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| Birth Name(s) : Jon Gordon Langseth Jr. |
Date of Birth: January 29, 1981 |
| Status:
Married
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Partner:
Haylie Johnson |
| Profession:
Actor/Musician |
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| Jonny Lang's 1997 debut "Lie to Me" jumped to the top of the new artist album charts and critics marveled at the poise and maturity the 16-year-old artist displayed. He's caught the eye of guitar legends such as B.B. King and even made it onto the big screen with "Blues Brothers 2000". |
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Jonny Lang (born Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr. on January 29, 1981, in Fargo, North Dakota) is a Grammy-winning American blues guitarist and singer.
Lang released his first album, Smokin, in 1995 at the age of fourteen, under the name Kid Jonny Lang & The Big Bang. The following year, Lang released his debut solo album, Lie to Me. Lang's music is noted for his singing, which has been compared to that of a 40 year old blues veteran, and for his guitar solos. Lang is a popular 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 soon started taking guitar lessons from Ted Larsen, the Bad Medicine Blues Band's guitar player. Several months after Lang started guitar lessons, he joined the Bad Medicine Blues Band, which was then renamed Kid Jonny Lang & The Big Bang.
The band moved to Minneapolis and independently released the album Smokin. Lang was signed to A&M Records in 1996. He released the critically acclaimed multi-platinum 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 soulful Long Time Coming on October 14, 2003. Lang also made a cover of Edgar Winter's "Dying to Live." Lang's newest album, the gospel-influenced Turn Around, was released in 2006, and most recently won Lang his first Grammy Award.
Lang was married on June 8, 2001 to longtime girlfriend and actress Haylie Johnson. They currently live in Los Angeles.
In more than ten years on the road, 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 President and Mrs. Clinton. Lang also makes a cameo appearance in the film Blues Brothers 2000 as a janitor. In 2004 Eric Clapton asked Lang to play at the Crossroads Guitar Festival to raise money for the Crossroads Centre Antigua.
Lang is a devoted Christian, and currently attends Valley Lighthouse, under the leadership of Pastor Andrew Arrowood, in Los Angeles.
Jonny Lang mainly uses a Telecaster Thinline made by the Fender Custom Shop. He also takes out a Gibson Les Paul for some occasions. 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. |
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| Musically I wanted to explore my songwriting, branching out into my music. I've been playing blues since I started, and I wanted to go in more of a soul, R&B direction. The blues was such a great place for me to start, with Robert Johnson, Albert Collins, B.B. King, Freddie king and all those guys. It's where it all started which makes it a really good well that you can always draw from. |
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