"Slide Guitar Master"
Guitar World
There are guitar players who play the blues. And then there's Dennis Johnson — a man who left everything behind to follow a calling, who learned at the prompting of Honeyboy Edwards, who built his technique note by note without a teacher, and who now stands on stages across America with one purpose: to bring people together through music. When you're in the room for a Dennis Johnson show, you don't just hear slide guitar. You feel something shift. The energy builds, the groove takes hold, and for a few hours, the room becomes a community. That's not a performance. That's a mission.
Dennis Johnson & The Revelators deliver a high-octane live show packed with dancing grooves, foot stomping rhythms, and searing solos. With chart-topping albums and global critical acclaim, Johnson’s soulful vocals and blistering technique have earned him a spot at the forefront of modern roots and blues.
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Johnson’s new album "Revelation" features legendary drummer Anton Fig (Joe Bonamassa, Late Night with David Letterman), acconplished bassist Jonathan Stoyanoff (Joe Craven), and phenomenal keyboardist Bob Fridzema (Walter Trout, Joanna Shaw Taylor). “Revelation” rose to the top of the Roots Music Report Blues Charts and received stellar reviews.
Engineer Chris Bell, renowned for his works with the likes of Kenny Wayne Shepard, Samantha Fish, and The Eagles, mixed nine songs for the album. Producer and engineer Kevin Shirley who has worked with Joe Bonnamassa, Aerosmith, and Led Zeppelin, mixed one of the songs for the album.