The works of the electronica producer have appeared on large-scale compilations like the triple-CD set entitled Intensive Euphoria aswell as on self-produced solo projects, including Mr. Electronica.

Harmonica participant Kirk “Jellyroll” Johnson is quietly maintaining the custom of virtuoso harp using that is passed along by guys such as for example Sonnyboy Williamson and Small Walter. After kicking throughout the Lake Charles and Knoxville, Tennessee areas Johnson ultimately fell right into a regular gig with nation musician …

That which was George “Happy” Johnson thus happy about? Maybe it was having the ability to play both tenor saxophone and trombone, an instrumental dual that few instrumentalists can state to have perfected. The usual consequence of attempting such a mixture on the musician’s chops could be in comparison to …

“Happy Jack port” was the nickname because of this lively and versatile Appalachian picker who, although proficient on three devices, was mainly known for his unique two-finger banjo design. He was a “double-thumber,” but this is the name of the banjo technique, not really a description of somebody hitch-hiking who …

Michael Waynick was created hearing Elvis Presley as well as the Everly Brothers, raised hearing the Beatles and Motown, and educated by Brian Eno and Morrissey. Apart from a ravenous urge for food for music, his various other obsessions consist of Jackie Chan films; Zen Buddhism; the functions of Friedrich …

Renowned for his so-called “dum chuck” design wedding components of jazz and Traditional western swing with the original folk of his indigenous Shetland, “Peerie” Willie Johnson was the most influential Scottish folk guitarist of his generation. Delivered Dec 10, 1920, on remote control Yell, the Shetlands’ second-largest isle, Johnson gained …

Not to end up being confused with ragtime composer Charles L. Johnson, this early documenting musician was a guitarist who supported performers such as for example harmonica virtuoso Un Watson. Manufacturer and documenting engineer Ralph Peer was the person responsible for obtaining these characters before a mike; Johnson turns up …

Vocalist/songwriter Madeline Johnson established fact in the music picture throughout the Puget Audio region in Washington. She actually is simply known as Madeline by supporters and began her career even more being a songwriter when compared to a executing artist. She actually is also a talented musician, with the capacity …

Wynton Marsalis credits some four differing people as associate engineers using one of his albums; what the main one called William Johnson do to generate the nickname “crazy” is usually up for speculation — nonetheless it certainly can’t possess anything regarding the music, which is approximately as outrageous as a …

Because the name Floyd Johnson isn’t everything catchy, more the type of name that one might see on leading of the hardware store when compared to a marquee, the thought of acquiring a sweet nickname such as for example “Candy” may have seemed attractive to an becoming more popular jazz …