There seems to be something special coming from the quiet London suburb of Ealing where Johnny is from. Over the years Ealing has played a strong part in the story of a long list of legendary musicians including: The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, David Bowie, Queen, Jim Marshall (Marshall Amps), Jimi Hendrix and Ealing’s very own Dusty Springfield.
At the age of 6 Johnny made his first guitar from an empty tissue box and a couple of rubber bands and he has been playing music ever since. Through a love of Noel Gallagher, Ryan Adams and Fleetwood Mac, Johnny has crafted his own sound, blending his love for American songwriting with his UK roots. Johnny dropped out of school shortly after GCSEs and went on to enrol in music college, before dropping out again. Instead he started playing for various other artists as a “hired gun”. During this time he began to explore himself musically. As he was finding his voice, his music went through several different changes in direction, resulting in an entire album and an EP being shelved. “I couldn’t write a song for shit, they were all terrible! I learnt a lot after watching and collaborating with other artists. I began to learn what songwriting was about and my songs slowly started to get better and better” he says. "I learnt loads after a friend introduced be to Bob Dylan. I'd listened to Dylan before but it went way over my head... then I heard "Highway 61 Revisited" and everything changed for me. It opened up an endless world of lyrical possibilities".
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