Gary Lee Clark Jr. (born February 15, 1984) is an American musician from Austin, Texas. He is known for his fusion of

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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 ''

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'' (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

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, B.B. King and the Rolling Stones. In 2014, Clark was awarded a

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for Best Traditional R&B performance for the song "Please Come Home". His latest album, '' This Land'', was released in 2019. 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.

Career

Gary Clark Jr. began playing guitar at the age of 12. Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Clark played small gigs throughout his teens until he met promoter Clifford Antone, proprietor of the Austin music club Antone's. Antone's was the launch pad where

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and

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redefined blues at the time. Soon after meeting Clifford, Clark began to perform with other musical icons, including Jimmie Vaughan. Vaughan and others in the Austin music community helped Clark along his musical path. Clark sang on the 2010 bonus track cover of the Jackson 5's " I Want You Back" on Sheryl Crow's album ''

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''. '' Rolling Stone'' declared Clark "Best Young Gun" in its April 2011, "Best of Rock" issue. In 2012 Clark recorded with Alicia Keys on two different songs in New York City. He co-wrote the song Fire We Make with Alicia Keys,

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and Oak Felder for the album Girl on Fire. On August 28, 2012, Alicia Keys revealed via Twitter that Clark's new album and major-label debut called ''

'' would be released on October 22, 2012. Clark worked with the

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on the track " What Did I Do? / God as My Witness" on their 2014 album '' Sonic Highways'' recorded at KLRU-TV Studio 6A in Austin. Gary Clark released his new album ''The Story of Sonny Boy Slim'' on September 11, 2015. Clark also had a guest appearance on Tech N9ne's album The Storm. The album was released on December 9, 2016. Clark provided the chorus for the song "No Gun Control". On

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's album

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Clark performs the guitar solo on the track, "The Night Me and Your Mama Met". Clark collaborated with ZZ Ward on " Ride" from the soundtrack to the 2017 Pixar film '' Cars 3''. Clark's cover version of the

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' 1969 No. 1 hit " Come Together", released in early 2017, has become his first charting single on ''Billboard''s Mainstream Rock chart, peaking at #15. In 2018, Clark featured on two songs on

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's album ''

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'', "Blood on the Dash" and "Gone Away" also featuring Leon Bridges. Clark was featured on Tom Morello's album

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, providing vocals and guitar on the song "Where It's At Ain't What It Is." On January 10, 2019, Clark announced the March 1, 2019, release of his new ''This Land'' album via Warner Bros. On the same day he also released the title song from the album supported by a

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directed music video for the song. ''This Land'' was chosen as a 'Favorite Blues Album' by AllMusic.

Live appearances

Clark performed at the 50th Monterey Jazz Festival as part of the promotion for John Sayles' 2007 film '' Honeydripper''. Clark performed at the 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival alongside B.B. King,

, Buddy Guy,

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Sheryl Crow Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, pop, country, folk, and blues. She has released eleven studio albums, five compilations and three li ...

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, and ZZ Top. He joined Doyle Bramhall II and Sheryl Crow on stage for their performance with Eric Clapton, and also debuted several original songs. In June 2011, Clark played at the annual

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in Manchester, Tennessee, at the Miller Lite On Tap Lounge. On June 10, 2012, Clark again played at Bonnaroo, and his performance was streamed live online via the Bonnaroo MusicFest Channel on YouTube. In February 2012, Clark performed alongside blues legends at the ''Red, White and Blues'' event at the White House. The event, aired on PBS, also included B.B. King, Mick Jagger,

and Buddy Guy, among others. Clark played "Catfish Blues" and "In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)", as well as contributing to performances of "Let the Good Times Roll", "Beat Up Old Guitar", "Five Long Years" and "Sweet Home Chicago". In June 2012, Clark guested with the Dave Matthews Band playing "Can't Stop" and " All Along the Watchtower" at dates in Virginia Beach and Indianapolis and on October 21 and 22, 2012, Clark appeared as the opening act at the

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Concert, Bridge XXVI. On December 8, 2012, Clark appeared at The Rolling Stones' first US-gig of their

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at the

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in Brooklyn, to perform the Don Nix song "Going Down" with the band. On December 15, 2012, he joined them onstage again to play the same song, along with

