I first became aware of Julian Lage when he was called last minute by Rosanne Cash to be a guest fill in performer when the Cash family presented last year their historic relationship with Martin Guitars at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a presentation called "Early American Guitars" (video here ; note 1:06:30 mark). Then I read about him in Acoustic Guitar Magazine and they recorded an interview with him. Julian performed on his Waterloo WL14L (which by the way is an awesome featherweight guitar with gorgeous tone). It was a most interesting interview, but the real eye catcher was his rendition of Freight Train. You haven't heard a really good rendition of Freight Train until you've heard Julian's version.
Julian Lage is one of the featured artists at the Fretboard Summit and will be performing on Sunday as the highligthed finale performer of the Summit. Here is his interview with Acoustic Guitar Magazine which is capped off by his performance of Freight Train. I'm very much looking forward to seeing him perform and if the opportunity presents itself, I'll shake his hand.
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