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Article: Peter Lang.(RIFFS: Acoustic)(Interview)
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- Guitar Player
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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PETER LANG MAY BE KNOWN AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S preeminent 6- and 12-string fingerstyle solo instrumentalists, but as his new CD Testament [Horus] reveals, his approach can also propel a mean blues jam. The album finds Lang, along with Bad Plus drummer Dave King, bassist Steve Larkin, and harmonica player/album producer Michael Tanner exploring and reinvigorating traditional blues and folk material stretching back to the turn of the 19th Century.
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"The album features many of the songs I worked out while learning to play the guitar," says Lang, who also sings on the record. "Most of them represent the DNA of the American musical ...