GARY CLARK, JR., THE DEPOT, Thursday, Oct. 10, 8 p.m., $26  The
buzz that accompanied Gary Clark Jr.'s now-year-old debut, Black
and Blu, was so deafening that it's still reverberating as he
makes his way to Utah for his first visit since a Sundance Film
Festival appearance a couple years back. A prodigy of sorts
since childhood, Clark earned his stripes in Austin, Texas, and
it's hard to think of a better place to learn and appreciate the
blues-rock canon than the self-proclaimed "live music capital of
the world" and the home stomping grounds of Stevie Ray Vaughan
and his brother Jimmie. Jimmie Vaughan actually helped Clark
along the way, and legendary Austin club Antone's gave Clark a
fine place to work before he broke out nationally. Max Frost
opens the show Thursday.