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Year: 2021
Livestream concert Saturday, January 23 6:30pm PT / 9:30pm ET
New nine-part Sunday Brunch series with special guests debuts January 24th
St. Louis blues man Jeremiah Johnson will be performing a virtual concert on Friday evening. In the midst of the worst pandemic of our lifetimes, Johnson released 2 charting albums, spent time as a father, and plays when he can, all with a smile on his face.
“The main reason I started recording was to record myself. I wasn’t trying to become a recording engineer or a producer at the time. Once we started to do it, it became my job and career.” – Scott Herzog
“I don’t want to get up on stage and rehash what somebody else has already recorded. I want to get up on stage and tell my story. I feel that this new record is able to do that.”
“One of my claims to fame at The John Henry Blues Festival in West Virginia is that I was kicked off stage by Big Joe Williams. Big Joe was one of those guys who played what he felt like and I was one of those guys who learned 12 Bar Blues and Big Joe was not a regular 12 Bar Blues guy.” – John Colgan-Davis
“My thing with him was he did not give me this voice, and he can’t do anything with it except what I give and let him use…” – Darlene Love
Watch the official video for the first single, “The Real Thing”
One of the best-known and widely covered songs in the Sinatra canon, “That’s Life” proves a perfect fit for Willie
‘The New Ok’ out now digitally and physically via ATO Records