Members campfirehero Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Seriously... John Mayer made it mixing blues and pop, where did Johnny Lang go wrong in the business... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members extollo Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 song writing with more appeal to women. better luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chad_sux Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 He and Kenny Wayne Sheppard occupied the same niche...thus negating both of their careers. Also, SRV came back from the dead and slayed him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imgooley Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Because JM Doesn't play blues, and real blues players don't play pop, therefore making a pop/blues combination unpossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sfarfsky Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 the general public doesn't like the blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Busbee Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 song writing with more appeal to women. better luck. And less drugs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jnurp Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 he had the right approach to the instrument, play less and let the notes do the talking...but his songs were AWFUL and his vocals couldn't carry the song either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members silverfacechamp Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 he had the right approach to the instrument, play less and let the notes do the talking...but his songs were AWFUL and his vocals couldn't carry the song either. And, especially on the first couple albums, he didn't actually play a lot of the 'cool' guitar work. It's was the 'backing' guitarist, Paul. Lang was always a gimmick...from the time he started in Fargo with the Big Bang (we used to go watch them play every once in a while)....he was really young and could play some stuff and was an OK singer....once he became an adult, a lot of the novelty wore off and he was just another mediocre 20-something with OK vocals and OK guitar skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rodimus Prime Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 me and my friends don't like the blues fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 17 Tubes Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Child prodigies rarely make it to legend status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 His last album went more towards R&B, which seems to be more his liking. It got some pretty good reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackie08 Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Child prodigies rarely make it to legend status. That Bonamassa guys is pretty good:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretout Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 I always thought Kenny Wayne Sheppard>Johnny Lang. The downside is that these two artists gained notoriety for their blues work, and then on their sophmore (their 2nd COMMERCIAL album), they completely changed their style. KWS went for a southern-rock-type sound and it sounded awful IMO, and Johnny Lang went for more of the pop sound, and I haven't heard about him in years until this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Caulk Rocket Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Jonny Langseth (real name, went to another school near mine) fired the band that made him and it came back to bite him in the ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Jonny Langseth (real name, went to another school near mine) fired the band that made him and it came back to bite him in the ass.little sis Jessie gave the biz a try too but didn't really get anywhere. Haven't heard much about her the last couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Caulk Rocket Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 little sis Jessie gave the biz a try too but didn't really get anywhere. Haven't heard much about her the last couple years. Wasn't she in the "Lie to Me" video doing backup vocals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members co&cafan808 Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 I always thought Kenny Wayne Sheppard>Johnny Lang. The downside is that these two artists gained notoriety for their blues work, and then on their sophmore (their 2nd COMMERCIAL album), they completely changed their style. KWS went for a southern-rock-type sound and it sounded awful IMO, and Johnny Lang went for more of the pop sound, and I haven't heard about him in years until this thread... I agree with this. I think he is a pretty good player but at the end of the day he just isn't talented enough to convince the real blues fans to like him or mainstream enough for the pop crowd(ala john mayer fans) to latch on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Wasn't she in the "Lie to Me" video doing backup vocals?not sure. Could be. I met their dad once. He was kind of their personal manager, especially hers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Caulk Rocket Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 not sure. Could be. I met their dad once. He was kind of their personal manager, especially hers. Just checked youtube. Looks like his two older sisters. I think they did backing vocals for that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mfergel Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 He started getting his break with the big bang when they did a lot of opening acts with Mike and the Monsters in Fargo. I worked with Mike at the recording studio in town where John recorded his demo album. As said, he really started doing the singing thing as the young kid with the older guys. He learned the guitar pretty quick. One of my best friends from college played bass for Jessi and she was going out with the son of one of my studio clients at one time. I actually never met John though. He used to come in at nights to record and I was usually working days with the advertising clients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members silverfacechamp Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Jonny Langseth (real name, went to another school near mine) fired the band that made him and it came back to bite him in the ass. You're from Casselton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members silverfacechamp Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 little sis Jessie gave the biz a try too but didn't really get anywhere. Haven't heard much about her the last couple years. She made it a little ways on American Idol last season. Then got canned before it got into the top 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Caulk Rocket Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 You're from Casselton? Nah. Outside of Fargo. IIRC, his family went to the same church as one of my teachers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members silverfacechamp Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Nah. Outside of Fargo. IIRC, his family went to the same church as one of my teachers. Jon's family is from Casselton. Where did you go to school? Just curious because I grew up in SE ND. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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