StoneMtn Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame pianist Johnnie Johnson, who worked closely with Chuck Berry and insisted that he was the inspiration for the song "Johnny B. Goode," died April 13 at his home in St. Louis. He was 80 and suffered recently from pneumonia and a kidney ailment. Full Story Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 didn't weir play with johnnie johnson for a while after jerry died? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted April 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Yup. Check out the article by clicking "Full Story Here" (above)...After the Hackford documentary, Mr. Johnson played with such artists as Richards, Bob Weir and Eric Clapton, and toured from Scandinavia to Australia despite a fear of flying. He appeared on guitarist Buddy Guy's 1994 Grammy-winning blues album, "Slippin' In." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Yup. Check out the article by clicking "Full Story Here" (above)...After the Hackford documentary, Mr. Johnson played with such artists as Richards, Bob Weir and Eric Clapton, and toured from Scandinavia to Australia despite a fear of flying. He appeared on guitarist Buddy Guy's 1994 Grammy-winning blues album, "Slippin' In." i have a bad habit of missing the "story" link in posts...this same inattention to detail had me believeing your april fools day post thanks for posting the article.... tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 I read about Johnnie yesterday. Chuck would be half the legend without Johnson's contributions.Johnson was a great and innovative rock & roll piano player. He will be missed, but his music has stood and will stand the test of time. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chameleon Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Wow. This is a real loss. Jonnie Johnson was the originator of the rock'nroll boogie that inspires Jonny b.Goode. He hired Chuck Barry into his band. Jonnie Johnson also toured as Ratdog's piano player in 1996 on the Further Festival tour. I went to 8 of those shows in the US, and seeing Joinnie night after night was a real treat. Ratdog would even go into blues mode and play Jonnie's classic "Tangeray" and jump blues standard "Juke". What a loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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