Jeff Lang - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
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- Jeff Lang covering Richard Thompson`s song on his Churchill flattop acoustic guitar. Great example of a guitar being driven HARD!
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Followed a Vincent motorbike up Burwood Highway through Wantirna and Vermont this afternoon. It was a joy to see on the road. Made me smile. Had to play this song.
Watched this clip a million times, never tire of this awesome version of such a great song. Go Jeff!
I have never been able to listen to this song without replaying it 3 or 4 times. Love the passion and his voice on this one. Great great effort
This guy's awesome one of my favorite songs and he does a great job
I grew up listening to this version. Kicks ass.
Trying to learn this song on guitar, spent to many hours watching every version on youtube and listening on spotify, watched you play this years ago at thredbo, best version I have heard.
Hey Jeff ... This version is INCREDIBLE! The energy is phenomenal! Good Job!
i'd not heard of this guy.incredible!
I know how many freakin' amazing nuances this song has, harmonic bending, soloing, vocals etc etc etc but i really dig the little part just after 4:53 with that single deadening of the strings. so cool. jeff is arguably my biggest idol when it comes to music and he is so approachable and easy to get in touch with... it's fantastic!
I know he'd never do it, but I'd love to see how Jeff would play this song today.
Quite different maybe? But nothing is lost, I still drop my jaw to this regularly.
I remember seeing Jeff live at Newcastle Uni back in the late 90's. This song brings back so many memories. Thank so much for posting
Well hi,
Firstly thanks to anyone who enjoyed this. Appreciated.
I actually haven't played this song for some 12 years - not because I stopped liking the song, it's just I agree with some here who have expressed reservations about my approach to what is a fantastic story and song.
Slow down? Bulldozing the story with the accompaniment? Yeah, fair call I reckon.
NOT fishing for any rebuttals I hasten to add.
I used to play everything at 130mph like this. You live and learn. Best, Jeff Lang.
bollucks! i don't think james would have ridden his vincent slowly. this interpretation is brilliant.
best reply Ron. james would've held that bastard wide open, molly on the back or not. Yes Jeff we live and learn as musicians. but few could argue with your passion and desire you obviously diaplay to bring this across any better than this. kudos
I still love it. I’ve listened to it for 20 odd years (or just shy) and I still think it’s amazing.
2020 It’s still great ,, awesome
I listen to all sorts of stuff.....from the gene autreys/hank williams's to all the blues legends.....this song and more specifically your version is my goto, ethereal wind the clock back and make me feel young again tune. Dont even recall where i got the disturbed folk cd from....but for 20 odd years this song has been a massive uplifter.....thanks!!!!
It's frankly amazing that his guitar stays in tune ...
Love this version. Saw it played by yourself at Mojo's in Fremantle mnay a year ago was just blown away. Hope to see you play at Bridgetown again soon.
astonishing, thanks to Jeff Lang (mostly) ... and the uploader too
Jeff has always been the bomb
Brilliant work by Jeff, as always!
I’ll be there for you when it’s my time, Jeff Lang
Wow! What a great song! Thanks for posting!
I've watched this a million times and it's still fukn amazing !guitar slaya !😁peace!
Great Thank you!!!! I think this is even better than the original.
This is a really good, upbeat version of the song; how can anyone criticise? It captures the danger and speed of riding a motorcycle and therefore perfectly captures the essence of the story. I'd love to see this played live; UK tour coming soon? Maybe start in Derbyshire! Definitely going to look up some of your other You tube contributions.
spoke to Jeff about this song at a gig in Geelong and he said he doesn't play it live anymore cause it's one of Richard's most well known. but i think it's a pretty nice version
I saw he do this song at the Bottom line what show the good old days.
lovely moment at 3min 50 - lovely harmonic -
a bit of a wild version in oits way but its v interesting - yer man can play!
cheers for posting
amazing instumenting aside, Jeff has a beautiful voice. it's clean and he enunciates excellently.
Feckin' great version fella!!
What a fantastic cover! Jeff Lang is a very accomplished guitar palyer - where have they been hiding him? I will have to check out more of his stuff.
beautiful!
The problem with covering Richard Thompson is that for all the brilliance of his guitar work he doesn't show off. It's all in the service of the song. But who else can play like that and not show off?
Jeff Lang.s from Geelong in Victoria. I first saw him at a hotel in Horsham I reckon about 16 years ago. Playing blues and some wicked slide and tapping on a board. Saw him at the Corner Hotel in Richmond with Chris Wilson. Brilliant together. Check him out with Hatz Fitz
@maton1982
He said the same thing in Jersey when my mrs asked him to play it.
Great! I've been looking a live version of this since some person (who shall remain nameless.... for now) broke my Disturbed Folk Vol.2 CD. It's out of print, so I am annoyed, as you can imagine.
