Originally influenced by Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie. On a more regional basis, Moe Dixon and Mark Alan were huge early influences. Lately more into Louis Armstong, Stevie Wonder, Django Reinhardt, Brasilian, Cuban stuff like Silvio Rodriguez and Rueban Gonzales,Tito Puente. Kelly Joe Phelps, Mahalia Jackson, Bob Wills, David Gray, Decemberists, Joni Mitchel, Bob Marley, Ani D, Ella Fitzgerald, Campbell Bros, Ruthie Foster, Eric Bibb, Willy Porter, Martin Sexton, Chet Baker, Monk, Miles, Andre Toussaint, Jeff Buckley, Storm Large, Pink Martini, Pat Donohue, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Charles Brown, Sam Cooke, Mavis Staples, Joe Craven, Tony Marcus.
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American Roots music for kids. Acoustic kids music with mojo. Elements of Country Blues, Old Swing and Traditional styles mixed together and made hip for the whole family. Go to www.victorjohnson.com for free songs.
Victor Johnson- Award winning writer, musician, performer and producer from the Pacific Northwest specializing in traditional styles of acoustic music and storytelling for kids and families. Acoustic music for kids and families that will please the ear, soothe the heart, stimulate the imagination, get toes tapping, hands clapping, feet dancing and faces smiling. Everyone is in the band. Come on down and have yourself a good time. Raised by folk and blues revivalists of the 60's, Victor grew up listening to the music of Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, John Hurt and Rev. Gary Davis. "We used to live in this house where all kinds of people would come over and make music in our living room. The music would go late into the night. I would sneak out of my room, make a bed in the hallway and listen to the music coming through the heating vent like radio. My shows are like it was when I was a kid. People getting together having fun making music, singing, dancing or just enjoying being in the middle of it all." In 2003 Victor started focusing on music for kids that the whole family could enjoy. Since then he has become one of the premier family acts in the Pacific Northwest and has a growing international reputation for making cool kid music. Victors music has appeared in Nick Jr., Parenting, Blues Revue and Curious Parent magazines as well as NPR and childrens radio shows nationwide. He has won several awards including 2 Parents Choice Silver Awards for his Country Blues for Kids and Kid at Heart CDs. Victor has also been featured on Oregon Public Broadcastings Art Beat television series and appears on Putumayo Kids 2006 Folk Playground CD with Dan Zanes, Leon Redbone and Eric Bibb. Irelands premier Chip company Tayto Crisps, has chosen to use Victors version of This little light of mine for their new t.v. ,radio and movie theater ads. Victor performs extensively in the Pacific Northwest at festivals, schools, libraries and hospitals as a solo, duo or with a full acoustic band with some of the Northwest's best musicians. Mandolin, steel guitar, clarinet and fiddle and string bass can sometimes be heard in the family band accompanying Victors guitar playing.
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VICTOR JOHNSON & FRIENDS: Dreamtime
"Songs and Stories for quiet time". Dreamtime is more than just a beautiful bedtime record. It is a work of art for both kids and adults and pure magic.
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VICTOR JOHNSON: Country Blues For Kids
Raffi meets Leadbelly. Kid blues standards and originals that bounce in the country blues style of Rev. Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt and Leadbelly. Parents' Choice Silver award winner
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VICTOR JOHNSON: Kid at Heart
Hip rootsy acoustic tunes for kids that parents love too. 2005 Parents' Choice Silver award winner. You will love this CD.
Hey Victor, look forward to seeing you at the Summerfest here in Bend! Wanted to let you know my cd can now be heard at www. cdbaby. com/cd/janellybean Have a safe trip...It's gonna be a hot one here this weekend!
thank you, thank you, for helping and planning such a wonderful event, I honestly think with this crew we have right now, nothing can stop us. Keep me in mind for upcoming events, I will always bring 110%. Thank you. j
Victor- Thank you for the nice comment on my song Soldiers Crying and becoming a friend. Please if you will spread the word on my message of peace & hope and send your friends my way to hear what I feel is an important message for these times. I would appreciate it so much. Thank you again my friend and best wishes to you.
