It is currently Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:56 pm

All times are UTC - 7 hours



Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 13 posts ] 
Author Message
Post subject: One of Blues Best Johnny Lang!
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 7:17 pm
Offline
Amateur
Amateur

Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:21 am
Posts: 199
Location: Louisiana
Saw Johnny Lang perform last night at the House of Blues in New Orleans. Amazing! A few of us Hung around after the show and were lucky! He came out and stopped to say Hi. We shook hands,took a couple pics,he signed our tickets and talked a minute. The man is an artist and a true gentleman!


Top
Profile
Fender Play Winter Sale 2020
Post subject: Re: One of Blues Best Johnny Lang!
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 10:46 pm
Offline
Roadie
Roadie
User avatar

Joined: Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:22 am
Posts: 227
Congrats jeffp,
It's cool when you get to meet someone like that. Johnny Lang is def a hot player in the blues world. I'll bet it was a great show too.
One of my fondest memories was meeting Robert Cray and Richard Cousins. In 1984 a blues band I was in opened for Cray when he was in town. Robert and Richard came in and watched about half of our set, standing by the side of the stage and cheering us on. When we walked off stage they shook our hands and gave us pats on the back.
It was a really cool feeling to get that kind of attention from those big stars, and to know they were just regular guys like the rest of us.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: One of Blues Best Johnny Lang!
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 3:30 am
Offline
Professional Musician
Professional Musician
User avatar

Joined: Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:47 am
Posts: 1256
good stuff! I've always like Johnny Lang, sounds like a class act!


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: One of Blues Best Johnny Lang!
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 9:03 am
Offline
Rock Star
Rock Star
User avatar

Joined: Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:50 pm
Posts: 7998
Location: ʎɹʇunoɔ ǝsoɹ pןıʍ
That's so cool, Jeff.
Love hearing stuff like that.
You have a memory now and a signed stub as a reminder.
Life is good.

:!:

_________________
Image
Just think of how awesome a guitar player you could have been by now if you had only spent the last 10 years practicing instead of obsessing over pickups and roasted maple necks.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: One of Blues Best Johnny Lang!
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 9:49 am
Offline
Aspiring Musician
Aspiring Musician

Joined: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:07 pm
Posts: 604
I never heard of him before, so I You Tubed him because of this thread, And I listened to Lie To Me. I liked everything I saw and heard. Not bad at all. A full featured artist, he sings, plays, excellent.... He sure don't look like he sounds.

And cool story by the way.

_________________
dbm
If it sounds good it is good.
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default ... tent=music


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: One of Blues Best Johnny Lang!
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 10:39 am
Offline
Professional Musician
Professional Musician
User avatar

Joined: Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:47 am
Posts: 1256
Johnny Lang was one of the first "child prodigies" of the modern blues scene.. (so was Kenny Wayne Shepard and little bit later on Joe Bonamassa)


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: One of Blues Best Johnny Lang!
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 5:26 pm
Offline
Amateur
Amateur

Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:21 am
Posts: 199
Location: Louisiana
What really impressed was he stopped to talk to us. Just for a few minutes.I did not expect that! Yep...that was very nice!


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: One of Blues Best Johnny Lang!
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 6:44 pm
Offline
Rock Icon
Rock Icon
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:13 pm
Posts: 19025
Location: Illinois, USA
Glad that you enjoyed the show Jeff. Cool story, thanks for sharing. 8)

_________________
you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: One of Blues Best Johnny Lang!
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:54 am
Offline
Professional Musician
Professional Musician

Joined: Tue Sep 11, 2012 2:14 pm
Posts: 2561
Great talent !

Been watching him - Jon G. Langseth (aka Jonny Lang), since he was doing the Minneapolis Blues scene at 15. Saw him perform at local venues throughout his teens (often just for tips). Before his first recording at 16, he used to pack the house weekly for an Open Mike Nite at a now-defunct Blues Bar in Roseville (near suburb).

He disappeared for awhile going through the whole Christian Rebirth thing and did a couple Worship albums.

But, those sales didn't support the lifestyle he'd become accustomed to, and so he's back on the Blues scene again for the past few years.

He's fun to listen to and very interesting to watch as he plays... almost trance-like.

He also has a very talented sister - Jesse Langseth (aka Jesse Lang) who appears locally several times throughout the year.

Wish I was at the NOLA HOB ! Last time I was there was for Piano Night last April, but finished the night at Snake & Jakes Christmas Club Lounge:

Image

Image

That was a great night !

cheers!

_________________
Image

'11 FSR Am. Vtg. Ltd. Ed. CAR '57 Stratocaster (SN# LE02639)
'14 American Deluxe Ash Stratocaster
'12 Telebration Empress Telecaster
'99 Deluxe Nashville Telecaster
'12 FSR Telecaster HH
'10 Heritage H-535
'99 Martin DC-1E
'13 Lanikai Tenor Ukulele


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: One of Blues Best Johnny Lang!
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 9:21 am
Offline
Roadie
Roadie

Joined: Sun Aug 26, 2012 4:10 pm
Posts: 282
Coll story great experience good for you.

_________________
R/Jim
2016 Gibson SG Standard T
2014 Fender American Deluxe Telecaster
2013 Fender Dlx Players Stratocaster
2013 Fender FSR American Standard Stratocaster
2013 Gibson Les Paul Trad Pro II
2012 Ibanez AR 325
Super-Sonic 112
GDEC 3 Thirty
Champion 600


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: One of Blues Best Johnny Lang!
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 9:53 am
Offline
Rock Star
Rock Star
User avatar

Joined: Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:02 am
Posts: 8609
Location: Vacaville, CA USA
Jonny Lang is a very cool guitar player, a little underrated too.

He was in the 2nd Blues Brothers movie.

_________________
Chet Feathers

Authorized TonePros Dealer
Authorized WD Music Products Dealer
F/A Official Southpaw Compliance Certification Tester http://faamps.com/

http://www.facebook.com/cafeathers


I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: One of Blues Best Johnny Lang!
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:11 pm
Offline
Rock Icon
Rock Icon
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:13 pm
Posts: 19025
Location: Illinois, USA
Johnny Lang



_________________
you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: One of Blues Best Johnny Lang!
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 6:26 pm
Offline
Amateur
Amateur

Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:21 am
Posts: 199
Location: Louisiana
Forgot to mention he was using two Deluxe reverbs. Can't remember the times in between but the first time I remember him with a Vibroking-king.


Top
Profile
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 13 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 7 hours

Fender Play Winter Sale 2020

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: PaulLF and 2 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to: