Gary Clark Jr is steadily climbing towards superstardom.<br /><br /> Now the Grammy award winning singer-songwriter’s latest album ‘Story of Sonny Boy Slim’ is storming the charts, breaking the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart in its debut month.<br /><br /> Clark’s first child with Australian model Nicole Trunfio was born earlier this year while the album was in production.<br /><br /> “I was about to have my son,” says Clark. “Nicole, my love, was very pregnant and so I was dealing with a lot of that and he was born in the middle of making the album and so my life changed and it was a whole transition thing and I had the opportunity to be in the studio at that time and really sit back and reflect and let it out.” <br /><br /> The blues guitarist from Austin, Texas has been a part of the established music scene for more than a decade. He got his start in blues playing guitar at the age of 12. Clark’s musical trademarks are his distorted guitar sound and smooth vocal style.<br /><br /> Having performed alongside legends like B.B. Kin
