Gibson recently posted a video interview with Eric Johnson from when he visited the Gibson Showroom in New York. In the interview, he talks about the ES-335, Austin, his influences, and, of course, tone. … [Read more...]

Music Radar has posted a track-by-track, full album preview of Eric Johnson's upcoming album Up Close. The album's release date has been pushed back to December 7, apparently due to a disc reproduction error, but at least we can get a feel for the album before it comes out. Sadly, the preview does not include an audio preview, but Music Radar give their thoughts on each song … [Read more...]

Guitar Lifestyle reader Darren M. has come through again with news about another upcoming Eric Johnson release. This release is called Live from Austin, TX 84 and, according to Amazon, will be released on November 22. The Amazon link indicates that it is a CD version, but speculation on the EJ forums is that it may be a CD/DVD combo. I'll be happy with just the CD, but I hope … [Read more...]

Astute Guitar Lifestyle reader Darren M. noticed that Amazon has put a release date of November 9, 2010 on Eric Johnson's upcoming album Up Close. In my experience, Amazon publishes a release date for upcoming projects if the publisher gives them a release date, so hopefully this means that EMI is actually planning on releasing the album in November. It's always possible that … [Read more...]

I know that there are quite a few Eric Johnson fans that visit Guitar Lifestyle, and although there's still no report of when his new album will be released, that doesn't mean that Eric has been resting. Guitar Lifestyle reader Darren M. sent me some links to a few interviews that Eric has done recently to promote his upcoming acoustic tour among other things: Eric Johnson: … [Read more...]