Jimmy Johnson

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Jimmy Johnson

g, *1943 US, Sheffield, Alabama
Musician / Producer of Rock and R&B/Soul
A.k.a. Jimmy Ray Johnson

Jimmy Johnson (born February 4, 1943, Sheffield, Alabama) is a member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section who was attached to FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama for a period in the 1960s. In 1969, with the backing of Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler, Johnson became co-founder, along with drummer Roger Hawkins, bassist David Hood, and keyboardist Barry Beckett, of Muscle Shoals Sound Studio located at first on 3614 Jackson Highway in Sheffield, Alabama and at a second site on 1000 Alabama Avenue also in Sheffield, Alabama. Johnson operated variously as a record producer or guitarist. He has performed with Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin and engineered three tracks on The Rolling Stones' album, Sticky Fingers.

Instruments

Guitar
Electric guitar

Genres

Rock
R&B/Soul
World
Folk
Blues

Plays With

D.C. Dogs

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

Muscle Shoals Swampers

The Del-Rays

Big Ben Atkins

Minuit

Band Members

External Links

Home Page

Wikipedia

Discogs

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