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David Johnson

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Country and World
A.k.a. David Ray Johnson

Multi-instrumentalist who plays virtually all of the stringed instruments and harmonica. Born in Millers Creek, North Carolina in 1954 to Billie Ray Johnson and Elizabeth Caudill Johnson. His grandfather, Bill Johnson (19) played clawhammer-style banjo. By age ten David was playing in his father's square dance band, the Country Ramblers. He soon developed performance abilities on the banjo and fiddle and, in 1969, picked up the steel guitar to play in Marshall Craven's local band, the Country Cousins. Johnson played with the Country Cousins for twelve years. On January 1, 1981, Johnson formed Dixie Dawn, his own local group that became popular as the house band at Shadrack's in Boone, and at Jubilee Junction in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Dixie Dawn has recorded about half a dozen records and continues to play gigs on a limited basis. Johnson has devoted much of his time to the studio, performing as a session musician and also recording his own material. He began recording at the age of fifteen when he helped produce the soundtrack for a Les Blank documentary film about Holly Farms Foods (now Tyson Foods) in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Other musicians who played on the soundtrack included Marshall Craven, Drake Walsh, and David's father, Billie Ray Johnson. As a session musician, he has recorded with Ralph Stanley, Tony Rice and Arthur Smith, among others, and has been named National Gospel Studio Musician of the Year. He is also a musician and arranger for Horizon Music, a gospel music company in Asheville, North Carolina. Many of his recordings appear on the Mountain Home label. In addition to his duties at Horizon, Johnson also does overdub work with Marshall Craven at the Star Recording Company in Millers Creek, North Carolina, and dozens of studios in the southeastern United States.

     
Instruments
  • Steel guitar
  • Mandolin
  • Violin
  • Guitar
  • Banjo
Genres
  • Country
  • World
Popular Tracks   
Sacred Prayer on Diné Prayer Peyote Songs, Vol. 3 by Irvin Bahe & David Johnson
Tradition on Diné Prayer Peyote Songs, Vol. 3 by Irvin Bahe & David Johnson
Divine Herb on Diné Prayer Peyote Songs, Vol. 3 by Irvin Bahe & David Johnson
Sacred Medicine on Diné Prayer Peyote Songs, Vol. 3 by Irvin Bahe & David Johnson
Spiritual Prayer on Diné Prayer Peyote Songs, Vol. 3 by Irvin Bahe & David Johnson
Holy Medicine on Diné Prayer Peyote Songs, Vol. 3 by Irvin Bahe & David Johnson
Charity on Diné Prayer Peyote Songs, Vol. 3 by Irvin Bahe & David Johnson
Hope on Diné Prayer Peyote Songs, Vol. 3 by Irvin Bahe & David Johnson
Beauty on Diné Prayer Peyote Songs, Vol. 3 by Irvin Bahe & David Johnson
Pray for Us on Diné Prayer Peyote Songs, Vol. 3 by Irvin Bahe & David Johnson

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Band Members
Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Old Time North Carolina Mountain MusicBill Johnson, Billie Ray Johnson & David Johnson1985Album
Clawhammer BanjoDavid Johnson1983Album
BluegrassDavid Johnson & Billie Ray Johnson1983Album
C.E. Ward & Joe Smith And The Bluegrass Revue Variety AlbumClermon Ward, Joe Smith, Ronnie Prevette, Bill Cooper, David Johnson, Jack Lawrence1970Album
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