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Gary Clark Jr.

Gary Lee Clark Jr. (born February 15, 1984) is an American musician from Austin, Texas. He is best known for his fusion of blues, rock and soul music with elements of hip hop. In 2011 Clark signed with Warner Bros Records and released The Bright Lights EP. It was followed by the albums Blak and Blu (2012) and The Story of Sonny Boy Slim (2015). Throughout his career Clark has been a prolific live performer, which has been documented in two releases; Gary Clark Jr. Live (2014) and Gary Clark Jr Live/North America (2017). He has shared the stage with Eric Clapton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, B.B. King and the Rolling Stones. His latest album, This Land, was released on February 22, 2019. In 2014, Clark was awarded a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B performance for the song "Please Come Home.” In 2020, he won the Grammy Award for "Best Rock Song" and "Best Rock Performance" for the song “This Land” from his album of the same name.

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Gary Clark Jr., Lady A headline Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Gary Clark Jr., Lady A, Dropkick Murphys & Rancid and Machine Gun Kelly are some of the artists who will headline The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas beginning in September. AEG Presents announced the initial lineup for the calendar. Clark Jr. starts things off with...

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They're the glamorous couple who married in a lavish Coachella-style wedding back in 2016. And Nicole Trunfio, and her musician husband Gary Clark Jr. looked stylish as ever as they were spotted arriving at a trendy hotel together in New York on Saturday. Mother-of-three Nicole, 35, flaunted her trim pins...

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Park City Song Summit has announced a lineup for its innovative mix of musical events, featuring headliners Gary Clark Jr., Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mavis Staples, Tank and the Bangas, and many more. The multi-format musical experience will take place September 8th–12th at 15 venues across Park City, UT, sized from 75 to 1,300 people.

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Gary Clark Jr. is a part-owner of Antone's, so it's pretty much a given he can play there whenever he wants. The Grammy-winning Austin guitarist will play the famed downtown blues club on July 15 as part of its monthlong 46th anniversary celebration. Tickets, $75, go on sale at 10...

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BeachLife Festival has announced the lineup for its 2021 event, set to take place at Seaside Lagoon in Redondo Beach, CA from September 10th through 12th, 2021. The California coastline festival launched successfully in 2019. Following a pair of pandemic-imposed postponements of scheduled dates in 2020 and May 2021, respectively, the September 2021 event will mark the second-ever edition of BeachLife.

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Cage The Elephant, Gary Clark Jr., Ziggy and Stephen Marley and Portugal. The Man are among the headliners at BeachLife Festival taking place in Redondo Beach, California, in September. September is shaping up to be a busy concert month as festivals and concerts are lined up to make a return...

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Since bursting onto the six-string scene with his trademark blend of blues, soul, funk and R&B, Gary Clark Jr. has gone on to release five albums, win four Grammy awards and cement himself as one of the most formidable electric guitar stars in the industry today. Such is the caliber...

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Gary Clark Jr. had his priorities straight from day one: Music came first, then school. In a new Words + Music Audible production, the guitarist remembers frequently nodding off in morning classes as a kid, exhausted from the previous evening's gig. "I had a teacher, and I don't want to...

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Love Rocks NYC will once again return to New York City’s Beacon Theatre with a 2021 lineup featuring Warren Haynes, Gary Clark Jr., Jon Bon Jovi, Joe Bonomosa, and many more. Also on tap for the fifth annual benefit concert to fight hunger in NYC are Yola, Billy F. Gibbons, Emily King, Ledisi, Pedrito Martinez, Sara Bareilles, Tash Neal, Fantastic Negrito, Ivan Neville, Robert Randolph, Nathaniel Rateliff, and Jimmy Vivino.

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