Gary Lucas

Who is Gary Lucas?

Gary Lucas is an American guitarist, a Grammy-nominated songwriter, a soundtrack composer for film and television, and an international recording artist with more than twenty solo albums to date. He has been described as a "guitarist with a global guitar" "one of the best and most original guitarists in America"; a "legendary leftfield guitarist"; "the thinking man's guitar hero", "perhaps the greatest living electric guitar player" and one of "the most innovative and challenging guitarists playing today". Lucas' style melds easily into rock and blues, has "avant-garde affinities," but is "not easily typecast." He is also associated with vocalist Jeff Buckley, who performed for a year in Lucas' band, Gods and Monsters, early in his career.

Lucas tours the world solo, as well as with several different ensembles including his longtime band NYC-based group, Gods and Monsters, a psychedelic rock band based around Lucas's guitar playing and songwriting. Other regular members of the band include Joe Hendel, Ernie Brooks, Jason Candler, and Billy Ficca. Lucas also lectures on guitar and the music business in general. As of 2007, he has performed in more than 40 countries, including Russia and the Netherlands, India, China, Cuba, Latin America, and the Canary Islands.