Artist: ERIC JOHNSON
Album: EJ VINYL (LP+MP3)

Release date: 2016
EAN/UPS: 819873013976
Media type: LP

Eric Johnson, long hailed as one of the world’s preeminent electric guitarists, celebrates his acoustic side with EJ, his 12th album as a leader. Emphasizing Johnson’s formidable skills as a singer-songwriter, his first completely unplugged album is also his most immediate and intimate. Johnson self-produced the album and performed nine of its thirteen tracks unaccompanied in his Austin, Texas Saucer Sound studio. The other tracks feature guest musicians such as renowned guitarist Doyle Dykes, violinist Molly Emerman, cellist John Hagen, and longtime Johnson accompanists Tommy Taylor and Wayne Salzmann on drums and Roscoe Beck and Chris Maresh on acoustic bass.

With EJ, listeners are given a rare and long-awaited opportunity to hear the guitarist in an all-acoustic setting – a first for Johnson. “Almost all of that material was cut live,” he says. “Some of the songs I actually sang and played at the same time – just live in the studio. Recording this way gave it more of an honest realism and organic emotion. Especially on the acoustic, you just have to get in there and play.” In essence, EJ brings listeners as close as possible to hearing the singer-songwriter perform in his own living room, as he continues his lifelong quest to produce music that entertains, inspires, and heals.

SIDE A:

01    Mrs. Robinson
02    Water Under The Bridge
03    Wonder
04    Wrapped In A Cloud
05    Once Upon A Time In Texas
06    One Rainy Wish
07    Serinidad

SIDE B:

08    Fatherly Downs
09    The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
10    November
11    All Things You Are
12    Scarborough Fair
13    Song For Irene