This photo appeared in the Napa Valley Register and was captured at the Napa Blues & Brews Festival over the summer.
Here is a behind the scenes interview with Dennis Johnson by Simone Youngblood. Here is an excerpt:
Dennis Johnson's CD "Slide Show" reached the top 25 in Real Blues Magazine's top 100 CD chart. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen!
The January/February 2011 issue of BLUES REVUE magazine includes a review of Dennis Johnson's CD "Slide Show"
"California slide guitarist Dennis Johnson plugs reliable Delta figures into a trio format. The translation works well.; his amplified acoustic sound blends with the roots-rocking band, maintining a hip retro feel. ...[Johnson's] original "2 In The Morning" is an obvious (and accomplished) tribute to Elmore James; elsewhere, he covers Robert Johnson, dips twice into a rowdy country-and-western bag, and heads to Louisiana in the syncopated delight "Down In New Orleans." Slide Show closes with the barnburner "She Looks Good." - Tom Hyslop
Slide Show reached No. 21 on the California Roots Radio Charts which charts blues, jazz, country, and bluegrass music as reported by Roots Music Report.
Dennis Johnson's CD "Slide Show" made it to #48 worldwide on Blues music charts for radio for the week ending August 20, 2010.
Over 500 radio stations (including terrestrial radio, satellite radio, and internet radio) submit their playlists each week to Roots Music Report, who creates a list of the 50 hottest blues records.
2 In The Morning from Dennis Johnson's CD Slide Show will be the first song featured on At the Crossroads radio show, a weekly 60-minute syndicated program broadcast on over thirty stations, that focuses on blues music and its various genres. The show will air the week of August 16 -22, 2010.
Dennis Johnson's CD "Slide Show" shows off a masterful slide guitar technique, equally effective in the genres of blues, rockabilly or country - Robert Feuer, Radio Host, KOWS 107.3 FM.
If you really enjoy a good guitarist weaving his magic on the old fretboard, than Dennis Johnson's new release,"Slide Show", is for you.
"Slide Show"consists of a variety of styles, but mainly you get a good Blues and Country feel from this Album, after all when it comes to the Guitar, it has no boundaries, and to play the Blues or Country or Whatever, you simply have to be a really good guitarist, to do it right, as all styles can be quite challenging.
"Slide Show" consists of 10 tracks and shows us all yet another great talent of Dennis Johnson, and that is, his abilty to write and arrange really good catchy tunes ...we can all expect pretty big things from this young master guitarist in the future.
"Slide Show" is an excellent CD, one I have no problem in highly...
Dennis Johnson will be interviewed on Carmen Shantz's show this Sunday morning on KVYN 99.3 FM in Napa.
Thanks to Devon and everyone at the Fog City Blues Show and KALW 91.7 in San Francisco for the interview and performance on Wednesday night. Devon is the host of the show which airs Wednesday from 9-11 p.m. on the NPR station in San Francisco. The interview was fun! You can hear the interview at this link.www.kalw.org/music.html
In June 2010, Dennis Johnson's new CD titled "Slide Show" will be released. The CD showcases Johnson's signature guitar playing style over a variety of vintage musicial genres with a modern spin.
There will be a CD release party for the new CD titled "Slide Show" in June 2010 in Sacramento, California. Details to follow.
Special thanks to everyone at The Fillmore. It was great meeting people after the gig and the headliner Blues Traveler put on a good show.
