Artist: Jack Johnson
Genre(s):
Rock: Pop-Rock
Instrumental
ROck: Alternative
Rock
Discography:
Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies For The Film Curious George
Year: 2006
Tracks: 14
Brushfire Fairytales
Year: 2006
Tracks: 13
In Between Dreams
Year: 2005
Tracks: 14
On and on
Year: 2004
Tracks: 16
Thicker Than Water
Year: 2003
Tracks: 14
KFOG private concert
Year: 2002
Tracks: 18
Brushfire Fairytales
Year: 2002
Tracks: 13
Live In Boulder
Year: 2001
Tracks: 18
Rares
Year:
Tracks: 2
Before Jack Johnson perfected his stone star slipway, he was a admirer surfer on the professional route, with a sponsorship with Quiksilver. It was a life that was second nature for the Hawaiian native, for he began chasing waves as a tot, and by the time he was 17, he was an outstanding jockstrap on the word of mouth. However, Johnson was likewise examination his other creative outlets -- nonpareil existence flip and the other being euphony.
It was during his college geezerhood as a film pupil at University of California at Santa Barbara when Johnson began writing songs. He and old match Chris Malloy and Emmett Malloy produced a channel-surf celluloid documentary entitled Thicker Than Water, in turn over spotlighting Johnson as a gifted cinematographer as well as a burgeoning singer/songwriter. His peers in and around the channel-surf circumference praised his work, and Thicker Than Water received props in Surfer cartridge clip for Video of the Year during 2000. The followup channel-surf flicker The September Sessions likewise earned the Adobe Highlight Award at the ESPN Film Festival that same yr.
Still, Johnson steered away from a efflorescence professional sports life history and stuck with music -- something that would shortly realise him additional honors. G. Love & Special Sauce quickly took card to Johnson's otiose blues stylings, which besides wrought family and hip-hop for a modern john Rock twist, and included Johnson on "Rodeo Clowns" from G. Love's 1999 tone ending Philadelphonic. Johnson's four-track demo besides caught the ears of Ben Harper's right-hand valet, J.P. Plunier. This was sure as shooting mind-blowing for Johnson, for Harper's college rock linchpin Fight for Your Mind was one of his favorites and remained an inspiration. Aside from Plunier's production work, Harper likewise added his lap covering brand guitar puzzle out on Johnson's stifling debut, Brushfire Fairytales (Enjoy Records), in winter 2001.
Two co-headlining tours followed passim springtime and summertime 2002; Johnson's sophomore travail, On and On, appeared in May 2003. Stateside dates with Harper followed in June and July. A third album, In Between Dreams arrived in March 2005, narrowly wanting the summit of the Billboard album chart in the process. Johnson earned two Brit Awards for In Between Dreams: International Male Solo Artist and International Breakthrough Act. In February, Johnson issued the soundtrack Curious George. Nielsen SoundScan gross revenue topped at 163,000 copies in its start week of release, earning Johnson his first-ever number unrivaled record album on Billboard's Top 200 and Rock Albums charts.
Deana Carter
