Eric Johanson

Splicing together six-string theatrics with a colorful throwback aesthetic and tempering his blues-rock with a hint of an exploratory edge, Eric Johanson carved out a reputation as an adventurous, blues-based musician with a series of albums he released in the 2020s, culminating in the release of The Deep and the Dirty in 2023. A native of Alexandria, Louisiana, Eric Johanson started playing the guitar when he was a child. Absorbing blues and jazz in the household, he eventually gravitated toward metal and harder edge alt-rock towards a teen, yet he continued to play blues. A...