It took toughness and nerve to make that sound and that was not at all what people were expecting. Thirty years later Johnny has never lost sight of his musical road. Johnny's music started with the blues and has basically stayed the same Winter blues, old blues, rock and roll, ballads, rhythm and blues, occasional honky tonk, a novelty song or stone country thrown in at times for fun, all driven home by gutsy, fluid, slicing guitar and alley cat singing. It's music that's strong, isn't locked into a time. Johnny has matured immeasurably over the years.
Some musicians mellow out.
Johnny just gets better and wiser and hotter. He gives the actual wrenching message of the blues. He started with the blues and has stayed there, venturing to other areas only to broaden his career and development. He plays straight blues and rock and roll as only he can with honesty and raw abandon. They were the first musicians ever to come to me and say,'We love what you do.