I discovered Jonny Lang after hearing the bluesy rock LIE TO ME on a guitar mag CD. I was so impressed that I went out and bought the album. As a young guitarist he's obviously a marketing dream as he's not bad looking but when you hear his voice and his playing you'll realise where the real ... Read review
Advantages: Lie to me Disadvantages: may seem commercial to strict blues listeners
...after hearing the bluesy rock LIE TO ME on a guitar mag CD. I was so impressed that I went out and bought the album. As a young guitarist he's obviously a marketing dream as he's not bad looking but when you hear his voice and his playing you'll realise where the real talent is. The album comprimises twelve blues tracks mostly covers including MATCHBOX by ike turner and GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL by Sonny Boy Williamson. Out of all the tracks ... ...no weak tracks on this album. Its not solid blues so if you are strict on listening then this is going to sound more commercial yet it could provide a refreshing change.If you love this album then you'll probably also enjoy his latest one WANDER THIS WORLD which shows Lang defining his style. Definitely a rising star.
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I discovered Jonny Lang after hearing the bluesy rock LIE TO ME on a guitar mag CD. I was so impressed that I went out and bought the album. As a young guitarist he's obviously a marketing dream as he's not bad looking but when you hear his voice and his playing you'll realise where the real talent is. The album comprimises twelve blues tracks mostly covers including MATCHBOX by ike turner and GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL by Sonny Boy Williamson. Out of all the tracks LIE TO ME is still my favourite but there are no weak tracks on this album. Its not solid blues so if you are strict on listening then this is going to sound more commercial yet it could provide a refreshing change.If you love this album then you'll probably also enjoy his latest one WANDER THIS WORLD which shows Lang defining his style. Definitely a rising star.
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Product details
Title
Lie To Me
Performer
Jonny Lang
Genre
Blues
Sub Genre
Contemporary Blues
Release Date
06/1997
Recomended Retail Price
13.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1997
Label / Distributor
A&M / Universal Music
Engineer
David Z; Tom Tucker
Producer
David Z
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
731454064026
Catalogue Number
5406402
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: Jonny Lang (vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, electric sitar); Dennis Morgan (acoustic guitar); Ted Larsen, Billy Franzee, Kevin Bowe (guitar); Jack Holder (guitar, Hammond B-3 organ); Pat Hayes (harmonica); Art Edmaiston (saxophone, horns); Larry McCabe (trombone, horns); Dedrick Davis (horns); Bruce McCabe (piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer piano, Clavinet, keyboards, background vocals); Ricky Peterson, Tony Black (Hammond B-3 organ); Tony Black (synthesizer); David Smith (bass); Rob Stupka (drums); Steve Potts (drums, percussion); Bekka Bramlett, Marcia Langseth, Heidi Jo, David Z (background vocals). Recorded at Oar Fin Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota and House Of Blues, Memphis, Tennessee. Nipping at the heels of wiz-kid blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd, who debuted at age 18, comes 16-year-old Jonny Lang, the most soulful guitar slinger ever to make it out of junior high school. Lang's debut, much like Shepherd's LEDBETTER HEIGHTS, features a mix of choice covers and co-written originals. But whereas HEIGHTS leans in a Delta-blues direction, Lang's blues has more of an R&B flavor. The Clavinet and Hammond B-3 organ on the title track and "Hit The Ground Running" help give LIE TO ME a funky swagger. As for influences, Lang's choices of Ike Turner's "Matchbox" and Syl Johnson's "Back For A Taste Of Your Love" show a taste for rousing shuffles and Memphis soul. Lang shows his commercial instincts by wrapping up the album with "When I Come To You" and the acoustic "Missing Your Love," two songs that wouldn't sound out of place on a recent Eric Clapton album.
Album Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (1/31/97, p.58) - "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..." - Rating: B+
Titles on disc 1
1.
Lie To Me
2.
Darker Side
3.
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
4.
Still Wonder
5.
Matchbox
6.
Back For A Taste Of Your Love
7.
Quitter Never Wins
8.
Hit The Ground Running
9.
Rack 'em Up
10.
When I Come To You
11.
There's Gotta Be A Change
12.
Missing Your Love
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