First 5000 copies ONLY come with a bonus DVD (disc 2 below) featuring live songs, video clips and a 30 minute interview

Jeff Lang is an Australian guitarist often compared to another better known player. Be it Richard Thompson, Jimi Hendrix, or Ry Cooder ... someone has compared him to each of them ... and even a cursory listen will tell you he's not like any of them, except he knows his way around a fretboard. He has a high-pitched and true voice. And he plays the bejeebers out of his guitar.

Prepare Me Well is a collection of songs from Lang's Aussie records, so one might expect a lack of unity. But Lang's mastery of his instrument, his strong voice and his songwriting take care of that. This is some potent stuff. Slide guitars, bottleneck, dobros, Nationals, he uses them all. The album is dedicated to the late and much lamented American slide player, Chris Whitley; another one who followed his own muse. You won't find too many standard 12 bar blues tunes on here, but there is a virtual guitar workshop included in the 15 tracks.
Lang gets a sound similar to that of Jerry Douglas, with some echoes of Bob Brozman. His songs are literate and well structured...I think this is why they compare him to Richard Thompson! Talk about doom & gloom, "my demons can feed you / every line in the book / good God I can't bleed you / out of my eyes / you walk by my side / you sit in my pocket / with each hit I took." Whew!
(GREEN MAN REVIEW.COM)

* previously unreleased

Track Listing

CD

1. THE ROAD IS NOT YOUR ONLY FRIEND
2. THE SAVE
3. LONDON
4. I STILL SEE YOU
5. TOO EASY TO KILL
6. 'TIL THEY CUT ME DOWN
7. 12 THOUSAND MILES (LIVE)
8. MOLASSES AND STONE
9. MR. GOD
10. BATEMAN'S BAY
11. GINA
12. RAVENSWOOD
13. CEDAR GROVE
14. EVERYTHING IS STILL
15. PREPARE ME WELL
16. YOU SHOULD'VE WAITED
17. ELVIS IS STILL DEAD (LIVE)
18. RAIN ON TROY

DVD

1. INTERVIEW WITH JEFF LANG
2. 'TIL THEY CUT ME DOWN
3. REJECTED NOVELIST FAILS AGAIN
4. THE SAVE
5. MOLASSES AND STONE (LIVE AT THE GOV)
6. BETWEEN THE DIRT AND SKY (LIVE AT THE GOV)
7. RAIN ON TROY (LIVE AT THE GOV)
8. IS SHE SLIPPING (LIVE AT THE BASEMENT)
9. PREPARE ME WELL (LIVE AT THE BASEMENT)
10. BIG FEELING (LIVE AT THE CORNER)
11. CUTTHROAT (LIVE AT THE CORNER)
12. LONDON (LIVE AT THE CORNER)
13. GINA (LIVE IN STUDIO 1)
14. THROW IT ALL (NZ MORNING TV)