INTERVIEW: American Songwriter interviews rising star - Gary Clark Jr

Gary Clark Jr. has been on a fast track since the release of his major label debut, Blak & Blu.

He’s a hard guy to pin down, moving from city to city for concert dates like Austin City Limits Festival and Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit.

Finally on Election Day 2012, he’s in New York in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, to play three sold-out shows at Bowery Ballroom. The city is strained in the storm’s aftermath. “Driving in I could see … destruction,” Clark says on the phone from Brooklyn, where he’s added a last-minute relief benefit concert to support hurricane victims.

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