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Make room
for Mr.Lang and listen to what he has to say. I would tell you that these
are not big words, but so...langy !?! (Do you understand what I mean with
this neologism ?) So, after reading these "langy words", you will realize
that Jonny is somehow like the physics: love or leave ;-)
Jonny said this:" not profound, not prophetic, just jonny."
"Playing
with B.B. has probably been the biggest thrill of my life," Lang admits.
"Talk about humbling. I'm sitting next to God here. I just wanted to sit
next to him and listen, not play at all. But he let me play, so I just
. . . actually, I didn't know what I was doing. You don't wanna go 'diddly
diddly diddly dee,' and play all these notes, 'cause B.B. will shut your
ass up with one little 'biiinnggg,' and everybody will go wild.
You can't
be any more tasteful than B.B. It's impossible."
"YOU HEAR THAT?! I'll be damned."
"I got to sit in with B.B. King one night. I could have died after that and my life would have been complete."
"If I woke
up tomorow with no arms, for some strange reason...I guess I'd learn how
to play
the guitar with my feet. I've seen a guy do it so I know it's possible."
"Getting
to open up for people like B.B. King, Aerosmith, Keb' Mo and Buddy Guy
is flattering
just to share the same stage with them."
"That would be like, bogus."
"But I'd
love to work for NASA. Aerospace, rocketry, astrophysics. I love all that
stuff. I just think the people who work there are some of the most intelligent,
applied minds in the world.
They push
knowledge out to the boundaries of the universe, you know? They're on the
brink of everything."
"If you
were a mouse in the corner of every day of my life," he says, "you'd probably
say, 'God, he busts his ass!' But to me that's never the case. At times
it seems like it should be work, but it isn't.
The minute
I start thinking of it as work, I'll stop doing it.
You know
how that saying goes: 'If you love your work you never work a day in your
life.' That's me."
"My sisters were great," he says, "except they used to beat the crap out of me."
Rocking Through the Darkness, Down Highway 61
The Kids Are All Right In L.A.
A Lang Review Of Sorts... :-)
Jonny
Lang & John Lee Hooker
Santa
Cruz Blues Festival Review & Photos
Santa
Cruz Blues Festival In Shockwave
Jonny
Lang & Keb' Mo' Headline Santa Cruz Blues Festival
Oklahoma
Blues Festival
HOB
Myrtle Beach Review
News-Sentinel
Entertainment
HOB
Anaheim Concert Review & Photos
You read some of these articles and much more on Jonny Lang Newsletter .
You also find some of the articles from 1996 to 1998 on Wander The World .
Jonny got
a tattoo on his 18th birthday on his upper
right arm!
It's a symbol from the Mayan calender.
Jonny failed
his drivers test 3 times (the written
part) and
also failed the behind the wheel!
One of Jonny's
older sisters is now in the music business.
Heidi Jo
is awesome and has opened a couple of shows for Jonny!
Jonny was
not actually from Fargo, but a small town
in North
Dakota called Castletown!
Jonny's real name is Jon Gordon Langseth Jr.
His favorite food is Sushi.
His favorite color is reddish orange.
The only book that he ever read cover to cover is "Gone with the Wind".
He loves to read movie scripts.
He reads Popular Science Magazine.
He loves the "old, worn look".
His favorite movie is "Shawshank Redemption".
His favorite album is "Music On My Mind" by Stevie Wonder.
He always wanted to be an astronaut.
He is a huge Star Trek fan and has seen every episode of the New Generation.
"This 16-year
old blues sensation looks like a teen idol but plays with indecent panache"
(Evening
Standard June 1997)
"Jonny Lang
has already soaked up a flabbergasting amount of bluesology...an absurdly
assured start..."
(The Guardian
July 1997)
"With a
sackful of stinging blues licks, a captivating stage presence
and a throaty
'black' voice to die for, Lang is the real deal"
(Total
Guitar)
"Blues of
the nineties...his phrasing is amazing...brilliant"
(Blueprint)
"You've
got to hear this kid singing...a very impressive debut"
(Blues
& Rhythm)
"One hell
of a guitarist...and a surprisingly capable vocalist"
(Juke Blues)
"Doesn't
just twang like a veteran, he sings like one too"
(Hi-Fi
News & Record Review )
"Impressive...sings
with enormous assurance and skill...watch this boy smoke..."
(Top)
"The 16-year
old blues sensation who has taken London by storm..."
(The Guardian
24 Sept 1997)
"Jonny Lang
may be green, but he still got the blues. Like Leann rimes and Silverchair's
Daniel Johns,
Lang is
a blonde, beautiful, precocious phenom whose music speaks louder than his
birth certificate."
(Rolling
Stone)
(U.S. News
& World Report, Feb 17, 1997) - New face of the Blues
Don't be
fooled by his peached-smooth face. Jonny Lang has the voice of a grizzled
blues veteran
with a 20-year-old marlboro habit, and guitar skills to match.
His major-label
debut LIE TO ME (A&M $10,98)
was released
last month, just before his 16th birthday.
The Fargo,
N.D., native may be the first to record
the classic
"Good Morning Little School Girl"
and not
be lying when he coos "I'm a little school boy to".
Lang got
his first guitar three years ago,
hoping
to play the Stone Temple Pilots'hit "Plush".
He's embarrassed
by his brief fling
with alternative
rock: "That was in 6th grade."
A photo
spread in SEVENTEEN elicits more blushing stammers.
But adolescent
angst meshes perfectly with the blues' spare lyricism.
And Lang
is more than a Blues Kid on the Block, earning kudos from some old pros.
"He plays
so good," says Jimmy Thackery, "I want to break his fingers."
(T.G.)
"If Jonny were just a guitar slinger, then he'd just be one of the
really good young performers cropping up everywhere these days. But it
is Jonny's vocals that separate him from the really good musicians and
solidly places him in the ranks of "About to be Great."R&B artist Syl
Johnson's manager quotes Syl as saying,
"He is, bar none, the next big superstar!"
(BLUES REVUE)
"Playing the blues is what I want to do. I made the decision several
years ago, actually, and no matter what happens, I'll be playing music.
If I have to play by myself for tips on the street corner, I'll keep doing
it."
Jonny Lang (LOS ANGELES TIMES)
"While Lang's fretwork on his debut album, LIE TO ME (A&M),
is certainly mature beyond his years it is his voice that truly
belies his age.
Raspy and road-worn, it sounds more like the vehicle of a hard-bitten
blues veteran
than that of a fresh-faced white neophyte."
(GUITAR WORLD)
"The ripe, vibrant voice of contemporary blues singer and guitarist
Lang is so compelling,
it would be an exceptional major-label debut even if he weren't
only 16."
(ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY)
"By not trying to sound like wither a guitar god or a Mississippi
cotton-field laborer,
Lang comes up with a pleasing blues-pop."
(PEOPLE)
" Kudos my
hero leaving all the best
You know my
hero, the one that's on
There goes
my hero
Watch him
as he goes
There goes
my hero
He's ordinary
"
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