But this is just as good, perhaps better.....
Great stuff!
slow down a song about a motorbike? throttle down i say! i love that its played at 209km/hr
Awesome
Hamish Newey loved this always ,, great to come back to all these years later
really unusual style but bloody enjoyable.
Heard Jeff on 3 MDR today. Didn't know that the bike was designed by an Australian, but what the hell! AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE - OYE-OYE-OYE!!
Got to admit the accent and 'raping of the guitar' did put me off at first, but from all the covers on youtube it's probably the best one.
Can see he loves the original and wants to do it justice, and he does.
oh fck off the guitar was screaming YES YES the whole time
I heard jeff plays this the marrickville factory in 2017
Finally, somebody who did this epic song some justice. I can't believe how many shitty covers of this there are. I mean really bad.
Yeah, reminds me of the definition of "gilding the lily" - To make superfluous additions to what is already complete - That doesn't just go for trying to remake an already perfect song; it also goes for trying to relive youth by buying all the toys (or Harleys) one couldn't afford then.
Damn you can pick
I'm guessing this was filmed much earlier than 2007?
@SpikeX21 Couldn't agree with you more. He really has made this cover his own. Definitely know what you mean about how he rushes things. It's hard to admit fault in a guitarist you truly idolize, but this is probably the only bad thing to say about Jeff (and even then, it's kinda just part of his style!). In my opinion, no one does acoustic guitar better. Tommy Emmanuel's a close second (or first? who can even say...), but it's so hard to compare them and hardly worth trying, Just my 2¢!
the black shadow was the one everyone wanted.
ronny
Bugger can’t find it on any Albums in Spotify love it, ripper version
it was recorded at a blues festival in ferntree gully, australia about 20 years ago. a cfa fundraising event.
It’s on a live double album called Disturbed Folk .. and it’s my favourite version of the song by Jeff. RT is obviously the more authentic as he wrote it. Either way it’s the greatest motorcycle song ever
Thanks Jay to say, still cant find it on Spotify, yes definitely a fan of the song also open.spotify.com/playlist/6qSqZT10XN9NFnyK5W9HdU?si=pVgXfwtJTuuJX-heCUfIXA&dl_branch=1
Bookmarked it here though thanks again
I know this has been up for a while now, however it is still a great rendition - not taking away from RT's original - and definitely appropriate that a boy from Oz delivers this song about a bike who's engine was designed by another boy from Oz! (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Irving)
@blakemetal Oh no. I was mistaken. It's the same JL
@blakemetal I'm beginning to suspect there may be two Jeff Langs, both of whom play a pretty mean slide guitar
@blakemetal yup i can agree with that.
Hey Kevin, I don't suppose there's any way I could get a copy of "Disturbed Folk" from you is there? I bought a CD years ago at a Jeff Lang show, but someone decided they needed it more than I did, and stole it from me. A great album that is long out of print. I asked Jeff a few years ago if he was going to do a re-issuing of it and he said he won't be. Pity, because I think it's definitely one of his best. Anyhow, whatever your answer to my request is, cheers.
While i appreciate the his technical ability, I feel that his need for speed causes him to bulldoze those moments in the song that allow so many other fine musicians and singers, such as Del McCrory, to put their unique spend on the storytelling aspects that are the real drivers of this song.
Great guitar playing and I don't mind the tempo - I've actually seen RT play it faster than this himself! Not crazy about his voice though...
Faster may be better when it comes to motorcycles; but its not necessarily so when it comes to guitar playing. I've only seen pictures of Vincents myself. Seems like most of the yanks on Harleys are geezers trying to relive their youth.
Feels like an exercise in guitar and less of an expression of the song. Jeff Lang is an incredible player, but I think he pulled the emotion right out of the song with this version. Just my opinion though. As this is my first introduction to him I can't make a stance on his entire body of work, just specifically this song. Well done on the harmonics bend though, didn't expect that at all lol.
Now Langs and Kellys and McCourys won't do
cause they don't have the soul of Thompson's "52".
Nah, Lang kills it
Awesome! But I hope someone in the last few years has corrected Jeff with the lyrics. It's "Beezers, Triumphs, and Nortons won't do" not "Nortons, Indians, and Greezers"... . The term "Beezer" is period slang for BSA motorcycles making all four bike references in the song British makes. Kinda makes sense for a songwriter born in London in the 1940's, eh?
Honestly don't care for his voice (on this song anyway) but I haven't seen anyone maul an acoustic like that since the late great Michael Hedges. And that's a good thing.
Name a better version of this song, I’ll wait…
I have to thumb it down . Guy just kills the vibe of this song.
IMHO the guitar is over-driven. Also the deliver is too fast.