Blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr. is set to appear on the upcoming 45th season of Austin City Limits next month on March 5th. Clark’s appearance on the performance-based television show in his hometown of Austin, TX next Tuesday will be taped and aired on cable television on a later date. Unlike most of the live performances which take place on the ACL stage, Clark announced on Tuesday that his upcoming performance will be streamed live on the show’s YouTube channel for fans around the country to tune in and enjoy prior to the episode’s arrival on television in the weeks to follow.
Clark will appear on the television show for the third time in his career to help promote his latest studio album, This Land, which arrived just last Friday on Warner Bros. Records. Fans should assume that Clark will perform a handful of his new material, including the pre-release singles in “This Land”, “Feed The Babies“, and “Pearl Cadillac“. Clark was also the featured musical guest on a recent episode of Saturday Night Live earlier this month as well.
“I’d been experimenting with beats and I kind of got on the empty seat with this one and started that way, I kind of wanted to start from the bottom and have that heavy kick and [the] crack of the snares,” Clark said recently about the new sounds and subtle changes in musical direction he chose to embark on for his latest studio project. “I just fell into it. I put my headphones on and just kind of went to work.”
The guitarist’s appearance on Austin City Limits is not the only live gig which Clark has on his 2019 performance schedule. His spring 2019 tour begins shortly after his television appearance beginning on March 9th in Miami Beach, and he will remain on the road well into the summer months and even into September. Clark’s tour schedule also includes appearances at New Orleans Jazz Fest, BottleRock Napa, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, and LOCKN‘, just to name a few.
Fans can head to Clark’s website for ticket info to all of his upcoming 2019 performances, and tune into the ACL YouTube when Clark’s performance is streamed live next Tuesday beginning at 8 p.m. CST.