Hier het verzoek van Peter Lang:
I am hoping that you can help me or at least give some ideas of where it might be possible to perform in your area. You may or may not know who I am. Perhaps I am best known for an album I did with John Fahey and Leo Kottke in the 70' s on Takoma records in The U.S. I left the music business for 23 years and started up again in 2001.
I had a tour booked in Mid-April in Italy, but an opportunity to play Moscow and several other Russian cities came up in March leaving me with almost three weeks of down time. I know this is very short notice to try and do something, but the opportunity to play and lecture in Russia was just too tempting to pass up. I am hoping to pick up some additional gigs to cover expenses during this down time. I also do master classes and seminars on Finger-style, Blues, and Slide guitar. If there is anyone you might recommend me to or if you might have interest yourself I would be most appreciative. With the exception of a date on April 1st in Stamford England, I have no other gigs booked. The Dates that are free are March 23 through March 29, and April 3 to the 15th.
Thanking you in advance,
Sincerely, Peter Lang,
Fingerpicking specialist
Lang is niet de eerste de beste. In de jaren 70 behoorde hij tot de beste fingerpicking specialisten. Hij toerde en nam albums op met onder andere Ry Cooder, John Fahey, Jerry Garcia, Chet Atkins, John Hartford, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Emmylou Harris, Leo Kottke, Freddie King, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, John Hammond, Keith Jarrett, Phoebe Snow, Maria Muldaur, The Yellowjackets, Robben Ford, vele anderen.
Hij nam acht albums op (inclusief een met Leo Kottke and John Fahey). Voor het album Lycurgus kreeg hij een Grammy nominatie in 1975. Hij was mede-auteur van het boek ‘20th Century Masters of Finger-Style Guitar'.
In 1978 was hij al het toeren beu en besloot nooit meer op een podium te staan. Bijna 25 jaar later is hij daarop teruggekomen. Inmiddels is zijn negende album uit: Dharma Blues.
Websites: www.peterlang.org en www.folkrocks.com/PeterLang.html.