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Buddy Guy with Jonny Lang

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Jun 10, 2012

Sun 7:00 PM

15 Lansdowne Street
Boston, MA 02215

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Performers:

  • Buddy Guy
  • Jonny Lang

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Buddy Guy: As one of the world's premier blues musicians, Buddy Guy's career has spanned over half a century and he shows no signs of slowing down with tour dates scheduled throughout 2011. The Grammy-Award winning guitarist has been an innovator and inspiration for Blues musicians everywhere since debuting in 1953. As a consistent performer and tourer, Buddy Guy has amassed fans around the nation and has released over sixty-five albums throughout his illustrious career. Don't miss a date on the Buddy Guy concert schedule (2011); Use Eventful as your source for Buddy Guy tour dates and concert information.

The Louisiana native moved to Chicago in the late '50s and became a progenitor of what became known as the Chicago Sound which heavily influenced American Blues music. Buddy Guy has maintained a consistent tour schedule for the past fifty years, oftentimes playing upwards of a 100 shows a year. Known for his unique performing style in which he often plays the guitar with drumsticks, Buddy Guy concerts have been attracting new fans for decades now and earned him the honor of being named as one of Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

The acclaimed performer is the recipient of six Grammy Awards and dozens of other accolades. Guy won his most recent Grammy Award in 2010 for Best Contemporary Blues Album, validating his lengthy and prolific recording career. In 2005, Buddy Guy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by rock and blues legends Eric Clapton and B.B. King who praised Guy for being an influence over their own iconic music. Buddy Guy, released his most recent album, Living Proof, in 2010 and it owns the distinction of being his highest charting album to-date on the Billboard charts. After fifty-five years in the business, Buddy Guy is still one of the hardest workers in show business and will tour throughout 2011. Don't miss a date on the Buddy Guy concert schedule (2011); Use Eventful as your source for Buddy Guy tour dates and concert performance information.

Jonny Lang: Jonny Lang's Turn Around

Ten years into his recording career, Jonny Lang is fulfilling the promise critics hailed at the outset of his career. He has garnered platinum and gold certifications, a Grammy nomination, sold-out headlines concerts around the world, and toured with the Rolling Stones, among other accolades. Now Lang's "Turn Around," releasing on A&M Records to general and Christian market retail Sept. 19, reveals him to be a young adult artist of extraordinary musical and spiritual depth.

On "Turn Around", Lang confidently employs the songwriting craft he introduced on 2003's "Long Time Coming", the first album on which he had written or co-written nearly all of the songs. Lang's own songs have been described as "more like Stevie Wonder than Stevie Ray Vaughn." At Wonder's request, and in his presence, Lang had the honor of performing "Livin' for the City" at the legend's induction to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Like Wonder's first self-composed recordings, "Turn Around" is thoroughly spiritual and a personal expression of his faith. Producer Ron Fair, whose many credits include Black-Eyed Peas' "Where Is the Love," realizes the funk and gospel energy inherent in these 14 songs co-written by Lang and Grammy winners Drew Ramsey and Shannon Sanders , as well as five- time Grammy winner and GMA's most awarded artist, Steven Curtis Chapman.

"I've been a fan of Jonny Lang for a long time, but I think this record captures more of his heart and soul than any music I've ever heard him make," says Chapman, who co-wrote "My Love Remains" for the album with Lang. "I'm very honored to have had the privilege of writing with Jonny for this record and our friendship has shown me that he's a man that's passionate about his faith as a Christian and is committed to reflecting that in his music. This is an amazing record from an amazing artist."

"Turn Around" opens aptly with an organ intro by Sanders and continues with, "Bump in the Road," one of the album's numerous songs about the theme of redemption. Lang sings a duet with Michael McDonald on "Thankful" and in "One Person At A Time," the eminent musicians Sam Bush (mandolin) and Buddy Miller (guitar) join Lang for "On That Great Day," while Nickel Creek violinist Sara Watkins contributes to "Only A Man," on which Lang shares vocals with his wife, Haylie.

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