About this concert
Boston Hall of Fame inductee Johnny A. is a Gibson and Epiphone signature guitarist (the Johnny A. Gibson is one of their most popular selling signature models) and is a spectacular performer guaranteed to mesmerize an audience with the 1st riff! Johnny has shared the stage with artists from BB King to Steve Vai and everybody in between and has performed at such prestigious festivals as Eric Clapton's Crossroads, the Montreal Jazz Festival, and Tokyo's Fuji Rock Festival. Coming back to his roots, Johnny has developed an intimate solo performance celebrating some of the greatest, and most influential, guitar work in history.
"On a cool Sunday evening on the last weekend of January, Johnny A. walked into a converted church in Mill Valley, California and showed what one guy, two guitars and about a dozen effects pedals can do. Playing two of his signature hollowbody Gibson guitars. Johnny set up a series of synchronous loops to create a soundscape that was both broad and deep, reverberating through the rafters of the Sweetwater Music Hall. After assuring the near-capacity crowd that nothing was pre-recorded, Johnny launched into a set that included some of his most popular songs celebrating the British songbook of the '60s and beyond!
-Bob Dragich, Vintage Guitar Magazine
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What fans are saying
Bob
January 11th 2024
Johnny A. is always terrific in concert. He said he was suffering from food poisoning, but it didn’t affect the performance one bit. He also sang for the first time in one of the “Just Me and My Guitars” shows, opening with “Morning Dew” and singing “Sittin’ On Top of the World” later on. Really good voice. Who knew? He’s always a very engaging performer, telling stories between songs. If you like music at all, if you ever get a chance to see Johnny A., don’t even think about it, just go. And the Yoshi’s experience is always fantastic. Great food, great staff and there isn’t a bad seat in the house.
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JOHNNY A.
“Just Me …and My Guitars”
For nearly 20 years Johnny A. has traveled the world effortlessly gliding through, bending and blending, musical genres to deliver his own unique style of instrumental guitar music.
To quote the London Free Press (Johnny A. is...) "a musician who resists easy categorization and that's always cool by us."
And as JAZZIZ Magazine so perfectly stated, "Johnny A. has eclectic musical vision and the skills to realize it… A.’s music is both accessible and sophisticated."
Never content with complacency, and always up for a challenge, Johnny again takes an adventurous musical left turn to present his distinct, instrumental guitar approach for the first time in a completely “solo” intimate atmosphere with “Just Me…And My Guitars”.
With strong emphasis on melody and arrangements from the British songbook of the 60s, he will be bringing his fluid guitar style to select venues all across the United States and beyond.
The evening promises to be a very special "living room experience" with some of Johnny's favorite songs and stories all of which have molded him into the musician and person he is today.
It's no wonder that Gibson and Epiphone guitars have honored him with not one but three signature model guitars designed to his specifications.
Don't miss this rare and unique opportunity to see Grammy Nominated, Boston Music Hall of Fame Inductee and one of America's finest instrumental guitarists, Johnny A., up close and personal.
What other people are saying…
“Johnny A. has always had such a musical approach to the way he plays the guitar. He arranges his parts sort of like a symphony orchestrator, covering counterpoints and filling out harmonic structures. The tone in his fingers is always comfortable and friendly and a delight to feel. He is a thoroughly accomplished and powerfully effective guitarist”.
3 time Grammy Award winning Artist - Steve Vai
“Johnny A. is a light in a sea of guitar players. His unique and soulful full approach and his ‘ one man band’ chops are peerless. Melody - tone taste and a trick bag of surprises and a killer choice of material makes him a must see!”
5 time Grammy Award winning Artist - Steve Lukather - TOTO
“Johnny A. is one of the finest guitarist’s I’ve ever had the pleasure to listen to, and I always learn something when we get together. He is a consummate musician on a world class level. I’ll put him toe to toe with anyone!”
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee - Elliot Easton, The Cars
“Johnny A. is one of the finest guitar players on this planet...In a league of his own to be sure!”
Bobby Whitlock, Derek & The Dominos
“Devotion to melodies, tight dynamics and succulent tones perfectly temper Johnny’s balance of fire and ice.” - Guitar World
“ Johnny A.'s magic crosses over because, like [Bill] Frisell, he doesn't just play guitar - he plays music.” - Premiere Guitar Magazine
“Johnny A. lets his guitar speak for him with eloquence and spirit.” - Washington Post
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For nearly 20 years Johnny A. has traveled the world effortlessly gliding through, bending and blending, musical genres to deliver his own unique style of instrumental guitar music.
To quote the London Free Press (Johnny A. is...) "a musician who resists easy categorization and that's always cool by us."
And as JAZZIZ Magazine so perfectly stated, "Johnny A. has eclectic musical vision and the skills to realize it… A.’s music is both accessible and sophisticated."
Never content with complacency, and always up for a challenge, Johnny again takes an adventurous musical left turn to present his distinct, instrumental guitar approach for the first time in a completely “solo” intimate atmosphere with “Just Me…And My Guitars”.
With strong emphasis on melody and arrangements from the British songbook of the 60s, he will be bringing his fluid guitar style to select venues all across the United States and beyond.
The evening promises to be a very special "living room experience" with some of Johnny's favorite songs and stories all of which have molded him into the musician and person he is today.
It's no wonder that Gibson and Epiphone guitars have honored him with not one but three signature model guitars designed to his specifications.
Don't miss this rare and unique opportunity to see Grammy Nominated, Boston Music Hall of Fame Inductee and one of America's finest instrumental guitarists, Johnny A., up close and personal.
What other people are saying…
“Johnny A. has always had such a musical approach to the way he plays the guitar. He arranges his parts sort of like a symphony orchestrator, covering counterpoints and filling out harmonic structures. The tone in his fingers is always comfortable and friendly and a delight to feel. He is a thoroughly accomplished and powerfully effective guitarist”.
3 time Grammy Award winning Artist - Steve Vai
“Johnny A. is a light in a sea of guitar players. His unique and soulful full approach and his ‘ one man band’ chops are peerless. Melody - tone taste and a trick bag of surprises and a killer choice of material makes him a must see!”
5 time Grammy Award winning Artist - Steve Lukather - TOTO
“Johnny A. is one of the finest guitarist’s I’ve ever had the pleasure to listen to, and I always learn something when we get together. He is a consummate musician on a world class level. I’ll put him toe to toe with anyone!”
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee - Elliot Easton, The Cars
“Johnny A. is one of the finest guitar players on this planet...In a league of his own to be sure!”
Bobby Whitlock, Derek & The Dominos
“Devotion to melodies, tight dynamics and succulent tones perfectly temper Johnny’s balance of fire and ice.” - Guitar World
“ Johnny A.'s magic crosses over because, like [Bill] Frisell, he doesn't just play guitar - he plays music.” - Premiere Guitar Magazine
“Johnny A. lets his guitar speak for him with eloquence and spirit.” - Washington Post
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