OJ heads up north with his buddies Kelly Van Camp and Garey Shelton to play rockin' roots music designed for dancing. The food and drink is pretty awesome, too. Don't be late!
Orville Johnson grew up in a small farming town in Illinois not far from the banks of the Mississippi river. His early playing career was focused around the St Louis MO music scene where he was exposed to and participated in a variety of blues, bluegrass, and American Roots music. He began singing in his Pentecostal church as a young boy, in rock bands during middle school, and then took up guitar and dobro at age 17 with early influences from Doc Watson, Mississippi John Hurt, Mike Auldridge, and Chuck Berry. His travels took him west to Colorado and California, south to New Orleans and Memphis and in the mid 1970s Orville spent several seasons playing on the SS Julia Belle Swain, a period piece Mississippi river paddlewheel steamboat plying the inland waterways.
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OJ heads up north with his buddies Kelly Van Camp and Garey Shelton to play rockin' roots music designed for dancing. The food and drink is pretty awesome, too. Don't be late!
OJ joins The Jump Monkeys to play lap steel guitar and sing a few with this rollicking, swingin' bunch of fellers. Bring your dancing shoes!
OJ joins Jim Page for his monthly 1st Wednesday music fest at this intimate venue. OJ accompanies Jim's well crafted songs on dobro and guitar. Come on down!!