JOHNNY KING and FRIENDS
"Lightning in a Bottle" Tour September 2025
Making Music History Once Again
JOHNNY KING and FRIENDS
"Lightning in a Bottle" Tour September 2025
Making Music History Once Again
tribute to the greats! Coming soon
Buddy Miles sings Angel ~ Jimi Hendrix for the first time ever!
Back in the day (2004), Buddy Miles recorded on Johnny King's first studio-released concept album "Dance Around It" & made undiscovered music recording history with other well-known friends. Today, we are re-releasing for all the world to enjoy - that magical & enhanced recording of Buddy Miles singing "Angel" as a Tribute to Jimi Hendrix! This is also now a Tribute to Buddy Miles & his amazing legacy!!
"CALL IT CONFUSION" is PHENOMENAL
They call it Contemporary Blues
I'm a King Bee - New "old" Song - featuring Blues Legend and Grammy Award Winner Bobby Rush on vocals!
Tony TC Coleman (Grammy Award Winner & BB King's Drummer of 30 years) is Co-Producer on the album. He also lends his talent on drums, percussion, and vocals!
12 Tracks - All Hits! Click below to find out more!
We call it Good Music
Critically Acclaimed & Climbing the Blues Charts Weekly!
A big THANK YOU to all music reviewers & to all the radio stations locally, nationally and worldwide that are playing the record!
Thanks to everyone for listening! "That's it!"
What it is
Johnny King
Look out! Johnny King is a guitar virtuoso! He is also a producer, singer, songwriter, actor, author, music instructor, and lively performer. For over twenty-five years, he has been writing and performing his own music. He plays slide, lead, and rhythm guitar like lightning in a bottle. His other instruments include: drums, five-string bass, Hammond organ, keys, mandolin, and trumpet.
Johnny King's music ranges from Blues, Roots, Rock, Reggae, Bluegrass, Country, Motown, Gospel, Funk, Latin, Ragtime, New Orleans jazz, and Psychedelic Southern Rock. He calls it the "Baptism of Sound!"
"I'm on a mission to sing, play, and arrange the music that will set us all free and unlock the universal vibrations of love!" - Johnny King
Johnny King has written well over 90 songs and counting. Most recently, he has recorded and/or remastered over 50 original songs at Skip Brown's Final Tracks Studio in Roanoke, VA. Tony Coleman (BB King's drummer for over 30 years) has recorded drums, percussion, and vocals - as well as co-produced - the hit Blues record "Call It Confusion." Together they are making music history all over again!
NEW ORIGINAL MUSIC!!!
Johnny King is making music history once again with a lot of friends! King has been recording his entire catalog while under quarantine! He is releasing 5 albums, spanning across 5 genres: Rock, Americana, Blues, Country and Reggae. The first of these is from the Blues catalog and is now available everywhere for download/stream/purchase!
Through this musical endeavor, Johnny is collaborating with various established Artists across different musical genres to add their signature style to his original music catalog!
He's Gone Country!
Almost Ready! Johnny's new not yet studio-released album "Wooden Nickels" is from the Country/Gospel genre! Songs will be available for digital download soon.
Johnny is the Music Director & Board Member of the Virginia Opry, the Official Opry of Virginia!
Continue to stay tuned for more information AND more original music from different musical genres!
The Early Years
Johnny began by learning the drums in his father's band Hot Rod Lincoln at the age of fifteen in Virginia. By the time he was eighteen, he had sat in with Teddy Washington, who played trumpet for James Brown. At the age of twenty-one, Johnny King recorded an impromptu original music session with Matt Lawson and Pete Skenesky at David Plummer's Cypress Recording Studios in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. This marked the beginning of his professional original recording music career.
In 1997, Johnny started performing as a solo artist where he first coined the name "Boxrockers" after his 1965 Gibson guitar. He then collaborated with Dave Hendershot from the Glass Camels in 1998, and named Live Roots, an original jam band that opened and toured regionally with acts such as Derek Trucks Band, Keller Williams, Blueground Undergrass, and Donna the Buffalo.
DANCE AROUND IT - LIMITED RUN
Johnny King produced his first album with Grammy Award winners Buddy Miles and Vassar Clements, locking in history the first and only time these performers recorded original music together. To no one's surprise, Kofi Burbridge has also since earned a Grammy as the keyboardist and flutist for the world-renowned: Derek Trucks Band and Tedeschi Trucks Band.
May all three rest in peace.
Johnny king and friends (West coast Band) Featuring tony tc coleman
Johnny King and Friends on the San Diego Bayfront
Photo Credit: Jeff Beeler
Hey You! Hello San Diego! Capturing sunny weather with pleasant scenery along with a great group of talented musicians! Thanks Jeff Beeler!
Chillaxin' on the San Diego Bayfront
Photo Credit: Jeff Beeler
Up Close
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Enjoying an authentic, true story told by the legendary Tony TC Coleman!
Photo Credit: Jeff Beeler
Great show! Hope to see you next time!
Photo Credit: Jeff Beeler