Introducing Captain Billy Lang

[Ears]

This guy is virtually totally unknown in home country, New Zealand.

He's a fusion player who's been in the session business for some thirty five years.
I've seen a video of him covering Corea/Rodrigo's "Spain" televised live to a audience of probably some 20 million in European Sports awards 1995 or 1994.
I've caught him live a couple of times, the last time I saw him he was playing with Jeff Berlin.
Nothing special some might say, but get this, he's a full-time international Airline Pilot. Guitar session work is just something he does as a hobby in his spare time, you know, a session this week in LA, in three weeks time a gig in Tokyo or Munich or London etc.

He is known as Captain Billy Lang, on account of his day job.

If I could play like him I wouldn't bother with the pilot stuff.

Here a clip of him playing a rumba on nylon, a little outside the Carlton style stuff I've seen him playing before.

The backdrop is Rangitoto Island just off the harbour of Auckland city NZ.
I lived just down the road, with the same view, in the nineties.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4RTGLrlU7 ... re=related

[drhulsey]

This is a VERY talented guy. I notice he uses a pick and fingers on the nylons. I'd love to hear him on an electric guitar
This forum has introduced me to great players around the world, eg, Knut Reiersrud from Norway.
So-o-o much talent in the world
Thanks for sharing

[Ears]

This is a VERY talented guy. I notice he uses a pick and fingers on the nylons. I'd love to hear him on an electric guitar <snip>
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Chances are that you already have, somewhere in the mix of hundreds of sessions. For some reason I have a strong recollection (from his bio or something) that he even played on the soundtrack for the TV series "Dallas".

[drhulsey]

... For some reason I have a strong recollection... that he even played on the soundtrack for the TV series "Dallas".

All I remember is somebody shot J.R.

[Structo]

That sounds nice.
Kind of a Yanni vibe.
And I like Yanni.