One would think that jumping into the
                     pop-rock marketplace after being
                     branded a blues player might confuse a
                     17-year-old guitar whiz. No way.
                     Jonny Lang, with the lucid advice of ace producer David Z, understands
                     the role of the blues as solid ground for someone who wants to take flight
                     with intelligent, well-crafted music that has a wide audience. His second
                     album's strengths lie with his gruffly appealing singing voice and his lean,
                     razor-edged guitar phrases. The material is solid, with songs that range
                     stylistically from the ingratiating funk number "I Am" (a hitherto
                     unrecorded David Z and Prince composition), to the
                     it-sure-sounds-like-a-rock-hit "Still Rainin'" (complete with thunderous
                     chords and soulful female backup singers), to a griddle-hot take on the
                     late Chicago blues guitarist Luther Allison's "Cherry Red Wine." All 12
                     songs are of a piece, tied together by Lang's unassailable musical integrity
                     and his freshness of vision. And R&B master guitarist Steve Cropper is
                     on hand in the Minneapolis recording studio to insure the soulful vibe.
                     --Frank- John Hadley

                     Entertainment Weekly
                     Lang indulges in some of the hammiest, way-over-cooked vocal
                     contortions heard since the white-blues revival of the late '60s.

                     What the Critics Say:
                     Second major label album from teenage guitar hero. Having just turned
                     17, Minnesota-born guitarist Jonny Lang's age has been as much of a
                     talking point as his music. Last year's Lie To Me was a solid blues
                     record; this follow-up broadens the playing field to include R&B, hard
                     rock and white soul. The depth and economy of his playing and a voice
                     that sounds as if it's been doused in Wild Turkey and hung out to dry
                     remain the distinguishing factors, although songwise it aims squarely for
                     the coffee-table blues market once populated by Robert Cray. Finally, on
                     Leaving To Stay and Cherry Red Wine, Lang drops his guard and lets
                     rip, suggesting that despite arena-playing stints with The Rolling Stones,
                     his natural environment is still the scuzzy roadhouse in which he's too
                     young to drink. -- Mark Blake © 1998 Emap Consumer Magazines
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