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
thinking guitar range
I don't think anything can touch the expressive range of the guitar.
song guitar driven
Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.
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.
thinking guitar done
You know, I've never done karaoke, ever. It makes me nervous - I think it's the lack of the guitar and just a microphone.
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.
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.
people inspired draws
I like to see how people interact with each other and I draw from that. I'm inspired by that.
I'm somewhat of a hoarder. I keep everything.
thinking people schizophrenic
I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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.