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Richard Leo Johnson: Fingertip Ship
by Matthew S. Robinson
Self-taught and self-tuned, guitarist/photographer Richard Leo Johnson takes listeners on a thirteen-part voyage on his Fingertip Ship. Though he pays tribute to Jazz legends Tony Bennett, Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt and Jaco Pastorius and explores the feelings of Pink Floyd and The Who, Johnson’s technique, style and delivery are unlike any other performer. Often hitting the ...
Life Is A Carnival
Label: Metro Blue
Released: 1999
Track listing: Pock-A-Nae; Coochie Molly; Who Knows; Life Is A Carnival; Party; Old Time Indian; All On A Mardi Gras Day; Shanda Handa; Cowboys & Indians; Black Hawk; Pocket Change; Herc-Jolly-John; Battlefield; Hang Tough; Tootie Ma; Peacepipe.Collective
The Wild Magnolias: Life Is A Carnival
by Jim Santella
Mardi Gras is party time for New Orleans. The Wild Magnolias sing a popular form of rock music with ties to jazz and blues. Dr. John guests on four tracks to lend solid piano accompaniment for lead singer Big Chief Bo Dollis. Although the Mardi Gras “Indians" don ornate Native American costumes, they’re not Native American ...
Richard Leo Johnson: Fingertip Ship
by AAJ Staff
It sounds like hyperbole, but I mean it – you have heard these techniques before, but you haven’t heard them like this. If you have, I consider you privileged. Richard Leo Johnson is a photographer from Arkansas; his pictures are part of museum collections. The guitar stayed in his living room while a technique slowly took ...
