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I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway.

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Jonny Lang
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 29
Guitarist
Singer-Songwriter
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Probably my favorite artists to listen to James Taylor, Stevie Wonder - I haven't gone back in a really long time and really listened to them - my first guitar influences. It's been awhile since I revisited that.
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It seemed at first that everybody was more concerned with my age.
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When I began my career, I was constantly referred to as the kid who could play the blues.
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It's an honor to win a Grammy, of course.
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Yeah, but Jesus is the most important thing to me and I want to be bold about it.
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