NY raved: "The group is mindblowing!". The lineup of Gary Lucas' supergroup Gods and Monsters is
Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) bass, Billy Ficca (Television) drums, Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) sax, and Joe Hendel (The Latest Show on Earth), keyboards and trombone.
http://garylucas.com/www/gods/

Category:

Music

Tags:

• psychedelic rock
• Donovan
• Lenny Kaye
• Jon Spencer
• Jeff Buckley
• Captain Beefheart

[joe9seph]

not as great as i had anticipated, though Gary Lucas' solo is pretty cool. Not too much to learn from here.