Michael
LOUIS
JOHNSON

solo

2017 – PRESENT

My solo show features songs that I've written for my various bands over the years; protest songs from the New Kings, heartbreak songs from Dimestore Orchestra, story songs from my days at the Commie. I've written songs for films, and songs for plays. Some songs are funny, some songs are angry, and some I've been told are quite lovely. I like finger-picking an acoustic guitar, I also like cranking a bit of distortion on the ole electric. I've been told my singing is a mix of Leonard Cohen and Joe Strummer.

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Half Moon, Half Crazy is pure cabaret, an intimate evening of tunes & tales told with the wit and charm of a veteran entertainer. Michael Louis Johnson is a hopeless romantic, an aging SwingPunk, a cocktail of two parts Sinatra, one part Strummer and a dash of L. Cohen. Jack Wyndham improvises a piano score as Johnson tells stories both funny and touching, charting three decades of an on-again, off-again relationship, his journey from lonely musician to struggling parent and all the philosophizing that comes in between.

“….that deep connection to his music carries through in the smoky character of his voice, suited perfectly for his jazz melodies, …. a truly memorable evening,….I left as both a fan and a friend”

Galen Simmons - Northern Arts Perspective