Eric Johnson has recently started a summer tour in support of his latest album Up Close. Here's a video from the rehearsals for the tour: The tour runs from July 7 through August 20: Jul-07 Tempe, AZ Jul-08 Tucson, AZ Jul-09 San Diego, CA Jul-10 Agoura Hills, CA Jul-12 Sacramento, CA Jul-13 Redondo Beach, CA Jul-14 Santa Ana, CA Jul-15 Livermore, CA Jul-16 … [Read more...]
NPR Interviews Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson has been on quite a promotional blitz for his new album Up Close. He recently spoke with NPR about the album. I've embedded the audio from the interview below. If you don't see the audio player below, click here. … [Read more...]
Eric Johnson Speaks with Fender
Fender recently spoke with Eric Johnson about his latest album Up Close. There's not a whole lot of new content, but he does give this tidbit about how he first got interested in the guitar: "I remember going out to dinner with my folks when I was 10 years old, and there was this band in the corner of a restaurant and the guy was playing a white Fender Jaguar, and I just … [Read more...]
Jake Andrews “Solid” Featuring Eric Johnson
I first heard of Austin-based guitarist Jake Andrews when he released his album Time to Burn in the late 90s. He released a second self-titled album a few years later, and then he kind of dropped off my radar. He's still been creating music though and has recently uploaded an instrumental track to SoundCloud called "Solid" featuring Eric Johnson. I've embedded the track below. … [Read more...]
Eric Johnson Answers Your Questions
Music Radar recently asked readers to submit questions for Eric Johnson. He has answered the questions, and Music Radar has posted his responses. One really interesting question and response was about Gibson potentially creating an Eric Johnson signature ES-335: "That's a really good question...and an intriguing one. The truth is, I had wanted to do that very thing, and there … [Read more...]