Birth name Orville Johnson Name Orville Johnson Website orvillejohnson.com | Years active 1973–present Instruments Guitardobro Genres Folk music, Blues, Jazz | |
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Role Guitar player · orvillejohnson.com Albums Slide & Joy, Blueprint for the Blues, Freehand Similar People Grant Dermody, Laura Love, Cephas & Wiggins, Mary Flower, Rob Ickes | ||
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Orville Johnson is an American resonator guitar player and musician, born in 1953 in Edwardsville, Illinois. He came up in the St. Louis, Missouri music scene and now lives in Seattle, Washington. A frequent session musician, he also has released a number of solo and group albums. He has appeared on the radio show A Prairie Home Companion and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on television.
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Johnson made his film debut in Georgia, appearing as a musician.
He is a singer, instrumentalist, record producer, songwriter, session player, and teacher. As his entry in the Encyclopedia of Northwest Music (Sasquatch Press 1999) states, he has become a vital figure on the Northwest music scene. He has appeared on over 400 CDs, movie and video soundtracks, and commercials, produced 22 CDs for other artists, and hosted a roots music radio show.
As a music teacher, Johnson has taught often at the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop as well as the International Guitar Seminar, Pt. Townsend Blues Workshop, Euro-Blues Workshop, B.C. Bluegrass Workshop and others.