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COCA Spotlight: Jamie Langley flags down the music with Stage Coach

Musician and Stage Coach band member Jamie Langley dusted off his 20-year-old guitar two years ago. Now he can’t put it down. He plays while working in his store and eagerly learns from every musically…

Musician and Stage Coach band member Jamie Langley dusted off his 20-year-old guitar two years ago. Now he can’t put it down. He plays while working in his store and eagerly learns from every musically inclined customer who comes through the door. He credits the way he holds his hands on the guitar from one gentleman who frequented his shop for a few months. 

“What surprises me is the amount of talent people have that you just don’t know about,” says Langley. “There is something they’re doing differently that I’ll end up doing because I like the way they did it.” 

The reason he picked up his guitar again in the first place was thanks to a young man who asked about the guitar Langley’s wife had bought him 28 years ago. Langley said the strings made his fingers hurt, but when the customer showed him a different way to play, he was hooked. Now, Langley and Stage Coach singer Ashton Stoyer are gearing up for their next gig at The Wine House on Market Street on Nov. 6.

“I don’t know if I was so young that I didn’t understand it or hear it, but all of a sudden I could hear the music,” says Langley. “I can’t explain it.” 

In terms of style, Langley is a fan of country music and its ability to share stories. He fondly recalls listening to greats like Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn on an old record player in his childhood home in Leesburg, Georgia. He still gravitates to the music of Kenny Rogers and the Oak Ridge Boys when looking for inspiration and will often play their covers at shows. 

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