http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/column.asp?xid=329

CST’s Take: West Coast (albeit with deep south roots) rockin’ country, with wit, twang, and hooks applied in the perfect measure to sell the stories

“Where I see myself is a guy who’s doing a modernized version of that traditional California country,” Langston said. “I don’t want to just do tribute stuff, I don’t want to just revive an old style of music. I want to put a spin on it for today.”

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/weekend/ci_12904581

The Bakersfield is alive and well in the hands of Langston and like the the sounds forefathers – Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam – Langston’s roots are in the South. Alabama is where he took up the trombone in his grammar school band, played piano as a teen and cultivated a distaste for Nashville brand of pop-country he heard on the radio. After making the trek out to the Golden State, where in now resides, Langston discovered Haggard, Yoakam as well as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and deeper well of country music to draw from. Stand Up Man proves he’s an astute disciple of the school of honky-tonk.

http://www.twangnation.com/2009/08/10/music-review-grant-langston-stand-up-man-self-released/

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Pleased to announce that the band and I have been added to the musical encyclopedia that is Pandora.

Click here to launch the Grant Langston Channel.

If you haven’t heard of Pandora, it is an online resource available both through their website and an iPhone app. You type in an artist that you like and their system analyzes the facets of that artist and serves up other songs by other artits that are similar - in a radio station format. It’s like having your own radio station that’s playing music to suit your particular tastes. It’s an ingenius idea that has turned me on to loads of interesting new artists and songs.

And the free iPhone app is consistently one of the most popular in the iTunes store.

I’m sure it’s just the translation software. I’m sure in Dutch this reads like Noel Coward, but here’s what KG Music Press sent over last night from the Dutch site, “CNTRL ALT COUNTRY“. My favorite quote is

“this enjoy is blown from the first to the last note.”

GRANT LANGSTON “Stand Up Man” (MSG Records) GRANT Langston “Stand Up Man” (MSG Records)

(3,5****) (3.5 ****)

“Stand Up Man”, Grant Long Tons sixth, is the kind of plate as in LA seem to be made. Langston, his band The Super Models and producer Rich McCulley find them just about the perfect balance between traditional country in many aspects and road house rock. From Bakersfield pur (opener “Stand Up Man”) to energize countryrock (Burt Reynolds Movie Brawl “), a handsome semi-ballad (” Shiner Bock And Vicodin “) to a voluptuous stampertje on his Texan (” 30 Days “) of a steel sounds soaked traditional tug (” Just Pretend You Love Me Tonight “) to guitar pregnant, hitgevoelige alt. country (” Not Another Song About California) California thoroughbred country ( “Call Your Bluff”) to by the Amy Farris on fiddle and mandolin of McCulley put commercial concession ( “I Give Up”) of supersonic swing ( “Damn Good Day”) to a swampy note (the closing reprise of “Call Your Bluff”), this enjoy is blown from the first to the last note. And if you like country with a sharp edge to it, then you must also believe that we not let down!