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Johnny Law

About Me

Hey Hey Johnny Law here! The band is "The New Century Prophets", the record is "Hanging By A Thread". If you like the tunes they are available at iTunes and CD Baby, just click the links below. Be sure to visit www.johnnylawmusic.com to hear full length versions of all 14 tracks from "Hanging By A Thread" For updates, backstory, and other info check out the blog postings above. Thanks for your support! ..
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Member Since: 21/04/2006
Band Website: www.johnnylawmusic.com
Band Members: Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys, Pedal Steel, Vocals, Rythm Guitar...it's all in there!
Influences: Driven by music that rocks, grooves, vibes, or just plain sounds and or feels good...Inspired by songwriters who's music takes me to another place, and who's words open my mind and or heart. A short list, in no particular order, of some of my favorites:Ramones, Albert King, Pink Floyd, T Rex, Beatles (of course), Pearl Jam, Lou Reed, Woody Guthrie, Frank Zappa, The Who, Mason Jennings, Green Day, Jim Morrison, Clash, Violent Femmes, Hendrix, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Miles Davis, Jeff Beck, Replacements, John Lennon, JJ Cale, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Buzzcocks, Still reading? ok, here's some more: Roger Waters, Miles Davis, Soul Asylum, Nickel Creek, Iron Maiden, Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker, Paul McCartney, Suburbs, Led Zeppelin, Steve Earle,Tom Waits, Janis Joplin, The Hold Steady, Neil Young, Peter Tosh, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ben Harper, Keith Richards, SRV, Black Sabbath, Brothers Frantzich, Buddy Guy, Flaming Lips, Parliment, ZZ Top, and the guy playing the buckets outside of First Avenue after the show
Sounds Like: Steve Earle, Roger Waters, Mark Knopfler, Neil Young, Lou Reed, Just listen to it. Then you tell me.
Record Label: Deaf Fish Music Company
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Happy New Year/End of the World

So I took down the Chirstmas music, and I put up a little ditty I call "Last Days" Could be the end of a relationship, could be the end of the world. I'll let you decide. To me, it was about the end o...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:23:00 GMT

So Much for Christmas

Well, so much for Christmas. I took down the Christmas song, I'll post something later today in it's place.  Did you like it? As I said, it's a bit of a departure for me but it serves the purpose...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:37:00 GMT

A Christmas Story

I hate Christmas music. Can I say that? Generally, I'm not a big fan of the whole Christmas season, really. Don't get me wrong, I love the time with family, the fabulous food, and of course presents (...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:38:00 GMT

New Tunes UP!

Just put a couple of new tunes up for your listening pleasure!Something Here is form my 2006 release "Hanging By A Thread". It's a fun little up tempo alt-countyish rocker/love song. Also makes a good...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:34:00 GMT

Black Friday

Yeah, so I went shopping today. I needed some things. What's the big deal?Lemmings, man, we're all lemmings. Lemmings to the mall. There they were...streaming in from all corners of the city. They fil...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:37:00 GMT

Where have I been, and who the hell is Dianne?

Ok. So here's the deal. It's been a rough 6 months. Actually, 7 & 1/2, but who's counting?Things were going well there for a while, but then it sort of all fell apart.  The record came out la...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:26:00 GMT

Get your indie rock here!

Hey y'all!Johnny Law here to tell you to tune in to the Soupy Gato Show! What is the Soupy Gato Show you ask? The Soupy Gato Show is a weekly podcast featuring some of the hotest up and coming indie b...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:43:00 GMT

Adventures in Rock and Roll part II - A Surreal Evening

Flaming Lips and Sonic Youth at the Minnesota State Fair 8/24/06   Mike and I got in the car at about 6, heading North  on 55 we could see the line of clouds just the other side of downtown....
Posted by on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:09:00 GMT

Music to save the world

No, of course I dont think a song can stop the war Theres war all around us (always has been, always will be) Everyday were reminded But in this room, on this night, 300 people had a good time In this...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:03:00 GMT

What Will You Do?

Thee's one song that we just couldn't manage to make work on the CD, just one of those things. The song is still ringing in my head and I want to get it out here for you. I don;t have a recording of i...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:36:00 GMT