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.
Personnel: Jonny Lang (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Ted Larsen (guitar); Dennis Morgan (acoustic guitar); Pat Hayes (harmonica); Dedrick Davis, Art Edmaiston (horns); Bruce McCabe (piano, Clavinet, background vocals); Tony Black (synthesizer); David Smith (bass guitar); Steve Potts , Rob Stupka (drums); David Z. , Marcia Langseth, Heidi Jo, Bekka Bramlett (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Ed Cherney .
Recording information: House of Blues Studios, Memphis, TN; Oar Fin Studios, Minneapolis, MN.
Photographer: Frank Ockenfels.
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.
Professional 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+
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this is some really unique music here I really like the vocals and the emotional lyrics The sound quality is great and the music on this album is outstanding. Loved it and i reall reccommend that you buy this album it's getting a bug 10 out of 10 from me. Go on buy it buy it It is worht the spend and if you dont like it you can always give it to someone who does like country music as a gift
i only have one word to say about this album, and this word sums up both jonny lang's music and his album lie to me, this word is phenominal. his music is art in itself, i love his voice and the instruments. any fan of blues music should get this as soon as possible.
I heard the song "Lie To Me" at one of my wifes work parties, and was eager to here more, I bought this album (along with the rest of Jonny Lang's albums) and was absolutely blown away at the first listen. While probably being his best, anybody should pick this up (whether you listen to blues music or not).
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