GARY CLARK JR. MERCH STORE

Track List

1. Ain't Messin 'Round
2. When My Train Pulls In
3. Blak and Blu
4. Bright Lights
5. Travis County
6. The Life
7. Glitter Ain't Gold (Jumpin' for Nothin')
8. Numb
9. Please Come Home
10. Things Are Changin'
11. Third Stone from the Sun / If You Love Me Like You Say
12. You Saved Me
13. Next Door Neighbor Blues

Blak and Blu is the major-label debut that introduced Gary Clark Jr. to the world — and it wastes no time showing why he'd been called the future of the blues. Across thirteen tracks, Clark refuses to stay in one lane: the title track and "Bright Lights" lean into smoldering blues rock, "The Life" and "Glitter Ain't Gold" pull from hip-hop and R&B, "Travis County" channels Chuck Berry-style rock and roll, and "Numb" and "When My Train Pulls In" deliver the raw, guitar-driven blues that first put him on the map. A reverent mash-up of Hendrix's "Third Stone from the Sun" with Albert King's "If You Love Me Like You Say" sits right alongside "Please Come Home," the slow-burning soul ballad that won Clark his first Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance. Blak and Blu is the sound of an artist refusing to be boxed in — and laying the groundwork for everything that's followed.