Gary Clark Jr.
Biography
Texas guitarist Gary Clark, Jr. has been compared to guitar icons like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and his playing is a powerful and inspired mix of blues roots with contemporary soul and hip-hop, and when he's rolling at his best, he sounds like nothing so much as a natural hybrid of both the past and the future of the blues. Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Clark first picked up a guitar at the age of 12 and spent his teens playing whatever gig he could get in the Austin area, eventually meeting Clifford Antone, promoter and owner of Antone's, the city's premier blues club, who began featuring Clark at his venue. An amazing live performer, Clark soon became one of the brightest players on Austin's blues and rock scene. He released an independent album, 2005's Tribute, followed by a pair of self-produced albums in 2008 for Hotwire Unlimited, 110 and Worry No More. An EP, Gary Clark Jr., also appeared from Hotwire in 2010. But Clark was far from just a one-trick pony guitar gunslinger. He could also sing, write, and arrange. He wrote the original score for the film Full Count and also appeared as an actor in John Sayles' 2007 film Honeydripper. In 2010, Clark was selected by Eric Clapton to perform at the Crossroads Guitar Festival, and a DVD of the show featuring Clark led to a recording deal with Warner Bros. Clark was soon in the studio working on his major-label debut. An EP called Bright Lights was released in 2011 in advance of the new album, Blak and Blu, which appeared in the fall of 2012. His next release was the impressive two-disc Live, recorded during an 18-month-long tour behind Blak and Blu, and one that perhaps better represented Clark's wild, impassioned, and often elegantly graceful live sets. . Texas guitarist Gary Clark, Jr. has been compared to guitar icons like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and his playing is a powerful and inspired mix of blues roots with contemporary soul and hip-hop, and when he's rolling at his best, he sounds like nothing so much as a natural hybrid of both the past and the future of the blues. Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Clark first picked up a guitar at the age of 12 and spent his teens playing whatever gig he could get in the Austin area, eventually meeting Clifford Antone, promoter and owner of Antone's, the city's premier blues club, who began featuring Clark at his venue. An amazing live performer, Clark soon became one of the brightest players on Austin's blues and rock scene. He released an independent album, 2005's Tribute, followed by a pair of self-produced albums in 2008 for Hotwire Unlimited, 110 and Worry No More. An EP, Gary Clark Jr., also appeared from Hotwire in 2010. But Clark was far from just a one-trick pony guitar gunslinger. He could also sing, write, and arrange. He wrote the original score for the film Full Count and also appeared as an actor in John Sayles' 2007 film Honeydripper. In 2010, Clark was selected by Eric Clapton to perform at the Crossroads Guitar Festival, and a DVD of the show featuring Clark led to a recording deal with Warner Bros. Clark was soon in the studio working on his major-label debut. An EP called Bright Lights was released in 2011 in advance of the new album, Blak and Blu, which appeared in the fall of 2012. His next release was the impressive two-disc Live, recorded during an 18-month-long tour behind Blak and Blu, and one that perhaps better represented Clark's wild, impassioned, and often elegantly graceful live sets.
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
| 1. | Catfish Blues (Live) | Gary Clark Jr. Live | 8:00 | $1.29 | |
| 2. | When My Train Pulls In (Live) | Gary Clark Jr. Live | 7:10 | $1.29 | |
| 3. | Travis County (Live) | Gary Clark Jr. Live | 3:42 | $1.29 | |
| 4. | Bright Lights | Bright Lights - EP | 5:24 | $1.29 | |
| 5. | Numb | Blak and Blu (Deluxe Versio.. | 5:26 | $1.29 | |
| 6. | When My Train Pulls In | Blak and Blu (Deluxe Versio.. | 7:45 | $1.29 | |
| 7. | Ain't Messin 'Round | Blak and Blu (Deluxe Versio.. | 4:09 | $1.29 | |
| 8. | Don't Owe You a Thang | Bright Lights - EP | 3:35 | $1.29 | |
| 9. | If Trouble Was Money (iTunes Session.. | iTunes Session | 5:22 | $1.29 | |
| 10. | Next Door Neighbor Blues | Blak and Blu (Deluxe Versio.. | 3:03 | $1.29 | |
| 11. | When My Train Pulls In (Live) [Solo .. | Bright Lights - EP | 8:12 | $1.29 | |
| 12. | Things Are Changin' (Live) [Solo.. | Bright Lights - EP | 4:31 | $1.29 | |
| 13. | If Trouble Was Money (Live) | Gary Clark Jr. Live | 6:40 | $1.29 | |
| 14. | Three O'Clock Blues (Live) | Gary Clark Jr. Live | 6:23 | $1.29 | |
| 15. | Oh, Pretty Woman (iTunes Session) | iTunes Session | 3:26 | $1.29 | |
| 16. | Next Door Neighbor Blues (iTunes Ses.. | iTunes Session | 3:59 | $1.29 | |
| 17. | Soul (Bonus Track) | Blak and Blu (Deluxe Versio.. | 6:15 | $1.29 | |
| 18. | Breakdown (Bonus Track) | Blak and Blu (Deluxe Versio.. | 4:10 | $1.29 | |
| 19. | Third Stone from the Sun / If You Lo.. | Blak and Blu (Deluxe Versio.. | 9:37 | $1.29 | |
| 20. | Please Come Home | Blak and Blu (Deluxe Versio.. | 4:16 | $1.29 | |
| 21. | Bright Lights | Blak and Blu (Deluxe Versio.. | 5:24 | $1.29 | |
| 22. | When the Sun Goes Down (Live) | Gary Clark Jr. Live | 5:44 | $1.29 | |
| 23. | Bright Lights (Live) | Gary Clark Jr. Live | 8:26 | $1.29 | |
| 24. | Blak and Blu (Live) | Gary Clark Jr. Live | 4:03 | $1.29 | |
| 25. | Please Come Home (Live) | Gary Clark Jr. Live | 6:33 | $1.29 | |
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