Editing Jonny Lang (section)

==Biography==
Jonny Lang was born Jon Gordon Langseth Jr. in [[Fargo, North Dakota]] and is of Norwegian descent.<ref name="Larkin"/> He started playing the guitar for his friends at age 12. He played a wide variety of music. He also performed a rendition of [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s version of the [[Star-Spangled Banner|National Anthem]]. Soon after his father took him to see the Bad Medicine Blues Band, one of the few blues bands in Fargo, Lang started taking guitar lessons from Ted Larsen, the band's guitar player. Several months after Lang began, he joined the band,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jonny Lang Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jonny-lang-mn0000268700 |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> which was then renamed Kid Jonny Lang & The Big Bang. Two years later, [[A&M Records]], who had signed [[Janet Jackson]] and [[Soundgarden]], was invited to come to see him at a live performance at Bunkers Bar in Minneapolis, and he was signed to the label in 1996, becoming the latest in a trend of young blues guitarists that then included [[Kenny Wayne Shepherd]] and [[Derek Trucks]].<ref name="Larkin"/> The band moved to [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], and independently released the album ''[[Smokin (Jonny Lang album)|Smokin]]''' when Lang was 14.<ref name="Larkin"/> He released ''[[Lie to Me (album)|Lie to Me]]'' on January 28, 1997 and its title track would go on to become his most successful.<ref name="Larkin"/> The next album, ''[[Wander This World|Wander this World]]'', was released on October 20, 1998, and earned a Grammy nomination. This was followed by the more soulful ''Long Time Coming'' on October 14, 2003. Lang also made a cover of [[Edgar Winter]]'s "Dying to Live". Lang's 2006 album, the gospel-influenced ''[[Turn Around (album)|Turn Around]]'', won him his first [[Grammy Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/jonny-lang|title=Jonny Lang|date=June 4, 2019|website=Grammy.com|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref>

In his earliest performing years, Lang always performed [[barefoot]] on stage because "it feels good" and once in tribute to [[Luther Allison]], a friend who had recently died. He has since given up that practice, after several near-accidents and electric shocks.

Lang made a cameo appearance in the 1998 film ''[[Blues Brothers 2000]],'' as a janitor. In 1999, he was selected by the newly elected Minnesota Governor [[Jesse Ventura]]. Later that year, he was invited to play at the [[White House]] for [[Bill Clinton|President Bill Clinton]] and the first lady, [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1425644/jonny-lang-plays-for-clintons-sets-dates-with-jeff-beck/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714223842/http://www.mtv.com/news/1425644/jonny-lang-plays-for-clintons-sets-dates-with-jeff-beck/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2019|title=Jonny Lang Plays For Clintons, Sets Dates With Jeff Beck|website=Mtv.com|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref>  In 2004, [[Eric Clapton]] asked Lang to play at the [[Crossroads Guitar Festival]] to raise money for the Crossroads Centre Antigua. In more than ten years on the road, Lang has toured with many notable artists such as [[the Rolling Stones]], [[Buddy Guy]], [[Beth Hart]], [[Aerosmith]], [[B.B. King]], [[Blues Traveler]], [[Jeff Beck]] and [[Sting (musician)|Sting]].

Lang also appears regularly as a part of the Experience Hendrix Tour, along with many other well-known guitarists to pay tribute to the deceased guitar legend.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Unknown |date=2013-07-14 |title=Musician By Night: Jonny Lang . . . |url=https://musicianbynight.blogspot.com/2013/07/jonny-lang.html |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Musician By Night}}</ref>

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On September 17, 2013, Lang released his first studio album in seven years, ''Fight for My Soul''.

''Signs'' was released on September 1, 2017 in Europe, and on September 8, in North America.

On January 12, 2021, it was announced that all confirmed concert dates were canceled until further notice because of a medical issue that affects Lang's singing.<ref>{{cite web |date=January 12, 2021 |title=Jonny Lang Cancels All Confirmed Appearances |url=https://jonnylang.com/jonny-lang-cancels-all-confirmed-appearances/ |access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref>