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Peter Lang

Peter Lang has been played on NTS in shows including Bullion, featured first on 1 May 2017. Songs played include When Kings Come Home, John Hurt In The 21st Century and Living In The Weeds.

A legendary pioneer of fingerstyle guitar music, Peter Lang followed John Fahey in laying the foundations for a new genre of solo instrumental music, sometimes called American Primitive guitar, a genre inspired by blues guitar music from the 1920s and 1930s.

His first album, The Thing At the Nursery Room Window, was released on Fahey's Takoma label in 1972. In 1974, his compilation album with John Fahey and Leo Kottke topped…

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When Kings Come Home
Peter Lang
Takoma1974
When Kings Come Home
Peter LangTakoma1974
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John Hurt In The 21st Century
Peter Lang
Horus Records2003
John Hurt In The 21st Century
Peter LangHorus Records2003
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Living In The Weeds
Peter Lang
Waterhouse Records1978
Living In The Weeds
Peter LangWaterhouse Records1978
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Red Meat On The Road
Peter Lang
Takoma0
Red Meat On The Road
Peter LangTakoma0
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