Dave "Snaker" Ray, Spider John Koerne, Tony "Little Son" Glover ( a.k.a Koerner Ray & Glover), Leadbelly, Mississippi John Hurt, Elizebeth Cotten, Rev. Gary Davis, Muddy Waters, Danny Kalb, Dave Van Ronk, Bob Dylan, The Kingston Trio, Pete Seeger. Gene Autrey, Merle Travis, Jimmie Rogers(Not the blues guy, rather the Yodling Brakeman), Johnny Cash, Blind Lemon, The Blind Willies (Davis, Johnson,McTell), Lightning Hopkins, John Hammond Jr. John Lee Hooker, Jimmie Hendrix, The Beattles, Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, most of the Russian Composers, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, Louie Armstrong, Earl Hines, Miles Davis, Dizzy G. Sleephy John Estes, Luis Bonfa, Baden Powell, Laurindo Almeada and others. . .who unfortunately slipped through the Fissure Of Sylvius into the ether. Se La Vie!
PETER LANG was discovered and recorded in 1972 by the legendary guitarist John Fahey who signed Lang to his own label, Takoma Records. Fahey launched the careers of other notable artists on Takoma, including Leo Kottke, George Winston, Robbie Basho, Bola Sete and others. Peter Lang toured, recorded and performed for nearly ten years, developing a reputation as one of the nations top acoustic players. In the 70s he was in good company, having recorded or performed with Ry Cooder, John Fahey, Jerry Garcia, Chet Atkins, John Hartford, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Emmylou Harris, Leo Kottke, Freddie King, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, John Hammond, Keith Jarrett, Phoebe Snow, Maria Muldaur, The Yellowjackets, Robben Ford, and many others.
Langs credits include: * Eleven record albums (including one with Leo Kottke and John Fahey). * Grammy Nomination, 1975 (Lycurgus) * Guitar Player Magazine 1974 - Readers Poll, " Best New Guitarist" category * Minnesota Music Awards, "Best Guitarist" 1981, 1982, 1988 * Co-author of the book 20th Century Masters of Finger-Style Guitar,1982, Stropes Editions, Ltd..
I am looking for help (venues, booking agents, bands/acts to do shows with) to set up a tour, this coming October and November 2008. I plan to start with the west coast of the U.S. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, then into Canada; Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, then back to the U.S. to Duluth (have to see where Bob came from, I played Greenwich Village December 2007, so the journey continues…), then through North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, over to Nashville, then into Texas and back to Dallas where I lived and played 21 years ago, and of course Austin, then through New Mexico and Arizona back to L.A. to fly back home to Melbourne. Waiting to hear from you
very crafty mr. lang! the arrangements are great. I can't get "guitar rag" to play I'll try again later...love, peace, and light to you for the coming year, dave
I love your original Guabi Guabi with the primitive guitar synth, and I love the newer version with the vocals too. Bravo! Only you can one-up yourself.
Hope the snow is keeping you nice and warm... Merry Christmas to you and your family.
We invite you to listen to DIAL-A-DIVA on Saturday 8th September.
VOCAL PERFORMERS from around the world have signed up for a 24 hour arts extravaganza that's shaping up to be one of this year's cultural highlights.
DIAL-A-DIVA connects an audience and performers by telephone, for 24 hours on September 8th 2007.
Each artist's performance is transmitted via their telephone into a conference call. The audience can then dial in to listen to the phonecast. An internet webcast will also be available. The event will start in New Zealand at 8pm local time. We will follow 8pm around the world with artists participating throughout Australasia, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas. It will culminate 24 hours later as 8pm crosses the dateline once more.
great music..!..dislike the "faustian" cliche devil photo...I almost deleted and blocked you on the photo alone...other than that, I dig Guitar Rag the best!...
