Gary Clark Jr.doing dates in England this summer saw him open for stones petco park San Diego also guest guitar with stones well worth seeing if you can



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Damn right !!!

Didn't care for him at first. Thought John Mayer blew him away at the 2012 PPV. But lately he's gotten a little grit and it's serving him well. Before I thought he'd end up bland and nowhere like Robert Cray.

I've seen G.C. Jr twice now (both as an opening act); first at Petco Park opening for the Stones then as an opener for the Foo Fighters a few months later.

I was not that impressed.

As far as blues players go, I enjoy Joe Bonamassa far more than G.C. JR.

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Al65
Gary Clark Jr.doing dates in England this summer saw him open for stones petco park San Diego also guest guitar with stones well worth seeing if you can

Hi Alan
Yeah I will try and go to this,I missed him at Hyde park when he played before the stones so it would be good to see him live.

Nate

Hi Nate I'm going to try and get tickets for me and my boy for Brixton would be good to see you again if your going

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Al65
Hi Nate I'm going to try and get tickets for me and my boy for Brixton would be good to see you again if your going

Took my teen boy on his birthday last July to see Clark Jr at the 9:30 club in DC. Great guitar player, you should definitely go!

overated!

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overated!

Probably, but still worth seeing. Heck, you could say that about most anyone, vibe...

Spent MY birthday at his Nashville show, awesome evening. He really shines live, much better than his studio work.

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Didn't care for him at first. Thought John Mayer blew him away at the 2012 PPV. But lately he's gotten a little grit and it's serving him well. Before I thought he'd end up bland and nowhere like Robert Cray.

He's in no danger of straying into Robert Cray territory with this:

video: [www.youtube.com]

I prefer Cray, nothing new nor awesome in Gary Clark way of playing

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I prefer Cray, nothing new nor awesome in Gary Clark way of playing

Yeah I don't agree with this at all, totally two different takes on the blues, the guitar sound / tone are nothing alike.



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A lot of people can play like Clark. Not many like Cray, with such a clean sound on feeling.

I love him, he has got better and better with each album, check out his set at Coachella over the weekend!

[www.dimeadozen.org]

Gary Clark, Jr.
Coachella
Coachella Stage
Empire Polo Grounds
Indio, California
April 16, 2016

Lineage: LIVE Webcast -> FFmpeg (capture & edit) -> .ts
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 16:9 4800 Kbps 29.97 fps
Audio: AAC 128 Kbps 48.0 KHz stereo

Setlist:
Bright Lights
Next Door Neighbor Blues
Ain't Messin 'Round
When My Train Pulls In
Our Love
Cold Blooded
BYOB
Don't Owe You a Thang
The Healing

TRT = 00:47:53

He's not bad, just another average blues guitar player.
Not many here would even be talking about him if hadn't opened for the Stones.

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

Never though the guy is any good.

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He's not bad, just another average blues guitar player.
Not many here would even be talking about him if hadn't opened for the Stones.

Plenty of people are talking about him elsewhere, who have no idea (or would care) he ever opened for the Stones.

He's not average, he's very good.

Refreshingly, he is one of the (few) players who dares to lean on his tone and feel, and avoids the imo unnecessary fast runs and screeching sounds to gain attention.

He might need a great songwriter, though (I have only heard his first album).