Gary Clark Jr. to Appear on NBC's Tonight Show' and 'Times Talks in NYC

TimesTalks - Gary Clark Jr. will be held at Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022 (between Park and Madison).

Clark will also perform a selection of tracks from his upcoming album Live North America 2016, which is released today by Warner Bros. Records. The album, whichfeatures several songs from The Story of Sonny Boy Slim, is characterized by raw soul and funk, classic solo and blues performances, and tour de force guitar jams.

The release of Live North America 2016 coincides with Clark's appearances as a special guest at Eric Clapton's upcoming 50th anniversary shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 19th and 20th and at The Forum in Los Angeles on March 25 and 26.

About Gary Clark Jr.: Heralded as a rare guitar virtuoso and one of the most acclaimed bluesman of his generation, Gary Clark Jr. has collaborated and performed with a myriad of today's greatest musical artists including The Rolling Stones, Beyoncé, Foo Fighters, Eric Clapton, Nas, and Booker T Jones. Live North America 2016 has been described as being driven by a pure, soulful, nearly devotional spirit. The album includes new and unreleased live recordings from Gary Clark Jr's 2016 tour in support of his internationally acclaimed 2015 album The Story of Sonny Boy Slim.

About TimesTalks: TimesTalks are live, online and video conversations between New York Times journalists and 21st-century talents and thinkers. Created in 1998, TimesTalks have entertained and enlightened audiences in TheTimesCenter, at theaters around New York and across the country, at major film festivals like Sundance and Cannes, and throughout the world via online video at timestalks.com. For nearly twenty years, TimesTalks have been part of the global dialogue about film, theater, television, music, art, books, style and ideas.

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