Birth name Peter Lang Role Guitarist Name Peter Lang | Instruments Guitar Occupation(s) Musician Record label Takoma Records | |
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Labels Takoma Records, Flying Fish, Waterhouse Records, Aspen Records, Horus Records Genres Folk music, American Primitive Guitar, New Acoustic Music, American folk music People also search for John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Alexander von Pitami, Alberto Lizzio Albums Leo Kottke - Peter Lang & John F, The Thing at the Nursery, Lycurgus, Back to the Wall, American Stock Profiles | ||
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Peter Lang (born January 6, 1948) is an acoustic guitarist who recorded for Takoma Records with John Fahey and Leo Kottke.
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Biography
Peter Lang was discovered in 1972 by guitarist John Fahey. Lang's first solo album, The Thing at the Nursery Room Window, was released in 1973. With Lang, Fahey launched the careers of other notable artists on Takoma Records, including Kottke, George Winston, Robbie Basho, Bola Sete and others.
In the 70's Lang recorded or performed with Ry Cooder, Jerry Garcia, Chet Atkins, John Hartford, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Emmylou Harris, Freddie King, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, John Hammond, Keith Jarrett, Phoebe Snow, Maria Muldaur, The Yellowjackets, and Robben Ford
Lang left music in the 1980s to pursue a career in animation and special effects production. He released the albums Dharma Blues in 2002 and Guitar in 2003. Both Lycurgus and Prime Cuts were re-released in 2003 with bonus tracks.