Joe Johnson

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“…devastatingly beautiful country folk ballads”
-Adam Leech, Colorado Springs Independent
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Joe Johnson has the most common of names but demonstrates the most uncommon talent. He combines an unforgettable voice with an uncanny capacity for writing beautiful and moving songs. His south Mississippi drawl masking a keen intelligence and an encyclopedic knowledge of music. For a man on a mission to bring roots music back to consciousness, he is uniquely equipped to accomplish his goal.

Raised an hour drive from New Orleans, in a state that has produced the very core of American music, Johnson grew up watching his grandfather spinning records and creating innovative engineering techniques in the recording studio at WRJW in Picayune, Mississippi. BJ Johnson was a noted country singer who enjoyed a 40-year recording career and founded WRJW. His son Byron – Joe’s father – was a well known gospel musician. Joe’s mother is a piano player and as far back as he can remember Joe sang with his family and learned to play guitar sitting around the front porch with family and friends.

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BLANK-TAPE RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF JOE JOHNSON’S DEBUT ALBUM, A TIME TO DANCE: AVAILABLE MARCH 4TH 2011.

Co-produced by Joe Johnson and The Changing Colors, A Time to Dance illustrates the deep roots and lineage of Johnson’s signature sound. Recorded live to tape A Time To Dance offers 12 outstanding tracks of Johnson’s heartfelt country songs. Songs that conjure ghosts of love and longing, hope and despair.