The Essential Gary Lucas

CD1

1. Fota Morgana
2. Evangeline
3. Coming Clean
4. Chime On
5. Climb The Highest Mountain
6. Let's Go Swimming
7. Swamp T'ing
8. One Man's Meat
9. Poison Tree
10. Follow
11. Skin The Rabbit
12. Grace (Studio Demo)
13. Lady Of Shalott
14. Skin Diving 
15. After Strange Gods
16. Whip Named Lash
17. King Strong
18. All Along The Watchtower

CD2

1. The Wall
2. The Moon Represents My Heart
3. Out From Under
4. Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles
5. Flavor Bud Living
6. Evening Bell
7. Bra Joe From Kilimanjaro
8. Fool's Cap
9. Janacek's On An Overgrown Path
10. Two Roads
11. Will 'O The Wisp
12. Rishte
13. Life Kills
14. Store Without Words
15. Music For The Golem
16. Dream Of A Russian Princess
17. Guanguanco
18. Largo

The Essential Gary Lucas is an exciting retrospective of the seasoned veteran of the New York music scene and seriously talented guitarist. Going back to his earliest appearances on record and stage with Captain Beefheart in the early 80s, to his work with Jeff Buckley, through his own catalog of 35+ albums in his own right, Lucas’ prolific career covers the waterfront creatively.

Guest appearances on The Essential Gary Lucas include Jeff Buckley, Alan Vega (Suicide), David Johansen (New York Dolls), Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads), Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers), Billy Ficca (Television), Nona Hendryx (Labelle), Chinese pop star Feifei Yang and many more.