Jacob Johnson
Jacob uses the Powermix Trinity System in his Alvarez guitar.
Hailing from upstate South Carolina, Jacob Johnson is a one-of-a-kind solo acoustic
performance artist who specializes in a style of guitar playing he calls 'Neo-acoustic folk/funk'.
In 2006, tired of wasting his life away in a university classroom, Jacob quit school and used his savings to record and self-produce his first album, Est. 1986. The album, which was recorded and mastered in a church basement, features Jacobs close personal friends as the studio musicians, engineers, graphic designers, and photographers. Warm reviews lead to frequent airplay on indie stations from Georgia to Massachusetts, as well as many college stations up and down the east coast.
As a solo acoustic performer, has already shared the stage with the likes of Angie Aparo,
Dave Matthews collaborator Tim Reynolds, The Steel String Theory, The Films, and even funk
maestro Robert Randolph. In live performances, his off-the-cuff sense of humor and tongue-in-cheek sensibility disarm the audience and leave them completely unprepared for the multilayered guitar masterworks he unleashes. Jacob thumps, taps, and slaps his acoustic guitar into submission, weaving a musical tapestry that usually climbs to sonic frenzy whilst never losing its balance or control. His lyrics, thoughtful and realistic, are delivered with the wry sort of charisma that makes you wonder if he isn’t just making it all up as he goes. And sometimes he is.
Press:
'From the New York beat poet adventure “Me and Jack Kerouac” to the song that is sure to make most female listeners sigh wistfully, “Makeup”, each song on Est. 1986 has lyrics that pull you in and makes you a part of a unique story' - GreenvilleScene.com
'Impressive and effortless' - The Bootleg
'Johnson sounds like Norman Rockwell paintings and the open road. He is a virtuoso, expressing a working comprehension of dozens of techniques and styles. He has blended and blurred the lines of genres to craft a sound he calls 'Neo-Acoustic Folk/Funk' - The Florence Morning News
For more information, check out Jacob's MySpace Page
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