Tony Cummings reports on the critically acclaimed blues & soul man Jonny Lang and his amazing conversion to Christianity
The release of 'Turn Around' by 26 year old Jonny Lang belatedly alerted the Christian scene to one of the most prodigious talents on the whole blues and rock arena. Although singer/guitarist Jonny had toured with the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and Sting, appeared in the Blues Brothers movie and released some critically acclaimed albums it was only his surprise appearance on the Stephen Curtis Chapman 'All Things New' in 2004 which first alerted the CCM world to the fact that Jonny was a believer. His subsequent 'Turn Around' album was not only bristling with songs of faith it turned out to be one of the finest albums on 2006, his soulful vocals and dazzling guitar work coupled to autobiographic songs of faith making for a breathtaking musical concoction. On its US release in September 2006, Jonny told Christian Retailing magazine how the album came about through a chance conversation with A&M Records. "It was their idea for me to do a gospel records, which is crazy, I guess. I was in the studio with the president of A&M, Ron Fair. . . I had mentioned a couple of times, 'I'm going to church tomorrow.' It was pretty light. . . He said, 'Dude, you need to make a gospel record.' And I said, 'Yes, I do; you're exactly right.'" [continued]
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