GARY LUCAS: Part 4 w/ GODS & MONSTERS AT KNITTING FACTORY

GARY LUCAS with GODS & MONSTERS LIVE AT THE KNITTING FACTORY New York 12/04/02
This live set from Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters was taped at the
Knitting Factory NYC in June 2002 for the TV program "Live at the
Knitting Factory", and was broadcast on US national television on the
BET channel later that year. The program, showcases Gary's incendiary
live band, which he founded in 1989 and leads to this day ( a live
DVD/CD is forthcoming on Mighty Quinn). "The group is mindblowing!"--
Time Out New York. The lineup for this concert features Gary on
guitars and vocals, Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) on bass, Jonathan
Kane (Swans) on drums, Jason Candler on alto sax, and Joe Hendel on
trombone.
In part four, Gary Lucas and Gods and Monsters are joined by Austrian
chanteuse Gisburg, who sings Chow Hsuan's classic "Please Allow Me to
Look at You Again" from Gary's album "The Edge of Heaven" (where it
is performed by the Singaporean tv star Celest Chong). Followed by
an interview with Gary about working with Jeff Buckley.

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• Beefheart
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• NYC

[Tomtaroo]

The melodies here are rather shockingly beautiful even to my western ears.