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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 ... Full DescriptionHEIGHTS, 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.
Recorded at Oar Fin Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota and House Of Blues, Memphis, Tennessee.
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).
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+ Hide Description Lie To Me Music | List Price | $13.95 (You save $2.06) | | Category | Rock Albums, Blues CDs, Rock/Pop, Contemporary Blues, Enhanced CD | | Label | A & M | | Orig Year | 1997 | | All Time Sales Rank |  318   | | CD Universe Part number | 1094310 | | Catalog number | 540640 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jan 28, 1997 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | David Z | | Engineer | David Z; Tom Tucker | | Personnel | Ricky Peterson
David Smith - bass
David Z - background vocals
Steve Potts - drums, percussion
Jonny Lang - vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, electric sitar
Bruce McCabe - piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer piano, Clavinet, keyboards, background vocals
Jack Holder - guitar, Hammond B-3 organ
Tony Black - Hammond B-3 organ
Kevin Bowe - guitar
Art Edmaiston - saxophone, horns
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WANDER THIS WORLD was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
When a wave of blues-playing wunderkids (Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Monster Mike Welch) arrived on the scene in the '90s, 16-year-old Jonny Lang was out alongside them with his debut LIE TO ME. On his follow-up, WANDER THIS WORLD, Lang once again teams up with ex-Prince mate David Z for yet another excellent collection of R&B-tinged blues.
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Since Stevie Ray Vaughan's untimely death in 1990, there has been a fear that the future of popular blues died with him. Kenny Wayne Shepherd's debut does much to dispel these concerns. Hugely influenced by the late Texan, this 18 year-old prodigy first picked up the guitar after watching an SRV show from atop one of Vaughan's amps when he was eight. Shepherd's decade-long woodshedding pays off on an album that incorporates versatility and passion missing in musicians twice his age.
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Lie To Me Music Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)  Love it
What a CD. This guy is a genius. 5 stars isn't even sufficient.
Submitted by George (California)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful.  Good solid blues
A good listening cd from start to finish, looking forward to hearing more from this artist
Submitted by a reviewer (nebraska) 
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wow
The Best alblum I've heard in years every track is sensational. Highly recommended for every blues collector
Submitted by squash395 (North Billerica, Ma, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Great Begining!
Lang's first album is nothing more than spectacular. Listening to this has made me more attentive to blues. By playing classic songs, combing his style, vocals, and smooth guitar makes this so enjoyable. This is an album you can listen to time and again! A+
Submitted by a reviewer (Hayward, CA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Revelation of 1999
One of the best records ever! Clean, pure, rough and yet consise and professional. Unbelievable these songs can be song by a kid from his age. Alle kinds of other artist fragments sound thru in his songs. Some bluesy (Robert Cray, Keb Mo), some rock (Springsteen, Clapton). If you'd need to describe Jonny's music in two words they would be "intense" and "genuine". This is "real" music. It is yet polished enough to appeal to a broad audience. Given enough airplay "Lie to me" is a potential #1 hit single.
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