Gary Clark, Jr.
Gary Clark, Jr.
Gary Lee Clark Jr.is an American guitarist and actor based in Austin, Texas. Clark has shared the stage with various legends of rock and roll, and has stated that he is "influenced by blues, jazz, soul country, as well as hip hop". Clark's musical trademarks are his distorted guitar sound and smooth vocal style...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth15 February 1984
CountryUnited States of America
foundation relevant grows
The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. Its cool how music grows, but the foundation is always there. Its not going anywhere. The blues is always going to be relevant.
obsessed pedals
I'm obsessed with fuzz pedals.
campaigns expected ads
I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.
school causes scared
I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.
rocks who-i-am play
I grew up with synthesizers and weird, spacey music-hip-hop, R&B, modern rock-that I heard on the radio. That's influenced the way I play music. It's natural for me to go with what I feel. If I didn't let that other stuff out and stuck to a certain format, I would feel like I was missing out on something. I'm just enjoying my ride and being who I am.
rights black sound
For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.
guitar hip-hop sublime
When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana and Sublime, as well as whatever hip-hop and R&B stuff was on the radio.
moving guitar feel-good
I know that I'm capable of moving around on the guitar. I can express myself the way I want to and feel good about it. But as far as technical chops, I'm not a learned musician.
growing-up night guy
When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.
austin different
There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.
blues cool music
The blues is the foundation for a lot of things. Things have branched off. It's cool how music grows, but the foundation is always there. It's not going anywhere. The blues is always going to be relevant.