JOSH LANGSTON-
"Josh Langston has a way of painting a picture with lyrics. Word crafting at it's finest coupled with his unique vocals, there's no doubt he will leave his mark in music history." C. Miller Radio Free Texas
Josh Langston - "Fearless"
Josh is one of those guys you just know will be a success. Since first meeting him I've learned that he has an unwavering dedication to his music and to his fans. It's impossible to make it in the music business if you do not have an abundance of confidence in yourself and your direction. Josh does not lack in either. He knows what he wants and he'll get it. He has a great rapport with his crowd and his music-Wayne Mills World Records Nashville
Article form 11th Hour Magazine April 12-25 2007 Vol 5 Issue 3
Live Take Josh Langston
"See, I made a deal with the Maker," Josh Langston explains, waving off a shot that has found its way to the 550 Blues stage. "Last night I was playing a show in Beaumont, Texas, and today I told God if I made it through the entire flight without puking, I wouldn't drink tonight." Langston lowers his guitar and breaks his deal, tearing into another original tune, his growl, with the dusty resonance of vintage Steve Earle, filling the room.
"Who the hell is Josh Langston?" a friend asked earlier in the week, when I demanded she make it to the show. Like most people in Georgia, she had never heard of the brilliant Texan songwriter who scored four number one hits in his home state last year, had an album resting in the top 10 for almost the entire year, and currently sees a song he wrote riding high into the Texas Music Charts. And get this – right now, he's playing in our backyard.
Langston picks at his acoustic, backed by bassist and Maconite Jason Griffin, and the two exchange smiles and chuckles. My guess is they are debating what song will most throw off the audience next. In a set heavy with originals that a passionate wordsmith would envy, Langston has also covered Bob Seger, Wayne Mills, Bob Marley, and Chris Knight. He starts into the Counting Crows' "Long December."
Between California's dense folk music and Nashville's watered down country, Tornado Alley, U.S.A. has distilled a new movement of song called Red Dirt, featuring such heroes as Robert Earl Keen, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Cross Canadian Ragweed, and a host of others you might find on channel 12 of your XM. Josh Langston rode alongside those guys for years before he realized there was a world out there (or here) that had not been exposed to Red Dirt. So Langston shed his backup band, the Joint Chiefs, and brought his Red Dirt to Georgia soil, filled out a new band with Georgians Griffin, Adam Guthrie, and Rich King, and hopes to spread the Dirt across Georgia.
Langston's lyrics wander from "Enough about me girl, how you been?" to "whiskey, weed, and cocaine" as he explains "Everything around me tastes like sin." His sound is pure outlaw, channeling the revolution that Luckenbach begat. The small crowd at 550 (tonight local favorite King of the Juice is a few doors down) negotiates between bar chat, dart board smack, Final Four wagers, and the selection of Langston's covers. A girl at the next table looks back at me and asks, "Did he just say what I think he said?" eyes alit at the colorful original lyrics, and I nod, as Josh and Griff begin to work through another tune. I lean back over to the girl and assure her, "If you think this is badass, you should see the full band show. You'll never go back to CMT after that."
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Article by Cody Oxley