#livereview Gary Lucas at The Cluny
Live Review: Gary Lucas at The Cluny, Newcastle Still buzzing from a standing ovation in Liverpool the night before, Gary opened the show with a cover: I Remember .The rich sound came from his “distressed” acoustic guitar which he claimed was older than him . Gary filled in between songs with history and amazing anecdotes. He was an anglophile in New York. He studied at Yale. He loved the Move. He reminisced about John peel breaking Beefheart in U.K. He saw Beefheart in New York. Interviewed Don Van Vliet for student radio whilst majoring in English Literature. Beefheart was bigger in Europe and Australia rather than in the US, but he knew then he wanted to perform with them. The next song was on electric. Evening Bell was a finger-picking master class. He’s kept the explosive, disjointed quality of the song as he was instructed to play it all those years ago. He talked about working as record company advertising executive....
