Jonny Lang
By Beth Johnson

Current Events: Things are sweet for the 16-year-old whose just-turned-gold
blues-rock album, Lie to Me, tops Billboard's blues chart and is flirting with
pop's top 40.

Home Ec.: Jon Langseth Jr. got his first guitar at 13; His father gave up
farming in Fargo, ND, and later became Lang's Road manager, while his mother
sings backup on Lie to Me. They live in Minneapolis.

Pop Quiz!: Who was your earliest idol? " I really wanted to be Michael Jackson
when I was little. He's so cool."

Whom he Cribs from: Stevie Ray Vaughn

Most likely to…: Prove blonde blues men have more fun.

Ambition: "This is what I want to do above all else. You don't have to be sad
to sing the blues."

How he's spending his summer vacation: Touring with BB King, then Aerosmith.
Filming Blues Brothers 2000, in which he'll sing Wilson Pickett's classic,
"634-5789"