"BIOGRAPHY"DEE JOHNSON'S CONSISTENT PRESENCE IN THE POCKET AND ABILITY TO MANEUVER EFFORTLESSLY BETWEEN VARIOUS GENRES OF MUSIC TRULY MAKE HIM A PROFESSIONAL DRUMMER. HE ACKNOWLEDGES HIS GIFT FROM GOD,BUT ALSO REALIZES THAT TRUE MASTERY OF AN INSTRUMENT COMES FROM TAKING THE GIFT AND MULTIPLYING IT.DEE, WHO HAS BEEN PLAYING DRUMS SINCE THE AGE OF FIVE, HONED HIS CRAFT IN CHURCH AND IN SCHOOL,WHERE HE WENT ON TO MAKE ALL-COUNTY,ALL-REGION,AND ALL-STATE BANDS. HE THEN WENT ON TO ENROLL IN THE FINE ARTS CENTER IN GREENVILLE, SC WHERE HE WAS BORN AND RAISED. DEE'S PURSUIT OF EXCELLANCE AND AMAZING WORK ETHIC HAVE PRODUCED A FOCUSED AND MULTIFACETED MUSICAN,WHO IS WELL SOUGHT AFTER BY A DIVERSITY OF ARTISTS.HIS INFLUENCES RANGE FROM NOTABLES SUCH AS BRIAN FRASIER MOORE,CARTER BUFORD,AARON SPEARS,AND MARVIN SMITTY;TO ONE CLOSER TO HOME,HIS FATHER BOBBY JOHNSON,WHO IS A PHENOMENAL BASS PLAYER. DEE'S PORTFOLIO INCLUDES PERFORMANCES ON BET'S BOBBY JONES GOSPEL AND THE INSP INSPIRATIONAL NETWORK. DEE HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH MANY OF THE TOP MAIN STREAM AND GOSPEL ARTISTS THAT INCLUDE; BARLOW GIRL,NEW SONG,RACHEL LAMPA,BIG DADDY WEAVE,NEEDTOBREATHE,TYE TRIBBET,KIKI SHEARD,PASTOR SMOKIE NORFOLK,MARVIN SAPP,MYRON BULTER AND A HOST OF OTHERS.DEE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE PRODUCTION AND STUDIO WORK ON VARIOUS ARTISTS PROJECTS, AND HIS FUTURE PLANS INCLUDE FURTHER EXPANSION OF HIS PORTFOLIO LIKE THE GREATS BEFORE HIM AS WELL AS TOURING FULL TIME.ENDORSMENTS:(SOON) ESHENBAUGH DRUMS (EVERYBODY ELSE COME GET ME) DEE USES: VIC FIRTH, SABIAN AND INSTANBUL CYMBALS, TAYE DRUMS, YAMAHA IRON COBRA (THE HOTTEST)DEE'S SETUP: DRUMS:13,10,14,20 CYMBALS: 13,15,8,20,18
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