Gary Clark Jr - Is He The Blues' Savior? (Page 2 of 5)

On the promo I included it looked like the Prez and First Lady were digging "Catfish Blues".

Good to see you settlin' back in the swang an' groove of things, Deezer!  Like you , I caught him at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010, gawking onstage and quick glances at the watch, not wanting to leave either (to see Joe again, tha's a strooonnng pull to make me almost forget about Joe-and yes, his DVD stuff made up for splitting, thank you Lord!)  Looking forward to yesterday's release of Blak and Blu.  You know, I lose a Luther Allison, I pick up a Bernard Allison, Joe Bonamassa,  and Guy Clark, Jr., etc., etc.,.......life goes on and the bit of calling anyone a savior is really silly...the blues never dies, it just gets belittled in varying degrees of ignorance from time to time...In my opinion, Blues Music ranks VERY strong worldwide presently, but whatever, I am just grateful for all the permeation and permutations going on in blues...a great time for them!!!  And, he kids are diggin' the blues again!

It's (all) fantastic to me!

Rock ON & Keep the Faith,
Rocket, Jr.

"He still doesn't charge for mistakes! "
http://jbonamassa.com/tour-dates/
"Everybody wants ta get inta the act!"
“Now, this isn’t your ordinary party crowd, here.  I mean, there are professionals in here.”

Hey Curby,

Thanks for thinking of me!! The song starts out with such a Motown vibe, love it.  I don't own any Gary Clark yet, thanks for the post. The first time I heard him perform, I think was the blues performance at the White House.

I remember I heard a lot about him when he was a young kid playing the blues in and around Austin. He seems to of exploded onto the scene recently. I guess the first I saw of him on the big stage was Crossroads 2010. Interesting to see if the exposure he is getting will actually help him break in the new Paradigm of the new music business. I really liked the EP but not sure about the LP. If he does break into the scene dominated by the Black Keys and Jack White as new blues artists then there is hope for others. The last artist to get some hype and fail to gain traction were Los Lonely Boys. Of course they were their own worst enemy. If Gary can take advantage of this jump start but stay grounded and still do the hard road work needed to keep that audience engaged he should be fine.

I Dont have the album but liked what Ive heard on Youtube so far.The multiple styles thing can be a mixed bag.Just my thoughts ,but if you go too many directions it might confuse where to market.It might be better to limit it to two or three.But it is cool he can excell in so many forms.Im not saying its bad ,cause in the past you dont see ot happen for a new emerging artist that I am aware of.If you heard a cool Hendrix type song and get the album and dont like soul ect,you might feel a bit peeved that you bought it.Or visa versa.I would bet that there are many that like the fact that he "peppers the field" so to speak.I personally have liked the different styles .

He's on the Jimmy Fallon Show now, playing with the Roots. I think he's also playing a song at the end.    Cathy

Unfortunately the album is not available in the UK as yet.

According to Amazon UK: Available for pre-order. This item will be released on 4 February 2013

If anyone fancies a swap with something available only in the UK, let me know...

Thanks Jane!  What rock has she been hibernating under?!  She don't know Joe (a blues player) who is the (continually) next "big thing" and has been mentioned amongst those names a while now, even by those who'd once ascended to near "one-hand" status themselves (in her defense, we seem to be plagued with youthfully driven but grossly under informed or aware journalists and communications media personnel...)???!!!

Decent interview, but come on! And I am beginning to worry about a possible promotional tidal wave (Joe knows), not against his success, but wondering how many others are desperate to puff their pockets up...not sayin' it's what's up, I am going on first smell only (my nose only, not somebody else's nose or opinion necessarily).  Maybe I mean promotional myopia by the media instead...which might not be such a bad idea from Gary's management, in a good sense, as opposed to the media myopia going counter productive to management's intent or worse, Gary's own best interests, with his best interests getting battered around with chatter he doesn't cozy to...just rambling my thoughts, sorry!

Rock ON & Keep the Faith,
Rocket

"He still doesn't charge for mistakes! "
http://jbonamassa.com/tour-dates/
"Everybody wants ta get inta the act!"
“Now, this isn’t your ordinary party crowd, here.  I mean, there are professionals in here.”