{"id":708,"date":"2017-01-22T01:25:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T01:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/?p=708"},"modified":"2017-01-22T02:29:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T02:29:24","slug":"namm-2017-justin-johnson-a-must-see-act-on-a-3-string-shovel-guitar-crankin-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/22\/namm-2017-justin-johnson-a-must-see-act-on-a-3-string-shovel-guitar-crankin-it-up\/","title":{"rendered":"NAMM 2017: Justin Johnson an \u201cAmerican Master\u201d  a \u201cmust-see act,\u201d On A 3-String Shovel Guitar &#8220;Crankin&#8217; It Up&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Crankin&#039; Up the 3-String Shovel Guitar!\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V9-ltPsbw9g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imgres-35.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-700 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imgres-35.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imgres-35.jpeg 319w, http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imgres-35-300x149.jpeg 300w\" width=\"319\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imgres-36.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-709\" src=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imgres-36.jpeg\" width=\"559\" height=\"419\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Justin Johnson Crankin&#8217; Out The Blues On A 3-String Shovel Guitar Is The Most Amazing Thing Ever<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tn-3.jpg\" alt=\"tn-3\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tn-10.jpg\" alt=\"tn-10\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Michael Hepworth<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Anaheim, CA (Perfect Music Today) 1\/21\/17\/&#8211;<\/span> \u00a0Nashville-based Roots Blues and Americana artist Justin Johnson has been hailed by Guitar World as a \u201cmust-see act,\u201d\u00a0lauded as an \u201cAmerican Master\u201d by John Carter Cash, and a \u201cmusical visionary\u201d by Ted Nugent, has had his \u201cfunk\u201d praised by Bootsy Collins, and his musical approach described as \u201ctimeless\u201d by North Mississippi Allstar frontman Luther Dickinson.\u00a0 He has been recognized as Slidestock International Slide Guitar Champion, and his original music has been licensed to Wieden &amp; Kennedy, Dodge Motor Co, Ken Burns, Florentine Films, and the list keeps growing.<br \/>\nAlways innovating and following his own sound while taking inspiration from the past, Justin Johnson blurs the lines between the traditional and the cutting edge, taking current day music back to it\u2019s roots and keeping the blues alive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imgres-37.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-710 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imgres-37.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u2022Justin Johnson has toured the world as a performing musician throughout mainland Australia and Tasmania, Europe, The United Kingdom, and coast to coast in North America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022Justin Johnson&#8217;s original song &#8220;Midnight at the Crossroads,&#8221; from his <em>Smoke &amp; Mirrors<\/em>\u00a0double album, was licensed to Florentine Films for Ken Burns&#8217; PBS documentary film &#8220;Jackie Robinson.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022&#8221;In the Pines&#8221; from <em>Smoke &amp; Mirrors<\/em>\u00a0was licensed to ad agency Wieden + Kennedy for the &#8220;Dodge Brothers&#8221; national ad campaign for Dodge Motor Company.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022&#8221;Grinnin in Your Face&#8221; from <em>Smoke &amp; Mirrors<\/em>\u00a0is featured on NPR Back Porch Music&#8217;s &#8220;<em>Best of Back Porch Music Vol. 18: Old Enough to Know Better<\/em>&#8221; 2015 Compilation Album.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Justin Johnson is founder of &#8220;Roots Music School&#8221; in Nashville, TN.\u00a0 Under this umbrella, he has released an Instructional Series currently consisting of 5 DVDs and a Book on Roots Music technique and theory.\u00a0 As Roots Music School founder, Justin Johnson has partnered with educators across the country to develop Roots Music curriculum for schools.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/aa64a14028ef49fbdc43de405ac5d9ee.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-711 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/aa64a14028ef49fbdc43de405ac5d9ee.jpeg\" width=\"498\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/aa64a14028ef49fbdc43de405ac5d9ee.jpeg 498w, https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/aa64a14028ef49fbdc43de405ac5d9ee-300x157.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022First Place winner of Slidestock International Slide Guitar Championship<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u2022Justin Johnson Signature 3-String Shovel Guitar Available HERE: <a class=\"yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsmusicschool.com\/shovel-guitar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-servicelink=\"CDUQ6TgYACITCO-HodvH1NECFdVVfgodvzQOuSj4HQ\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.rootsmusicschool.com\/shovel-guitar.html\" data-target-new-window=\"True\">http:\/\/www.rootsmusicschool.com\/shove&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022Justin Johnson MUSIC &amp; MERCH: <a class=\"yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsmusicschool.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-servicelink=\"CDUQ6TgYACITCO-HodvH1NECFdVVfgodvzQOuSj4HQ\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.RootsMusicSchool.com\" data-target-new-window=\"True\">http:\/\/www.RootsMusicSchool.com<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022&#8221;Crankin&#8217; It Up&#8221; Available for DIGITAL DOWNLOAD at: <a class=\"yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/justinjohnson47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-servicelink=\"CDUQ6TgYACITCO-HodvH1NECFdVVfgodvzQOuSj4HQ\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/justinjohnson47\" data-target-new-window=\"True\">http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/justinjohnson47<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022Official Website: <a class=\"yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/www.justinjohnsonlive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-servicelink=\"CDUQ6TgYACITCO-HodvH1NECFdVVfgodvzQOuSj4HQ\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.JustinJohnsonLive.com\" data-target-new-window=\"True\">http:\/\/www.JustinJohnsonLive.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imgres-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-702\" src=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imgres-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tn-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2952\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tn-10.jpg\" alt=\"tn-10\" width=\"88\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael Hepworth<\/p>\n<p>287 S.Robertson Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/search.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3012\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/search.jpeg\" alt=\"search\" width=\"105\" height=\"85\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectmealtoday.com\/\">www.perfectmealtoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectmealtoday@gmail.com\">perfectmealtoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrSpiritsman\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrSpiritsman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/spiritsman\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/passets-ec.pinterest.com\/images\/about\/buttons\/follow-me-on-pinterest-button.png\" alt=\"Follow Me on Pinterest\" width=\"169\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritsman.com\/\">www.spiritsman.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:mrspiritsman@gmail.com\">mrspiritsman@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectskintoday.com\/\">www.perfectskintoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectskintoday@gmail.com\">perfectskintoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfecttraveltoday.com\/\">www.perfecttraveltoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfecttraveltoday@gmail.com\">perfecttraveltoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectmealtoday.com\/\">www.perfectmealtoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectmealtoday@gmail.com\">perfectmealtoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectgolftoday.com\/\">www.perfectgolftoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectgolftoday@gmail.com\">perfectgolftoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectmusictoday.com\/\">www.perfectmusictoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectmusictoday@gmail.com\">perfectmusictoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.champagnewinemaison.com\/\">www.champagnewinemaison.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:champagnewinemaison@gmail.com\">champagnewinemaison@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alquimie.com.au\/publication\/\">http:\/\/alquimie.com.au\/publicatio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.blogspot.com\/\">spiritsman.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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