, during the last date of the Stones' mini-tour at the Prudential Center. On May 13, 2013, Clark opened for Eric Clapton & His Band at the LG Arena, Birmingham, England, and on June 12, 2013, Clark was the guest performer with the Rolling Stones at Boston's TD Garden. Clark joined the Stones in playing the Freddie King tune "Going Down". On June 30, 2013, he appeared on the Avalon stage at the

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. His performance was declared 'the most electric performance of the festival, knocking the legendary appearance of The Rolling Stones (the previous night) well into second place' and on October 25, 2013, he appeared on long-running British music show '' Later... with Jools Holland''. On February 9, 2014, Clark performed The Beatles song " While My Guitar Gently Weeps", along with

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and Joe Walsh for The Beatles: the Night that Changed America. On February 16, 2014, Clark performed in the NBA All-Star Game Halftime Show with Trombone Shorty, Earth Wind and Fire, Doctor John, and Janelle Monáe and on May 29, 2014, Gary Clark Jr performed solo at Rock in Rio in

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. Clark performed guitar, as a guest, on an episode of the PBS cable television show '' Austin City Limits'', with the

, that aired on February 7, 2015. He and the Foo Fighters were accompanied, on stage, by another guest guitarist, Jimmie Vaughan. On May 24, 2015,Clark opened for The Rolling Stones at

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in San Diego and on JUNE 2018, Clark plays firefly music festival July 4, 2015, played as part of the lineup for the Foo Fighters 20th Anniversary show at

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in Washington D.C. On June 8, 2016, he performed alongside Jon Batiste and Stay Human as musical guest of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and on June 26, 2016, he performed during West Holts Stage,

, and on July 8, 2016, performed on the Preferred One Stage at the

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in Minneapolis. On January 10, 2019, Clark appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert for which he performed "This Land" and "Feed the Babies". The latter he performed along with Jon Batiste and Stay Human as a "bonus track". On February 16, 2019, Clark performed "Pearl Cadillac" and "This Land" on NBC's '' Saturday Night Live''. On February 28, 2019, Clark performed "This Land" on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show with Trevor Noah''. On March 29, 2019, Clark invited a young fan, by the name of Jeff, onstage to perform a rendition of "Catfish Blues" at The Met in Philadelphia. The video of that performance went viral and Clark was praised in his act of generosity that many saw as bringing his career full circle by offering Jeff the same opportunities he had once been offered by his own idols. On July 7, 2019, Clark opened for the Rolling Stones' concert at Gillette Stadium during their 2019 No Filter Tour. Clark also provided guest vocals and guitar with the Stones during their performance of "Ride 'Em on Down." Clark led the band (and

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) at the Kennedy Center during

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ceremony on April 24, 2022.

Film and television appearances

* Clark starred alongside

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, Stacy Keach, and Charles Dutton in John Sayles' 2007

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'' Honeydripper''. * In 2010, Clark and his band played onscreen in an episode of the acclaimed television series '' Friday Night Lights''. * Clark appears with his band performing "Travis County" and "When My Train Pulls In" in the 2014

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film ''

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''. * Clark was featured in the 2015 Don Cheadle motion picture '' Miles Ahead'' as part of Miles Davis' band. * Clark appears playing the songs "If Trouble Was Money" and "Bright Lights" live in a club during a 2018 episode of Netflix series '' Marvel's Luke Cage''. * Clark portrays

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in the 2022

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film ''

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''.

In popular culture

* The song "Don't Owe You a Thang" is played in the

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movie '' Trouble with the Curve'' and '' Longmire''. * "Bright Lights" can be heard in a 2011 Jack Daniel's commercial as well as in the 2012 video game '' Max Payne 3''. It has also been used in soundtrack of '' Stand Up Guys'', in the final shootout scene. The song was also featured in the opening montage sequence of season 6 premiere of BET's

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as well as in the USA Network series '' Suits'' in the episode "High Noon" and in the Showtime series '' House of Lies'' in the episode "Gods of Dangerous Financial Instruments". * In 2012 Clark teamed up with Nas to create a remix of the song for ESPN's NFL draft coverage. * "Ain't Messin 'Round" was featured in the motion picture ''Identity Thief'' in 2013. * Clark's song "Take Me Down" is heard during the closing credits of the 2016 Peter Berg film '' Deepwater Horizon''. * His version of "Come Together" plays during the closing credits of the 2017 Zack Snyder film '' Justice League''. Clark appeared in two music videos of the song, the first is the original and the second is YouTube edition featuring five YouTube stars Todrick Hall, J.Fla, Mario Bautista, Samantha Harvey and Clara Marz, with Clark playing guitar. * "The Healing" was featured on CBS during their commercials for the

