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Post by MikeMusic on May 5, 2020 10:26:49 GMT
I love this album so much it has stuck in the kitchen playlist for many months. His third and best in my opinion He started playing in public early at 12. Joined a band and in a few months they spotted a talent and he became the leader first album Smokin in 1995 is quite good By the time he released Wander this world he was getting on, 17 Grammy nominated Sampler from Allmusic until I sort out Spotty Allmusic |
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Post by MartinT on May 5, 2020 10:50:28 GMT
Thanks, Mike. Don't know anything of his so I'll fire it up tonight after work.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 5, 2020 13:00:42 GMT
Loud is good  |
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Post by ChrisB on May 5, 2020 13:11:30 GMT
Playing it now.
I spent a while watching clips on YouTube of the recent tribute concert that Mick Fleetwood staged for Peter Green. Jonny Lang was part of the housd band. I have a couple of his albums but they don't get too much time being played for some reason.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 5, 2020 13:17:52 GMT
Our boy Jonny has moments of Greeniness
Wander this world is the best IMO
I found him on Vintage TV which you pointed out to me so full circle !
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Post by Slinger on May 5, 2020 13:25:06 GMT
I like Jonny Lang, I'm going to like this. Simples.
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Post by jandl100 on May 5, 2020 13:59:46 GMT
Listening to the linked track, it sounds like straightforward, old fashioned rock. Distinctive in its undistinctiveness.
I guess you just play it loud and rock along.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 5, 2020 16:09:16 GMT
Listen to the whole album Jerry
It grows on repeat listens
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Post by John on May 5, 2020 17:49:45 GMT
I like some of this album like Wander this world but it also has a few fillers on it.
I think it is something I could listen to occasionally
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Post by jandl100 on May 6, 2020 4:14:53 GMT
Listen to the whole album Jerry It grows on repeat listens OK. The guy's a chameleon, he can take on a whole bunch of genres and do them well - Blues, Rock, Soul, Evangelical. Some nice guitar work, I'd like to hear more of that. I just wish the drummer had more imagination, the same damn beats almost every damn song or so it seems to me. Very tedious after 2 or 3 tracks. 4/5 for JL, 1/5 for the bloody drummer who makes the album nigh on unlistenable for me. If you forced me to vote it would be a 1/5. I'd enjoy the 'drummer karaoke' version.  |
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Post by petea on May 6, 2020 7:08:56 GMT
I think you have summed up my opinion of it pretty well too, Jerry. It is Ok I thought, but the drumming is tedious. I wouldn't mind hearing the odd track on the 'radio' every now and then, but I wouldn't seek any of it out I don't think. Probably somewhere between 2 and 3, but based on this album alone I'll have to go with 2 I'm afraid.
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Post by jandl100 on May 6, 2020 7:30:27 GMT
Ah,OK, that's interesting, Pete. I'd kind of assumed that it was me just being a classical drongo who didn't get it. Obviously not. So I'll vote. Whoops - 1/5. Shoot the drummer and I'll give it a 4!  |
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Post by MikeMusic on May 6, 2020 9:25:03 GMT
Will listen intently to the drumming next play This could ruin it for me you know Jerry ! |
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Post by jandl100 on May 6, 2020 9:29:33 GMT
Intently?
Bloody hell, it's mind numbingly, inescapably obvious!
Or at least so it seemed to me, and to Pete, apparently.
It's stunning and astonishing and amazing how we can all hear things so differently.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 6, 2020 9:41:09 GMT
Currently playing on the kitchen system where I do other things as opposed to *listen* However I guess it will sound ok to me.... Dots just for you Jerry ... |
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Post by jandl100 on May 6, 2020 9:53:35 GMT
Oooo, dots. Luvverly...
Where's my axe got to?
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Post by ChrisB on May 6, 2020 9:55:03 GMT
Yes, I fully agree with Jerry. There's no inventiveness to the drumming at all. I checked my Jonny Lang 'collection'. I own two of his albums, this one and 'Lie to Me'. The latter is just the same!
The thing is, that on this album, the drummer is Richie Hayward, who is not exactly a beginner, having been a founder member of Little Feat and a session musician for...are you ready for a list...?
Joan Armatrading, Delaney Bramlett, Kim Carnes, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, James Cotton, The Doobie Brothers, Bob Dylan, Peter Frampton, Buddy Guy, Arlo Guthrie, Al Kooper, Barbra Streisand, Eric Lynn, Nils Lofgren, Taj Mahal, Coco Montoya, Robert Palmer, Van Dyke Parks, Robert Plant, Paul Rodgers, Linda Ronstadt, Bob Seger, Carly Simon, Nancy Sinatra, Stephen Stills, Tom Waits, John Cale, Warren Zevon, Warren Haynes.
So, quite sought after then. I can only conclude that it's not the drumner's fault, but that Mr. Lang likes it that way.
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Post by petea on May 6, 2020 12:17:43 GMT
Well at least he didn't use a metronome! |
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Post by MartinT on May 6, 2020 15:28:02 GMT
It's a good, tight and dynamic recording of a tight band. The songs are not particularly memorable in that kind of pub rock format where many groups sound similar. The drummer definitely lacks imagination even if he can hit them hard.
Not my sort of thing, I'm afraid. 2/5.
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Post by julesd68 on May 6, 2020 15:55:08 GMT
I know what you guys are saying about the drumming but I have some sympathy for the dude as with a lot of this bluesy stuff there isn't much chance for experimentation, it's just about keeping it tight and allowing the vocals, keyboard and guitar to do their thang.
The songs aren't really my cuppa but all pretty well produced and played. Only song I really liked was 'I am'. I will go with 'not so keen'.
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