new cd: jeff lang w/chris whitley

Vince Luke · Post by **Vince Luke** » 30 Apr 2007 11:31 am

Hi all,

I just picked up Dislocation Blues, a recently-released joint effort by Chris Whitley and Jeff Lang. Lang plays steel on about half the tracks (acoustic, 'amplified acoustic,' and electric).

Sounds good so far--some Whitley songs, some Lang songs, some covers of Dylan, Robert Johnson. It's got a raw, spare sound overall. Kinda like Whitley's Weed, if you're familiar with that, although this one's got more accompaniment.

For what it's worth to ya,
Vince

Stephan Miller · Post by **Stephan Miller** » 30 Apr 2007 2:03 pm

Chris Whitley was a great talent...I don't have anything of Jeff Lang's yet & will give this one a shot.

Peter Cummins · Post by **Peter Cummins** » 1 May 2007 1:23 am

G'day Fellows,
Cedar Grove is a great CD of Jeffs, a lot of Weissenborn & some Lap steel on the disk.he has a Fantastic DVD released - Jeff Lang Live at The Basement, fantastic Weissenborn & acoustic guitar set on that one. It is hard to find over here.
Here is a link to Jeffs Cedar Grove CD on Ebay.
There are afew other items of Jeffs work on Aussie Ebay at the moment.
I like the sound of the Whitley/Lang collaboration, I will go buy it, as you cant have too many Steel guitar albums can you
Pete

Vince Luke · Post by **Vince Luke** » 1 May 2007 10:47 am

Peter--

Thanks for the suggestions for further listening. I heard Lang play live once at a festival, but the only recording I had (prior to the Whitley one) was the one track on Legends of the Incredible Lap Steel Guitar.

I wasn't sure how much steel/Weiss he plays on his albums since he plays other instruments also, so I appreciate the recommendation.

Vince

Peter Cummins · Post by **Peter Cummins** » 1 May 2007 1:48 pm

No worries mate,
Here is the link to Jeffs website.
http://www.jefflang.com.au/vines.htm
later,
Pete