jr johnny, The Playboys - Extreme (2014)
BAND/ARTIST: jr johnny, The Playboys
- Title: Extreme
- Year Of Release: 2014
- Label: BoHemian
- Genre: Blues, Rockin' Blues
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 00:39:31
- Total Size: 271 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Highway Melodies
02. A New Hello
03. Rock and Roll (With You)
04. My Car (Is You)
05. Love Me Tonight
06. High Rise Blues
07. Nasty
08. I Wanna Go
09. Total Bliss
10. She
11. When We Get Home
12. Greenwich Village Nights
So how did Jr. Johnny, the New York City bred grandson of polka playing Bohemian gypsies, end up devoting his life to Chicago-style blues? Like his playing, Junior Johnny's answer is both delightfully tempestuous and effortlessly profound. "When I heard Muddy Waters, I just freaked out!" he exclaims. After honing his craft in several early '60s teenage garage bands (actually "apartment bands," the neighbor-annoying NYC equivalent), Johnny was drafted and served as a combat MP in Vietnam. When his tour of duty ended, he moved to San Francisco and was soon making a name for himself with now-legendary blues men like Mike Bloomfield and Jimmy Witherspoon. Subsequently, Junior got his dream gig performing alongside the man who would christen him "Jr. Johnny": the great John Lee Hooker. "Hooker said he wanted me to have a nickname and just gave me one on the spot," Junior explains. "It stuck."
When the twin responsibilities of family and higher education forced him to give up life on the road, Junior Johnny began a series of wildly divergent professions that later gave him grist for his highly descriptive songwriting. "I've been everything from a union carpenter to a winemaster, "he says, "but I just wanna be out there playing!" Junior is currently busy promoting his Extreme CD while readying material for his next release, due out January, 2015. As of this date, Junior has written 190 original songs.
01. Highway Melodies
02. A New Hello
03. Rock and Roll (With You)
04. My Car (Is You)
05. Love Me Tonight
06. High Rise Blues
07. Nasty
08. I Wanna Go
09. Total Bliss
10. She
11. When We Get Home
12. Greenwich Village Nights
So how did Jr. Johnny, the New York City bred grandson of polka playing Bohemian gypsies, end up devoting his life to Chicago-style blues? Like his playing, Junior Johnny's answer is both delightfully tempestuous and effortlessly profound. "When I heard Muddy Waters, I just freaked out!" he exclaims. After honing his craft in several early '60s teenage garage bands (actually "apartment bands," the neighbor-annoying NYC equivalent), Johnny was drafted and served as a combat MP in Vietnam. When his tour of duty ended, he moved to San Francisco and was soon making a name for himself with now-legendary blues men like Mike Bloomfield and Jimmy Witherspoon. Subsequently, Junior got his dream gig performing alongside the man who would christen him "Jr. Johnny": the great John Lee Hooker. "Hooker said he wanted me to have a nickname and just gave me one on the spot," Junior explains. "It stuck."
When the twin responsibilities of family and higher education forced him to give up life on the road, Junior Johnny began a series of wildly divergent professions that later gave him grist for his highly descriptive songwriting. "I've been everything from a union carpenter to a winemaster, "he says, "but I just wanna be out there playing!" Junior is currently busy promoting his Extreme CD while readying material for his next release, due out January, 2015. As of this date, Junior has written 190 original songs.
Blues | Rock | FLAC / APE
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