Grammy Award-Winning Blues Singers & Guitarists Jonny Lang and Robert Cray Jam Bands at bergenPAC

For tri-state Blues-lovers, bergenPAC is the place to be when Grammy Winners, Jonny Lang takes the stage with Robert Cray on Wednesday November 11th at 8 p.m. Lang made his bones as one of the hot, young blues guitar slingers of the ’90s, playing alongside such legends as Buddy Guy and B.B. King. These days, Lang still gets out on the road to grind out all his hits with artists ranging from Herbie Hancock to Joss Stone. Eric Clapton regularly tours with Robert Cray, so if that endorsement isn’t enough, check out any number of Cray’s Grammy-winning albums beginning with “Strong Persuader” and hits including “Smoking Gun,” “Right Next Door” and “I Guess I Showed Her”. This is blues that’s sure to get you into a groove.

Wednesday November 11th- 8:00 PM

$99, $69, $54, $42, $29

Lang began playing the guitar at the age of twelve, after his father took him to see the “Bad Medicine Blues Band”, one of the few blues bands in Fargo, North Dakota. Lang soon started taking guitar lessons from Ted Larsen, the Bad Medicine Blues Band's lead guitarist. Several months later, he became an official member of the Bad Medicine Blues Band, which was then renamed Kid Jonny Lang & The Big Band.

The band moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and independently released the album “Smokin'” when Lang was just fourteen. Impressed with his style, A&M Records signed Lang in 1996, and released the critically acclaimed, multi-platinum “Lie to Me” on January 28, 1997. The young artist’s consecutive album, “Wander this World” was completed in October of 1998 and earned a Grammy nomination. Lang also appeared on the cover of Edgar Winter's "Dying to Live". Lang's newest album, the gospel-influenced “Turn Around,” was released in 2006, and most recently won Lang his first Grammy Award.

In more than ten years on the road, Lang has toured with the Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy, Aerosmith, B.B. King, Blues Traveler, Jeff Beck and Sting. In 1999, he was invited to play for a White House audience including President and Mrs. Clinton. Lang also made a cameo appearance in the film “Blues Brothers 2000,” as a janitor. In 2004, Eric Clapton asked Lang to play a the Crossroads Guitar Festival to raise money for the Crossroads Centre Antigua.