Bill Johnson - Baggage Blues

Bill Johnson was born into a musical and artistic family in Halifax, NS. Two years later the family moved to Ottawa, ON, and thanks to an older brother, the blues rang through the house. At the age of nine the family moved again to Victoria, BC. Now friendless, Bill began playing the guitar that year, and was the stand out guitarist in his class. He became obsessed with playing guitar and the sound of the blues. While other kids read comics, Chuck Berry was Bill’s Superman. By the age of fifteen he began a career as a professional guitarist. Many years would pass studying and gigging in smoky bars. Superb bluesman, Donald Ray Johnson, began to use Bill on his recordings. Eventually even artists like the legendary Hubert Sumlin, Chess Record’s Cash McCall, and Alligator Record’s Son Seals, began to call on Bill when they needed a guitar player. By then Bill’s own band was doing well, releasing it’s first recording THE BILL JOHNSON BLUES BAND LIVE to warm reviews and even garnering Bill an MBA nomination for