Eric Johnson Net Worth, Family, Career, Life & More

Who is Eric Johnson?

Eric Johnson is a renowned American fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He wears many hats of musical skills. It includes acoustic, lap steel, and resonator guitar, along with vocalist and pianist. But he is widely known for his electric guitar skills. He is a versatile musician, who can play different musical genres. It incorporates classical music, rock, blues, jazz fusion, folk. Johnson was featured as “one of the most respected guitarists on the planet”, In keyboard magazine.

Early Life of Eric Johnson:

Eric took birth on 17 August 1954 in Austin, Texas, U.S. From the beginning he grew up into a musical household. He grew up with his three sisters and one brother. He studied piano with his three sisters. His father was a highly skilled whistling enthusiast. He made up his mind and decided to learn guitar at 11. Chet Atkins, Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Reed, and Bob Dylan were his musical inspirations. Johnson joined his first professional band, Mariani, at the age of 15.

Early bands:

In 1974, he returned to Austin from Africa and joined a local fusion band called Electromagnets. After traveling and recording regionally, the group failed to attract attention from major record labels. Later in 1977 the band split, but somehow in their early recordings they managed to attract a small cult following because of Johnson’s playing skills. And many years later, their two albums were widely released on compact disc.

Age, Height, Weight, Zodiac Sign, Nationality of Eric Johnson:

Eric Johnson is a 69-year-old guitarist. He was born on 17 August 1954.  Despite being 6 feet tall, which is (183 cm), he appears to be taller than he is. He weighs approximately 17o pounds or 77 Kilograms. He still maintains a healthy weight. Leo is his birth sign and Texas is his nationality.

Education:

He studied at the University of Texas in Austin for a short time. Later he decided to fully concentrate on his musical career.

Personal Life:

Eric Johnson is a very private person. He is famous for not discussing his personal life on public forums. However, as per the sources Eric Johnson married to Emily Johnson. They both married in 2015. She is a passionate artist for painting and sculpting, and her art exhibited in many galleries in Texas. Beyond that, any information about his relationship is not available on public forums. He keeps aside his personal life from his professional life. 

Net Worth of Eric Johnson:

The renowned American guitarist has an estimated net worth of 750 thousand dollars. His income is mostly from his music albums, concerts, and public appearances.

Eric Johnson’s Career:

1970

When Eric Johnson was just 15 years old he began his musical journey by joining his first professional band called “Mariani”. At that time Johnson and the group even recorded his first-ever album called “Seven Worlds”. But the song released in 1998.

1974

Later in 1974, Johnson formed his band called “Electromagnets”. Along with Electromagnets, he was working in a music store.

1977

In 1977, The group of Electromagnets disbanded because of not being able to attract any major record labels. However the playing skills of Eric Johnson managed to create a small cult following, and later he signed a management contract with Lone Wolf Productions. 

1984

Johnson’s career started reaching new levels in 1984 with his breakthrough appearance on the PBS television show called “Austin City Limits”. Price was amazed by Johnson’s performance and recommended him to his Warner Brothers Records label. Johnson started Performing and later released the album Tones and covered in Guitar magazine.

1986:

Guitar Player published a cover story about Johnson in May 1986.  The article helped Johnson to promote the release of Tones and build his image in the guitar and music community. But the album didn’t make a good number of profit, and Johnson’s contract expired by Warner Bros. Later Johnson’s track “Zap” nominated for the 1987 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.

1990

It was a great year for Johnson as he broke through his mainstream with Ah Via Musicom. During this, he recorded a soundtrack called “Cliffs of Dover” and released it. He won the Grammy Awards and became the first artist to earn three instrumentals from one album.

1996

On September 3, 1996, his next album “Venus Isle” released. The release of the album Helped to build Johnson’s growth as a guitarist, composer, songwriter, and vocalist. But the album was not very successful. It got different reviews. He was dropped from Capitol Records.

Solo Albums in the 2000s

Johnson eventually got back to the recording studio and released his solo album called “Souvenir” under his own Vortexan Records label. The album got 65000 plays in a week.

In 2005, a new album of Johnson’s called “Bloom” released under Vai’s Favored Nations label. The album had 3 different sections with different musical styles to showcase Johnson’s versatility. At the end of 2005, Johnson’s instructional guitar DVD called “The Art of Guitar” released. 

In December 2010, Johnson released his sixth studio album called “Up Close”. 

Over this year of Johnson’s career, he has learned to embrace his fear and to let go of his perfection when something more raw can make the song better.

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Awards and Nominations:

Johnson has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards, and won only one in 1991.

Conclusion:

As mentioned Eric Johnson is a renowned American guitarist. He created history in the music and guitar community. You can find some interesting facts about his personal life as well as professional life. Know about his professional journey and his achievements in this blog. Till the date of writing the information that we have mentioned is accurate as per source.