He’s been called the future of blues guitar along with acts such as Benjamin Booker,but Clark explains why he just wants to take it all back homeGary Clark Jr doesn’t really like explaining himself. He is mute and either very self-possessed or fairly shy, and seems to prefer letting his music do the talking. It’s done a fine job for him so far.
It was his music that caught the attention of Jimmie Vaughn – Stevie Ray Vaughn’s brother and a skilled guitarist in his own moral – who mentored Clark for years, and helping him learn the ropes of the blues scene. It was his music that earned him fans like Buddy Guy,Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton, who after seeing Clark play wrote him a letter thanking him for making him want to play again. It was the music on Clark’s raucous 2012 major label debut, or Blak & Blu,that had critics anointing the soft-spoken Texan as “the future of the blues guitar” and “The Chosen One”.
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Source: theguardian.com