The Story of Sonny Boy Slim Gary Clark Jr.

• 1 The Healing 04:48
• 2 Grinder 03:22
• 3 Star 04:44
• 4 Our Love 04:11
• 5 Church 05:10
• 6 Hold On 03:46
• 7 Cold Blooded 03:43
• 8 Wings 04:12
• 9 BYOB 01:00
• 10 Can't Sleep 03:47
• 11 Stay 03:44
• 12 Shake 03:17
• 13 Down To Ride 07:52
• Total Runtime 53:36

Info for The Story of Sonny Boy Slim

Singer, songwriter, guitarist Gary Clark Jr. returns with his anticipated new studio album, „The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim.“

„The Story of Sonny Boy Slim“ was written, produced, and arranged by Clark, who also plays most of the instruments, with assistance from his long-time live soundman, Bharath "Cheex" Ramanat and Jason Sciba. Backing vocals are provided by his sisters Shawn and Savannah Clark. The album was recorded by Ramanath and Sciba.

As witnessed by the global reception of Clark's first studio album, „Blak And Blu“ (2012) and „Gary Clark Jr. LIVE“ (2014), the young Texan has established himself as a sonic expressionist and guitar virtuoso who has absorbed classic forms of the past while looking forward to forge his own path of thoroughly modern music that can only be classified as "Gary Clark Jr. Music." The direction of The Story of Sonny Boy Slim takes Clark even further into his diverse musical roots.

Gary Clark Jr., guitar, vocals

Gary Clark Jr.
Texas guitarist Gary Clark Jr. has been compared to guitar icons like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and his playing is a powerful and inspired mix of blues roots with contemporary soul and hip-hop, and when he’s rolling at his best, he sounds like nothing so much as a natural hybrid of both the past and the future of the blues. Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Clark first picked up a guitar at the age of 12 and spent his teens playing whatever gig he could get in the Austin area, eventually meeting Clifford Antone, promoter and owner of Antone’s, the city’s premier blues club, who began featuring Clark at his venue. An amazing live performer, Clark soon became one of the brightest players on Austin’s blues and rock scene. He released an independent album, 2005’s Tribute, followed by a pair of self-produced albums in 2008 for Hotwire Unlimited, 110 and Worry No More. An EP, Gary Clark Jr., also appeared from Hotwire in 2010. But Clark was far from just a one-trick pony guitar gunslinger. He could also sing, write, and arrange. He wrote the original score for the film Full Count and also appeared as an actor in John Sayles' 2007 film Honeydripper. In 2010, Clark was selected by Eric Clapton to perform at the Crossroads Guitar Festival, and a DVD of the show featuring Clark led to a recording deal with Warner Bros. Clark was soon in the studio working on his major-label debut. An EP called Bright Lights was released in 2011 in advance of the new album, Blak and Blu, which appeared in the fall of 2012.

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