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Dennis Keith Johnson

Jazz rock pioneer, studio musician, band leader,

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Dennis Keith Johnson Dennis Keith Johnson has performed with many musical groups at venues around the United States and the world, including the following: Survivor, Chase, Jim Peterik, Arbors, BB King, Steve Dahl, Dino & Sembello, Software, Bruce Bolin, Shy Rhythm, Toni Rami, Lee Mesa, Bobby Gentry, X, Maximus, Cottonwood South, Larry Carlton, Paul Wertico, B.B. King, Kofi Baker, Sweetening, & more.

Dennis DeYoung (A & M Records), Jerry Butler (Motown Records), Jim Peterick (Epic Records), Bruce Bolin,; at venues that include the Tonight Show, Newport Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Budukan (Tokyo), Chicagofest, Summerfest (Milwaukee), Holiday Star Theater, Liberty Hall (Philadelphia), Santa Monica Auditorium, Radio City Music Hall & more. South, Julie Budd, Essence, Sweetening, Kofi Baker. Newport Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, Liberty Hall (Philadelphia), Johnny Carson Show-NBC, Hollywood Bowl, Santa Monica Auditorium, WBBW-Channel Special (Chase), Budukon @ Tokyo Japan, Poplar Creek, Auditorium Theatre, Summerfest (Milwaukee & Chicago), Holiday Star Theatre-Merriville. Dennis Keith Johnson Discography

The following are selected recording credits of Dennis Keith Johnson. All recording musician credits are for performances on electric bass.

Album/Single Name* Artist(s) Recording Label Catalog number CHASE Chase Epic Records KE30472 ________________________________________ ENNEA Chase Epic Records KE31097 ________________________________________ DON'T FIGHT THE FEELING Jim Peterik Epic Records 34196 ________________________________________ SURVIVOR Survivor Scottie Bros./Atlantic SB-7107 ________________________________________ SOFTWARE Software Headfirst Records HF-9707 ________________________________________ WATCH CLOSELY NOW Chase Churchill Records CR67240 ________________________________________ MOURNING TO DANCING James Ward Music A.D. Records 001 ________________________________________ HEINSIGHT Danny Heins Churchill Records 67233 ________________________________________ IT ALL COMES OUT IN MY SONG Jerry Butler Motown Records M6 89251 ________________________________________ GOT TO SHARE THIS FEELING John Gary Churchill Records ________________________________________ DESERT MOON Dennis DeYoung A&M Records Sp 05006 ________________________________________ JUSTICE Justice Cleveland Intl. ________________________________________ BRAKE LIGHT SYMPHONY Bruce Bolin Ocean Records BB8889 ________________________________________ FORETASTE Russ Daughtry Russong Records 39871 ________________________________________ GUITAR ON THE EDGE Bill Ruppert On the Edge Records Vol 1 No 1 ________________________________________ BRIGHT & BEAUTIFUL Bill Pearce Nightsounds Records 0DO03 ________________________________________ WATERMELON SUGAR Watermelon Sugar Tin Mad Dog Records WS0001 ________________________________________ BRIGHT SIDE OF THE SUN Jess Halpern Zap/Pow Records ZP-79426 ________________________________________ *“Love Found Me Just In Time” Josie Falbo CRA CDI2526 ________________________________________ *“Rebel Girl” Survivor Scottie Brothers /Atlantic SB 38541 ________________________________________ *“Subway” Samona Cook Epic Records ZSS163700 ________________________________________ *“Feels Like Gold/Black Widow” Horace Monster Monster Records ________________________________________ *SUNGLASSES”* Amy Lowe July Records 25672 ________________________________________ *“Friction/Underground” Gary Jones Tyfilm Records 201080 ________________________________________ *”All We Hoped For” Software Headfirst Records HF 97003 ________________________________________ *“Somewhere In America” Survivor Scottie Bro./Atlantic STSB37850 ________________________________________ *“The Feeling Doesn’t Go Away” Maurice Spiccia Master Source Records MSP 814501 ________________________________________ “Times Like These” Rick Danko Breeze Hill Records ________________________________________ *“Writing’s On the Wall”” Chase Churchill Records *“Times Like These” Sarra Gallager Breeze Hill Records

Plus hundreds of jingle/commercial music tv/radio ad spots, including: Sears, State Farm Insurance, United Airlines, McDonald's, 7 11, Miller Beer, Busch Beer, Old Style Beer, Nintendo, Sonic, Cheerios, Red Lobster, Kraft, International Harvester, Schlitz Beer, Firestone, Revlon, Dad's Root Beer, Gillette, Milk Duds, Montgomery Wards, Pizza Hut, RCA, Kellogg's, Northern Trust, Firestone, etc. As Writer, Co-writer and Arranger: •SURVIVOR: FREELANCE, AS SOON AS LOVE FINDS ME, YOUNG BLOOD, WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING, 20/20, WHATEVER IT TAKES

