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Jonny Lang
The famous and renowned Jonny Lang or Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr., born on January 29, 1981, in Fargo, North Dakota, is a Grammy-winning American blues guitarist and singer.
Lang released his first album, named Smokin, in 1995 at the minor age of fourteen under the name Kid Jonny Lang and the Big Bang. The following year, Lang released his debut solo album; Lie to Me. Lang's music is distinguished for his singing, which has been compared to that of a 40 year old blues expert, and for his guitar solos. Lang is a well-liked live-performer as well as a recording artist.
Lang started playing the guitar at the age of twelve after his father took him to see the Bad Medicine Blues Band, one of the few blues bands in Fargo. Lang shortly, started taking guitar lessons from Ted Larsen, the Bad Medicine Blues Band's guitar player. Several months after his guitar lessons, he joined the Bad Medicine Blues Band, which was then renamed Kid Jonny Lang and the Big Bang.
The band moved to Minneapolis and independently released the album Smokin'. Lang was signed to A&M Records in 1996. He releases the multi-platinum critically acclaimed ?Lie to Me? on January 28, 1997. The next album, Wander This World, was released on October 20, 1998 and earned a Grammy nomination. This was followed by the more emotional and moving Long Time Coming on October 14, 2003. Lang also made a cover of Edgar Winter's Dying to Live. Lang's hottest album, the gospel-influenced Turn Around, was released in 2006, and lately won Lang his first Grammy Award.
Lang married to longtime love actress Haylie on June 8, 2001 Johnson and are currently living in Los Angeles.
In more than ten years time span, Lang has toured with the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, B.B. King, Jeff Beck, and Sting. In 1999, he was invited to play for a White House audience including the then-President Bill Clinton and Mrs. Clinton. Lang also performed a cameo role appearance in the film Blues Brothers 2000. In 2004 Eric Clapton asked Lang to play at the Crossroads Guitar Festival to raise money for the Crossroads Centre Antigua.
Jonny Lang mainly uses a Telecaster Thinline made by the Fender Custom Shop. Occasionally, he also used the Gibson Les Paul. The Telecaster Thinline has a Spruce body, maple top and birdseye maple neck. It uses Bill Lawrence Pickups (500L Neck, 500XL Bridge) and a Seymour Duncan P-90 in the middle. He uses a Route 66 pedal of Visual Sound and a basic Wah Wah pedal for some songs. Live, he plays through a Fender Deluxe amp.
From 1995-2004, Lang's backing band included Paul Diethelm on guitar, Bruce McCabe on keyboards, Doug Nelson on bass and Billy Thommes on drums. Nelson was killed in a traffic accident in 2000 and was replaced by Billy Franze. Franze was in turn replaced by Jim Anton in 2003. Saxophone player David Eiland was added in 2000, providing Lang with a foil for extended instrumental jams. In 2005, Lang replaced the entire lineup, except for Anton, and embarked on an acoustic tour. New guitarist Reeve Carney was also the Lang band's opening act for several shows in 2005 and as well as the 2006 and 2007 tours. The new band also includes organist and Houston native Charles Jones, and drummer Barry Alexander from Minneapolis.
Lang has made guest appearance on various shows which include 1997 A Very Special Christmas 3 where he performed on track Santa Claus is Back in Town., in 1998 Blues Brothers 2000 original soundtrack, performed on track 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.), in 1998 Heavy Love album by Buddy Guy, on track Midnight Train., 1999 Loud Guitars, Big Suspicians album by Shannon Curfman, he performed on multiple tracks, and co-wrote Love Me Like That., in 2000 It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues original cast recording, performs on tracks Someone Else is Steppin' In and The Thrill is Gone., in2000 This Time Around album by Hanson, performed on You Never Know, Runaway Run and Hand in Hand and also in the 2005 Possibilities album by Herbie Hancock, Jonny Lang sang and played guitar on the track When Love Comes to Town.
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