Mike Johnson (yodeler) explained

Mike Johnson
Birth Date:1946
Instrument:Yodeling, guitar
Years Active:1966–present
Label:Roughshod Records and You and Me Records

Mike Johnson (born 1946) is an American country music yodeler, singer, and songwriter living in Arlington, Virginia. Also known as Country Music's No.1 Black Yodeler, and Black Yodel No.1.

Raised in a Catholic family in Washington, DC, Johnson began yodeling in the 1950s, imitating the "Tarzan yell" of actor Johnny Weissmuller.[1] Later he would be influenced by the music of Jimmie Rodgers, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers. Johnson enlisted in the US Navy in 1965 and served two Vietnam tours from 1967 to 1969 on the USS Constellation CVA-64. From his first professional recording session at Globe Recording Studio in April 1981 in Nashville, he released his first 45rpm single "King of the Fish."[2] Later he became a truck driver,[3] in September 1981. Johnson founded Pata del Lobo Music publishing in 1982, and Roughshod Records and You and Me Records in 1987. Since April 1981 Johnson has released 2 45rpm vinyls, 11 cassettes, and 65 CDs.[4]

Awards and recognition

Johnson received a 2017 Legendary Honky Tonk CD of the Year Award from the National Traditional Country Music Association at their 2017 Old Time Country Music Festival in LeMars, Iowa. Johnson received a 2017 Legendary Honky Tonk CD of the Year Award from the National Traditional Country Music Association at their 2017 Old Time Country Music Festival in LeMars, Iowa.[8]

Works

Discography

1981 King of the Fish 45rpm

1983 Mike Johnson's Guitar Songs Vol.1 cassette

1986 Hooked On Rodeo 45rpm

1986 I Believe In Roy Rogers cassette

1986 Did You Hug Your Mother Today? cassette

1993 Black Yodel No.1 the Song the Songwriter cassette

1994 Did You Hug Your Mother Today? cassette

1995 Just a Nobody cassette

1995 Take Time Out cassette

1995 As Long As There Is Music cassette

1996 I Believe In Roy Rogers cassette

1996 Did You Hug Your Mother Today? cassette

1996 Mike Johnson’s Guitar Songs Vol.1 cassette

1999 Black Yodel No.1 the Song the Songwriter CD

1999 Did You Hug Your Mother Today? CD

2000 Country Classics Radio DJ Special CD

2000 King of the Fish CD

2001 Yodeling McDonald Craig CD

2001 Take Time Out CD

2001 A Piano Interpretation by Thanh Bui CD

2001 Mike Johnson’s Guitar Songs “1983 Collectors Classic” CD

2002 Hooked On Rodeo CD

2002 Mike Johnson’s Guitar Songs Vol.2 CD

2002 Mike Johnson Live! CD

2002 Three Country Music Yodelers CD

2003 Your Cheatin’ Heart CD

2004 Roughshod Records Sampler1 CD

2004 Did You Hug Your Mother Today? 17th Anniversary CD

2004 Did You Hug Your Mother Today? CD

2004 Sammy CD

2004 Here’s to Jim and Tammy CD

2004 Pictures On the Wall CD

2004 King of the Road CD

2006 Music by Mike CD

2006 Mike Johnson Yodeling 40 Years CD

2006 Frank Hunter Singing Favorite Country Classics CD

2007 Mike Johnson’s Guitar Songs Vol.3 CD

2007 The Wall CD

2007 To Monna the Rose of My Heart CD

2007 Mike Johnson’s Guitar Songs Vol.4 CD

2008 Mike Johnson’s Guitar Songs Vol.5 CD

2008 Mike Johnson’s Guitar Songs Vol. 6 CD

2008 Mike Johnson’s Guitar Songs Vol.7 CD

2008 Please Don’t Squeeze the Charmin CD

2008 Songs For All Ages CD

2009 Yeah I’m a Cowboy CD

2009 Roughshod Records Sampler2 CD

2010 Just a Nobody CD

2010 Mike Johnson & Freddie the Swedish Fiddler CD

2010 Mike Johnson Live at the Songsmith CD

2010 Mike Johnson Live at Whitey’s CD

2010 Mike Johnson Live at Royal Lee’s Deli CD

2010 Mike Johnson Live at Tucson Café CD

2012 Livin’ Lost Love On the Jukebox Again CD

2012 Back Home Again CD

2012 Roughshod Records Sampler3 CD

2012 Roughshod Records Sampler4 CD

2014 Roughshod Records Sampler5 CD

2014 Roughshod Records Pre-Release CD

2014 Old Time Country Songs Pre-Release CD

2014 Doggone It I’ve Written a Sad Song Again Pre-Release CD

2014 Old Time Country Songs Are They Really Dead and Gone? CD

2014 Doggone It I’ve Written a Sad Song Again CD

2014 SideKicks Christmas Special CD

2015 Country Sounds CD

2016 Let Me Die In a Honky Tonk CD

2016 My Heart Still Sees CD

2016 Roughshod Records Sampler CD

2017 Going Places CD

2017 Here We Go Again CD

2017 Covering James Adelsberger CD

2018 SideKicks Antics CD

2019 Cockco Doodle Doo CD

2020 In Memory of Leo P. Maimone CD

2022 Mike Johnson’s Guitar Songs Vol.8 CD

2022 Second Time Around CD

2022 Mike Johnson’s Guitar Songs Vol.9 CD

2022 Mike Johnson’s Guitar Songs Vol.10 CD

2022 Mike Johnson’s Yodel Song Archives CD

Compilations

Books

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brace . Eric . A Local Yodel . The Washington Post. . 1996-10-11 . 2015-07-11.
  2. Book: Bart Plantenga . Yodel in Hi-Fi: From Kitsch Folk to Contemporary Electronica . 8 February 2013 . University of Wisconsin Pres . 978-0-299-29053-5 . 30–31 . en.
  3. Book: Passages: The Cultural Magazine of Pro Helvetia . 2006 . Pro Helvetia . 52 . en.
  4. http://roughshodrecords.org
  5. Mike Johnson Live! DVD Series: Mike Johnson's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame Induction . YouTube . 2010-09-04 . 2015-07-03.
  6. Web site: National Traditional Country Music Assn . Ntcma.net . 2015-07-11 . 2014-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141008215747/http://www.ntcma.net/americas-old-time-country-music-hall-of-fame.php . dead .
  7. Mike Johnson Lifetime Achievement & James Adelsberger Instrumental CD of the Year – 2016 . YouTube . 2016-09-26.
  8. Web site: Mike Johnson "Legendary Honky Tonk CD of the Year" 29 August 2017-1 . . 14 November 2017 .
  9. Web site: Robert P. Everhart Obituary 2021 .
  10. News: Plantenga . Bart . Why it's time we learned to love yodelling . The Guardian . 22 September 2006 . 2015-07-11 . en.

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