Some of these "fans" and reviews baffle me... I guess some people expect an artist to never change anything up, or have the artistic integrity to express their real life through their music? Or to get older, and evolve a little? Jonny Lang is still the amazing blues talent he always has been. I just went to one of his shows, and trust me, he STILL plays the blues. Like crazy! But he also plays some funky, gospel-ish, rock. It is NOT AT ALL overtly religious. It is NOT "Christian Rock". But much of it IS optimistic and postive, in a "Stevie Wonder" kind of way. And much of it does explore something spiritual. (*gasp! oh no! not that!*) ...I guess some people would rather he had continued along his path of drug-abuse and pain, and had instead ended up dying a young genius in his genre. That would be better. At least then "the evangelicals wouldn't have gotten their claws into him." Yeah. Because the world is much better with out Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison, right? Phew! At LEAST they didn't turn into Christians...Well not me. I want many more years of whatever this this kid can bring.
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