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Awards and recognitions

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's breakout artist for the month of November 2011. '' Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked Clark's Bright Lights EP (named for the title track, an homage to Jimmy Reed and his song of the same name), number 40 on its list of its top 50 albums of 2011. "Bright Lights" can be heard in the video game '' Max Payne 3'', the premiere episode of '' House of Lies'', as well as in the movie '' Think Like a Man'' near the end when the guys are in the bar before reconciling with their respective ladies, and "Don't Owe You a Thang" can be heard in '' Need for Speed: The Run'' Kirk Hammett from Metallica introduced Clark onstage before his performance at the Orion Festival in Atlantic City, NJ. While playing music festivals such as

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, JazzFest, Memphis Beale St., Hangout, High Sierra, Sasquatch,

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, Bonnaroo, Electric Forest, Hard Rock Calling, Newport Folk Festival, Orion Music Festival, Osheaga,

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, and ACL Music Festival, Clark was awarded '' SPIN Magazines Golden Corndog award for performing in more major North American Music Festivals in 2012 than any other musician on the planet. Clark swept the 31st annual Austin Music Awards for 2012–2013, collecting eight awards, he earned the following: Band of the Year, Musician of the Year, Song of the Year – "Ain't Messin Round" (from ''Blak and Blu''), Album of the Year – ''Blak and Blu'', Electric Guitarist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Blues/Soul/Funk Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year. In 2014 and 2015, Clark won a

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in the 'Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year' category. As of 2020, Clark has been nominated for six Grammy Awards, and has won four of them.

Grammy Awards

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Instruments

Gary Clark Jr. mainly uses Epiphone Casino, both P-90 and Humbucker Gibson SG, and both Fender Stratocaster and Fender Telecaster electric guitars, as well as Epiphone Masterbilt and

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acoustic guitars. Clark has his own signature Blak & Blu Epiphone Casino which features

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USA made P-90 pickups. Clark uses .011-.049 D'Addario Strings EXL 115. Clark uses a Fender Vibro-King amp purchased from Zapata (who currently tours with him and plays rhythm guitar) paired with a Fender Princeton. He is known for extensive use of fuzz pedals, with his most frequently used pedal being the Fulltone Octafuzz, and regular use of a

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Charity

Clark performed at Alicia Keys'

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Black Ball benefit, in an effort to raise money for children with AIDS in Africa. The two performed the

' " While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as a tribute to

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Personal life

Clark married model

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in 2016. They have three children. In late 2016, Clark and Trunfio purchased a 50-acre horse ranch in Kyle, Texas. A series of racist questions from a neighbor about Clark's ownership of the ranch served as inspiration for the song "This Land."

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

EPs

;Others * 2012 – ''Gary Clark Jr. Presents Hotwire Unlimited Raw Cuts Vol. 1'' – Hotwire Unlimited/Warner Bros. – released April 30, 2012 .K. vinyl 45rpm * 2013 – ''Gary Clark Jr. Presents Hotwire Unlimited Raw Cuts Vol. 2'' – Warner Bros. – released April 21, 2013 .K. vinyl Side A – 33 rpm, Side B – 45rpm

Singles

Guest appearances

* Booker T. Jones – "Austin City Blues" on ''

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'' (2013) * The-Dream – "Too Early" on ''

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'' (2013) * Talib Kweli – "Demonology" (featuring

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) on '' Gravitas'' (2013) *

– " What Did I Do? / God As My Witness" on '' Sonic Highways'' (2014) * Tech N9ne – "No Gun Control" (featuring Krizz Kaliko) on '' The Storm'' (2016) *

– "The Night Me And Your Mama Met" on ''

'' (2016) * ZZ Ward – " Ride" on '' Cars 3'' soundtrack (2017) * Trae Tha Truth – "I'm on 3.0" (featuring T.I., Dave East,

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, Royce Da 5'9,

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, Fabolous,

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, Styles P, E-40 & Mark Morrison) on ''

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'' (2017) * Tom Morello – "What It's At Ain't What It Is" (featuring Nico Stadi) on ''

'' (2018) *

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– "Citizen" (2020)

Mixtapes

*2014 – '' Blak and Blu The Mixtape'' – presented by D-Nice – released April 30, 2014

References

External links

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