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Jeff D Johnson

About Me

Info about Jeff D. Johnson:
I grew up in Minneapolis as a human, but hail my musical source as Duluth, MN where I nestled in nicely to a very comfortable and inviting music scene of amazing musicians. I now live back in Minneapolis and am working on a new disk.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 25/09/2005
Band Website: www.jeffdjohnson.com
Band Members: Jeff D. Johnson - Guitars, vocals and other stuff
Aaron Fabbrini - Bass guitar and pure groove
Steve Goold - Percussion and kewl haircuts
Influences: The ever changing mix of MUSICAL influences:A Tribe Called Quest, Amos Lee, Ani DiFranco, Atmosphere, The Bad Plus, Ben Harper, Blackalicious, Bruce Cockburn, Buena Vista Social Club, Charlie Parr, Cloud Cult, Coldplay, Common, Damien Rice, David Crowder, Death Cab for Cutie, Dean Magraw, Don Ross, Elliot Smith, G. Love and Special Sauce, Greg Brown, Halloween Alaska, Heiruspecs, Incubus, Jamiroquai, Jeff Buckley, Jewel, Jimmy Eat World, John Butler Trio, Keane, Led Zeppelin, Leo Kottke, The Music, Pete Ekstam, Rage Against the Machine, Romantica, Shawn McDonald, Sigur Ros, Soul Coughing, Talib Kweli, U.N.K.L.E., U2, Willy Porter, Xavier Rudd, Youthblood Brass Band.Non-musical influences:Jesus the Christ, Love, Truth, politics, injustice, difference, hope, faith, hate, relationships, wealth, poverty, lust, greed, happiness, sadness, religion, spirtuality, death, life, families, friends, the environment, the church, the Church, art, nature, sunsets, motorcycles, dogs, & Newcastle.
Sounds Like: Listen first; put me in a box second if you must. :-)
Record Label: none

My Blog

April 19 & 20  Madison, Milwaukee

Good morning?  Ummm yes& David woke us up with fresh pancakes and coffee this morning& oh yeah suckas.  We got to chill out a bit and just veg out for the morning.  I'm pretty sure that...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:57:00 GMT

April 17 & 18  Cincinnatti & Chicago

So after arriving in Cincinnati, we found out that the "Southgate House" where we were playing is known to be haunted& hmm&. Walking up the stairs both Craig and Connie (CC) said that it reminded them...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:56:00 GMT

April 16 & 17 NYC, Pastrami, Flooding and Snow.

Yesterday,  after we left the flat of the folks from Kaiser Cartel and hung out with a bunch of kewl peeps at Jen Carlson's (Cloud Cult Manager) apartment, we headed to the Mercury Lounge for sol...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:03:00 GMT

April 14 & 15, 2007 - New York City

Finally, the day has arrived where I get to meet up with Cloud Cult to start the tour at the Mercury Lounge in the lower east side of Manhattan. I started the day at about 5am after going to bed at 2...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:37:00 GMT

old, dead guys are smart...

"...I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: 'I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God.' Th...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Apr 2006 02:26:00 GMT

Do you care? Why? Good.

"Here's my next show!  I have a new disk coming out!  Sign up for my mailing list!  Aren't you excited for me?!?!?!?"  I always thought it a bit pompus to assume that people were...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:39:00 GMT

hmmmm... well, here we are...

I remember seeing this old technology show way back in the day that said we would be living our lives through our computers... shopping, having real experiences, communicating, dating, "going" to conc...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:31:00 GMT