Roo AOTD #83 Gary Clark Jr.

All aboard the hype train for Bonnaroo 2024! Only 45 days until we are all on the Farm again, can you believe it? It’s coming up fast and we can’t wait to be dancing with all of you at Bonnaroo! Today’s Artist of the Day is the one and only Gary Clark Jr. Learn more about the artist below. Don’t forget to check out all of our artist spotlights! Thank you for reading these posts!

Artist Biography

Gary Clark Jr. is a modern electric blues artist who was born and raised in Austin. He started playing guitar at the age of 12 and spent his teenage years gigging wherever he could around Austin. He eventually met Clifford Antone, the owner of Antone’s blues club in Austin, who started featuring Gary at the venue. This propelled Gary to the top as one of Austin’s best players in the blues and rock scene. In 2005, he released his first independent album Tribute followed by two self-produced albums in 2008, 110 and Worry No More. In 2010, Gary was selected by Eric Clapton to play at the Crossroads Guitar Festival. A video a him playing there led to a recording deal with Warner Bros who released his major debut album Blak and Blu in 2012. The album made it on the Top Ten and won a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional R&B Performance category for the single “Please Come Home.” Gary’s next release was Live which was recorded during the 18-month tour for Blak and Blu. His next tours included opening for the Rolling Stones and the Foo Fighters. His second major-label album arrived in 2015 titled The STory of Sonny Boy Slim which debuted at number eight on the Billboard Charts. In 2018, Gary joined Tom Morello on his collaborative project The Atlas Underground for the track “Where It’s at Ain’t What It Is.” The next year he released the album This Land which got four Grammy nominations. His most recent album arrived in March of 2024 titled JPEG RAW.

Genre

Blues, Rock, Soul

Scheduled at Bonnaroo

Friday (Link to Daily Schedules)