The instant Gary Lucas put his hand to his acoustic guitar and blasted into “She’s a Rainbow,” I took off into the stratosphere. A one-way ticket to pleasure-ville.
I had forgotten this great Rolling Stones anthem — a love paean by Jagger/Richards dedicated to their flower-child cohorts.
She comes in colours.
The globe-trotting musician played a mini-concert for a lucky audience following his guitar conversation with Grammy guy, Scott Goldman, at the Grammy Museum Wednesday night.
Lucas, who pursued a relationship with Don Van Vliet in the seventies all the while concealing his aspiration to join Beefheart’s Magic Band (he eventually joined), takes a big-picture approach to music. A master of both acoustic and electric, he plays the full range, from Cuban beat, American folk ditties, Chinese pop songs, and, phenomenally, whacked-out avant garde.
SHE’S A RAINBOW
(Jagger/Richards)
| She comes in colors everywhere; She combs her hair She’s like a rainbow Coming colors in the air Oh, everywhere She comes in colors |
Have you seen her dressed in blue See the sky in front of you And her face is like a sail Speck of white so fair and pale Have you seen the lady fairer |
Have you seen her all in gold Like a queen in days of old She shoots colors all around Like a sunset going down Have you seen the lady fairer |
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