Eric Johnson Live from Austin TX (2005)

Fasten your seatbelts for an extraordinary ride with guitar hero Eric Johnson Johnsons playing has a way of connecting to fans of every guitar style while still eliciting raves from the likes of Carlos Santana Johnny Winter Jeff Beck Stevie Ray Vaughn and even country music legend Chet Atkins His inspirations are the 3Js Jimi Hendrix Jerry Reed and Jeff Beck but his style ranges wide and free throughout the entirety of guitar history while still infusing fresh ideas of his own A longtime Austin mainstay he took up guitar at age eleven and had his first professional group at fifteen In 1974 he defied the musical mainstream by forming Austins first jazzrock fusion band the Electromagnets and hes been making guitar history ever since Guitar genius is an easy phrase to throw around but when it comes to blending fire and finesse Eric Johnson has it all