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Jack Hody Johnson (born May 18, 1975) is a Hawaiian-born singer-songwriter, musician, filmmaker,[JackJohnsonMusic.com] and surfer who achieved commercial success and a dedicated following, after the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales in 2001
. He has since released four more albums and a number of EPs. His music is best described as acoustic/soft rock.
BiographyUnreferencedsection Being the son of a famous surfer in the islands, Jeff Johnson, Jack Johnson naturally had an interest in surfing with his best friend Merik Richardson. He began with surfing at the age of 5, and by the time he was 17 he made the finals at the Pipe trial and became the youngest invitee ever to do so. Johnson suffered a surfing accident when he was 17. While recovering from the accident, he acquired an interest in music. Johnson began writing songs during his college years, having played the guitar since 14. He was brought up with influences such as Nick Drake, Cat Stevens, Ben Harper, the Beatles, Jimmy Buffett, Bob Marley, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Sublime, and A Tribe Called Quest. One day G. Love was introduced to Jack for a day of surfing and ended up recording Jack’s song “Rodeo Clowns” for his last album Philadelphonic. It became the first single from the album and Jack sang and played on the track. His four-track demo caught the ears of Ben Harper's producer and right-hand man, J. P. Plunier, who worked with Jack on his debut album Brushfire Fairytales in early 2001 with Harper and his lap steel guitar making a guest appearance.He has a son named Michael Johnson.
Introduction to musicJack Johnson learned how to surf and skate from his father's best friend Alex Conell. Johnson learned to play the guitar at age of fourteen. He was a professional surfer until an accident at Pipeline in which his front teeth were knocked out and he received more than 150 stitches.[Jack Johnson Interviews] Although that is when most people believe he changed from a surfer to an artist, in a recent Rolling Stone cover story (March 6, 2008) he stated that it actually happened a week before in the finals of the trials of the Pipeline Masters on Oahu. At the age of 17 he became the youngest competitor to ever reach the finals. Jack was eventually disqualified after failing to catch three waves. Jack realized that the competitiveness was too much for him, "guys were ready to kill each other to catch the next wave," Johnson remembers.
DiscographyAlbums- Brushfire Fairytales (2001)
- On and On (2003)
- In Between Dreams (2005)
- Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George (2006)
- Sleep Through the Static (2008)
Soundtracks and EPs- 2000 Thicker than Water
- 2001 Out Cold
- 2002 September Sessions Pirate Looks At 40 and F-Stop Blues
- 2005 Some Live Songs EP
- 2005 Sprout
- 2006 A Brokedown Melody Let It Be Sung Home
Virtual albums & EPsCompilations- 1999 G. Love & Special Sauce's Philadelphonic – "Rodeo Clowns"
- 2004 G. Love & Special Sauce's The Hustle – "Give It to You"
- 2004 Donavon Frankenreiter's self titled album – "Free"
- 2004 Handsome Boy Modeling School's "White People" – "Breakdown"
- 2005 Look at All the Love We Found – "Badfish"/"Boss DJ"
- 2005 The Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business – "Gone Going"
- 2005 Animal Liberation Orchestra's Fly Between Falls – "Girl I Wanna Lay You Down"
- 2006 G. Love & Special Sauce's Lemonade – "Rainbow"
- 2006 Buena Vista Social Club's Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba – "Better Together"
- 2007 Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur – John Lennon's "Imagine"
Unofficial bootlegs- B.O.A.T.
- Lullabies
- J.O.A.T.
- J.I.T.B.
- T.R.I.P.1
- T.R.I.P.2
- J.O.T.C.
- Live On 94/7 FM
About BootlegsJohnson has stated in several interviews that a big part of his success involved his friends recording "bootlegs" of his tracks and distributing them at surf competitions.[Jack Johnson Interviews] Johnson has also stated that he supports the sharing of live recordings and bootlegs of his music,[Jack Johnson Interviews] many of which can be found here.
"It's pretty crazy. There's stuff I would find online that I'd only given to one friend, so I know how it got there," Johnson says. "It's been a spider-web effect. That's the whole reason all this [1] started. I'm sure there's lots of people who hate [2], but I really dig it."[Jack Johnson Interviews]
Concert DVDs (also on iTunes)- 2005 Jack Johnson: Live in Japan
- 2005 Jack Johnson: A Weekend at the Greek
Chart performanceAlbumsSinglesNote: The archive of the Canadian singles chart (downloads) dates back only to 2006 and the archive of the Canadian album chart dates back to 2005.
"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" re-issueThe single, "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" only became a chart hit in the United Kingdom, after the re-release climbed into the Top 10 following Jack Johnson's exposure on the 2006 BRIT Awards on ITV1. The single climbed to hit status a week before the release of "Better Together". Both the original release and indeed the re-issue had failed to chart until this point.
"A friend of mine was trying to get this girl named Michelle," said Johnson, "and I tried to write a song that would help him have a laugh at himself because he was spending so much time trying to get her and it obviously wasn't leading anywhere. That was one just to cheer up a friend."
External Links
AskMen.com - Jack Johnson
Copyright Citations
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