Jeff Lang
I had the pleasure on Saturday night of going to see the amazing Jeff Lang at the Brass Monkey in Cronulla. What a great show. In my experience it’s not often that a single person with an acoustic guitar can be entertaining for more than about 10 minutes but Jeff is one of the exceptions.
I first saw Jeff play at the second of the infamous Yella Rock concerts in 1992. In those days he was a long haired young lad playing a bluesy/rock sort of mix with an electric guitar and a full band. A bit different to the sauve chap in a suit that performed on Saturday night.
Where I got to know him a little better was the Albert Collins tour of 1992 when Jeff was the support act. I was the system engineer on that tour and got to do sound for Jeffs Band. What a blast. His band were great for a bunch of relatively inexperienced young blokes and they were blown away with being on tour with a talent such as Albert Collins.
It wasn’t only Jeff who was impressed. Albert Collins himself was hugely impressed with the Jeff Lang Band and promised to help promote Jeff to “the right people”. It was a great compliment but a worthy one. Jeff has gone on to become a consumate performer and has sold the odd album or two. Do yourself a favour & check him out if you get the chance.
Something you probably won’t get to see though is one of Jeffs famous “nudey stage runs”. After quite a few of the shows on that tour Jeff would appear on stage to do a quick nude lap during the packup! I’m not sure that it is a tradition that continues to this day or not. Ask him if you see him. 
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