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True to form, Seven Worlds was released two full decades later in 1998 on Ark21 Records after Johnson secured the rights to the master recordings Although the album showcased Johnson’s considerable playing ability, a combination of contract disputes, financial wrangling, and mismanagement held up the album’s release – and Johnson’s career – for several years. They played to respectable audiences on the Austin music scene, and in 1978 recorded a full length album entitled Seven Worlds.
In addition to his career as a guitarist, Johnson is also known for his vocals.įollowing the demise of the Electromagnets, Johnson formed a touring trio, the Eric Johnson Group, with drummer Bill Maddox and bassist Kyle Brock. However, the strength of Johnson’s playing attracted a small cult following to the group’s early recordings, and decades later their two albums were given wide release on compact disc. The group toured and recorded regionally, but failed to attract attention from major record labels and disbanded in 1977. He eventually returned to Austin, and in 1974 joined the local fusion group Electromagnets. Īfter graduating from Holy Cross High School, Johnson briefly attended the University of Texas at Austin and traveled with his family to Africa. In 1968, Johnson recorded a demo tape with the group which saw extremely limited release years later the recording would become a prized collector’s item. His first professional experience came as a member of the psychedelic rock band Mariani at just 15 years of age. At age 11, Johnson took up the guitar and progressed rapidly through the music of his influences: Eric Clapton, Chet Atkins, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Wes Montgomery, Jerry Reed, Bob Dylan, and Django Reinhardt, among others. Born into a musically inclined family, he and his three sisters studied piano, his brother started his own band in his teens his father (an Austin physician) was a singing enthusiast. Johnson’s talent developed at an early age.
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