Jeff
Lang (born 9 November 1969) is an Australian songwriter, singer and
virtuoso slide guitarist. A leading performer in the Australian roots
style, which incorporates primarily folk, blues and rock, his music is
heavily influenced by the folk music of the southern United States as
well as from the British Isles but has distinctly Australian lyrical
content. He plays various types of guitar, both slide and standard, as
well as banjo, mandolin, Chumbush and drums. In Addition to other Awards
Lang's 1996 album Native Dog Creek was named 'Best Australian Blues
Album' in a Rhythms Magazine readers poll, as was his 2005 release You
Have To Dig Deep To Bury Daddy and his 2002 collaboration with Bob
Brozman won an ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Music album.