| Intro | American musician |
| Is |
Musician Guitarist |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1953 |
| Age: | 67 years |
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.
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.
Discography
Albums
- Music by A Country Band (1973)
- The World According to Orville (1990)
- Orville Johnson and Scott Weiskopf (1993)
- Kings of Mongrel Folk (1997) with Mark Graham
- Blueprint for the Blues (1998)
- Slide & Joy (1999)
- Freehand (2003)
- Still Goin’ Strong (2004) with Mark Graham
- Together in Las Vegas (2005) with John Cephas and Woody Mann
- Deceiving Blues (2006) with John Miller and Grant Dermody
- The Sweeter the Juice (2009) with Laura Love
- Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor (2010) produced by Jerry Douglas
- “We Heard the Voice of a Pork Chop” (2012) as Johnson, Miller & Dermody
- “Bitter Truth” (2013) as The Kings of Mongrel Folk
Instructional
- Intro To Lead Guitar (DVD)
- Resophonic Guitar for Beginners, Vols. 1&2 (DVDs)
- Tips,Tricks, and Techniques for Dobro, Vols. 1&2 (DVDs)
- Getting Started in Open D Tuning (DVD)
- Getting Started with Bottleneck Slide Guitar (DVD)