Johnny's a '23 BMA Nominee for Best Traditional Blues Artist.  Blues fans worldwide know Johnny as a tireless road warrior, performing close to 200 nights a year across the States, in Japan, Mexico and Europe.  As Johnny puts it: "It takes a year for me to see my friends and then I do it all over all again".  Johnny grew up in Starkville, Mississippi and went to University of Chicago at 18, but ended up attending "blues university" in Chicago's blues clubs for the following two decades.  He's toured and recorded with blues legends such as Pinetop Perkins, Sam Lay, Tail Dragger and Billy Boy Arnold, and released eleven of his own CDs, many on the famed Chicago label Delmark records.  Johnny's latest CD, "Ramblin From Coast to Coast" hit #2 on The Big Blues Radio Chart as well as the Living Blues chart, and was nominated by Blues Blast Magazine for Best Traditional Blues Album.  Johnny has also built a worldwide following for his weekly YouTube guitar lessons, which he posts every Monday.