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
growing-up night guy
When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.
guy laid-back kind
You could say I'm a laid-back kind of guy.
guy sentimental band
The guys in my band buy instruments and sell and trade them. But if I have something I hang onto it. Everything is sentimental to me.
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.
campaigns expected ads
I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.
obsessed pedals
I'm obsessed with fuzz pedals.
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.
can-do i-can know-how
All I can do is do what I can do, and do what I know how to do. I do what I love to do, and that's pretty much it.
austin different
There's so much music in Austin, and it's all so different.
rights black sound
For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.
night names ends
You're gonna know my name by the end of the night
artist input way
I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am right. I don't need any input.
thinking water fans
I grew up being a huge fan of Bruce Lee, and this quote always stuck out to me. He said, "Water can flow, or it can crash. If you put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot." It always made sense to me to adapt the flow and roll with whatever the situation is and to not think about it too much and get caught up in it. It works easier for me that way.
song guitar driven
Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.