•SOFTWARE: UP TIL NOW, GOOD MORNING LADIES

•JOSIE FALBO: MAKE ME A WOMAN, LOVE FOUND ME (won 2nd place Billboard 2nd Annual Songwriter contest)

•CHASE: THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL

•COTTONWOOD SOUTH & “X”: LOVE

•SARRA GALLAGER: WORKING AS A WAITRESS, THAT'S COLD,

•COMMERCIALS: DO IT IN STYLE (Core song for OLD STYLE BEER ad campaign); SOURCE (KRAFT); MADE TO MOVE (PONTIAC); A PART OF ME (HALL-MARK); TAKE IT TO THE “K” (SPECIAL K) MISCELLANEOUS: THEME (CHICAGO SONGWRITER'S RADIO SHOW); TUESDAY'S CHILD 10th ANNIVERSARY (POST-SCORED TO VIDEO WITH ROB BERRY) Selected Studio Recording Producer, Co-Producer, and Studio Engineer

Dennis Keith Band Producer, engineer Guitarola Producer, engineer Outside Influence Producer, engineer Industrial Strength Producer, engineer Cracked Cabaret Producer, engineer Horace Monster Producer, engineer Amy Lowe Co-Producer Josie Falbo Co-Producer Kraft “Source” Producer Sarra Gallager Producer. Absolute Phase Producer, Engineer

Dennis As Band Leader (www.dkexp.com), CLIENTS include: ABA A.G. Edwards AAPA Abbott Laboratories ABC-TV Ace Publishing AEIOU Alliance Health Allstate Altheimer & Grey (law firm) American Culinary Association American Institute of CPAs American Management Systems American Society On Aging Ameritech Andersen Consulting Architectural Iron Workers Arrow Electronics BASF Black & Veach Bliss Event Concepts Bloomingdale's Blue Cross/Blue Shield Bogner Boston Consulting British Air Building Service Contractors Business Products International Cash Station Catalyst Magazine Cellular One Centerpoint Properties Central DuPage Health Systems Chicago Board of Tourism Chicago is....Inc. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Chicagoland Sheetmetal Contractors; Chicago Hotel Concierge Association Childrens' Home & Aid Society Children's Oncology Services of Illinois Christopher House CIBA Specialty Chemicals Citibank CNA Comdisco Foundation Conferences & Incentives Plus Credicorp Inc Cushman & Wakefield Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Designed Events Edison Institute, Washington DC Empress Casino Enterprise Medical Systems Enterprise Rent-a-Car ESAM Events by Ha-Lo Everen Securities Field Museum - Hogs in the Hall First Chicago NBD Forsythe Technology Freeman Decorating GE Capital Railcar Services Georgia Pacific (”Bringing the Best Together”) Grant Thorton Accounting Hammond Times Harris Bank Herbal Life Horton Events House Republican Campaign Committee Hull Trading Illinois Conservation Parks & Recreation Foundation Illinois Restaurant Association Infant Welfare Society of Clarendon Hills Infant Welfare Society of Evanston Informational Resources Interfirst Marketing Irish Dance Teachers of America Ivan Carlson & Associates Jam Productions John Buck Management Joseph's Florist JSC Development Co. Keller School of Management Knollwood Country Club Kraft Lake Bluff Learning Disabilities Association Landmarks Preservation of Illinois Levy Events Loyola Stritch School of Medicine MCL Companies Meeting Professionals International MidAmerica Club Miller Brewing Motorola Museum of Contemporary Art NASFAA National Democratic Party Nations’ Restaurant News Neiman Marcus New Jersey Educational Association Newspaper Association of America Noble & Associates Nortel Northwestern Hospitals Northwestern University Norwegian American Hospital O'Conner & Associates Ogilvy & Mather On the Scene One on One Sports Options Clearing House Corporation Pearson Group PeopleSoft PGI (Production Group International) Phillip Morris Phillips Lighting “Come Together” Plexus Creative Premier Group Pola Cosmetics Pontiac PRA/Segal Insurance Prestige Productions Radio Shack Ray Bloch/Atlanta Rockwell International RR Donnelly Rush North Shore Medical Center Rush/Presbyterian/St.Luke’s Hospitals SAP Sears Sermona Centre, Inc. Shell Oil Co. Shelter, Inc. Sidley & Austin Sprint St. Anthony Medical Center St. Elizabeth Hospital Starwood Hotels & Resorts State Farm Insurance Co Sterling Plumbing Group Swiss Bank Corporation Taylor Johnson Advertising Todd Street Productions (New York, Philadelphia) Total Event Resources Town & Country Homes Toyota Trustmark Insurance Company Tuesday's Child Union League Club United Airlines University of Chicago Graduate School of Business University of Chicago Hospitals University of Notre Dame Virgo Publishing WEFTEC Where Chicago Magazine Whitman Hart World Book Encyclopedia Xerox Corporation Young Presidents' Club