While he doesn't play trumpet on his musically diverse and compelling new album, The Story of Sonny Boy Slim, the 31-year-old singer-guitar star gives pretty much everything else a go, functioning as a veritable (and astonishingly versatile) one-man band, tackling drums, keyboards, bass, finger snaps … oh, and, of course, the guitar. The funny thing is, Clark made good on most of his promises. And if that doesn't work, I'll play trumpet.' Or whatever. “My mother used to say to me, 'What if you can't be a guitarist? What then?' So I told her, 'If the guitar doesn't work out, then I'll play drums. had a backup plan-more than a few of them, in fact. Just in case this whole hotshot axe-man thing didn't pan out, Gary Clark Jr.
