Jonny Lang
Jonny Lang
Jonny Langis an American blues, gospel, and rock singer, songwriter, guitarist and recording artist. He has five albums that charted on the top 50 of the Billboard 200 chart and has won a Grammy Award for Turn Around...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth29 January 1981
CountryUnited States of America
ive-learned glad
I'm glad I've learned what I've learned when I learned it.
winning honor grammy
It's an honor to win a Grammy, of course.
artist listening different
I've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of.
dad good-friend player
My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen.
skills guy wish
I'm not a fast, stream-of-consciousness lyricist at all - I know some guys who are, and if there is one skill I wish I had, it's that.
home church pastor
I have an awesome church home and an awesome Pastor down in L.A., and I couldn't be happier.
guitar years two
I've probably gone a month or two without playing guitar, just because I've gotten so burnt on it touring all year or whatever.
artist guitar long
Probably my favorite artists to listen to James Taylor, Stevie Wonder - I haven't gone back in a really long time and really listened to them - my first guitar influences. It's been awhile since I revisited that.
parent stuff records
My parents had a huge pile of records - vinyl! - that I loved, especially the Motown stuff, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding.
who-i-am
Who I am musically I hope will just keep changing and changing.
years two half
Well, I got married about two and a half years ago, and that's been a big change in my life.
artist soul black
Some of my influences are black gospel artists so I definitely want to do a soul-gospel type thing.
passion giving interesting
My passion is for playing music and although everyone needs a break sometimes just to keep things interesting and fresh, there's no way I would ever give that up.
kids play careers
When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues.