Eric Johanson

Eric Johanson is an American blues rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Johanson has performed with Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, the Neville Brothers, Terrance Simien, JJ Grey, Eric Lindell, Mike Zito, and at events including the Chicago Blues Festival, Edmonton Blues Festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and the Byron Bay Bluesfest (Australia).

Life and career He was born and raised in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States, and was presented with his first guitar when he was five years old. It contained 10 original numbers plus Johanson's version of the Chuck Berry penned, "Oh Louisiana". For most of the next two years, Johanson toured with Benoit as part of the Whiskey Bayou Revue. The same year, Johanson took part in a jam concert with the North Mississippi Allstars's Luther Dickinson, at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Produced by Luther Dickinson, Below Sea Level was released on September 18, 2020.

Like many, Johanson had to re-think his approach during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. He decided to issue a weekly, acoustic, live stream of songs, covering a diverse range of music genres, based on social media interaction and requests between Johanson and his fan base. One of the songs tackled was Johanson's resonator guitar rendition of Nine Inch Nails', "Head Like a Hole".

The demand led to the issue of Covered Tracks, Vol. 1 and Covered Tracks, Vol. 2, in early 2021.

In the early part of 2022, Johanson issued the double live album, Live at DBA: New Orleans Bootleg. Four of his albums have all made a top ten slot in the Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart. These are Below Sea Level, Covered Tracks: Vol. 1, Covered Tracks: Vol. 2, and Live at DBA: New Orleans Bootleg. In 2023, Johanson released The Deep and the Dirty on Ruf Records; a collection produced by Jesse Dayton. In August 2023, it entered the Billboard chart at number one.

Johanson has performed with Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, the Neville Brothers, Terrance Simien, JJ Grey, Eric Lindell, Mike Zito, and at events including the Chicago Blues Festival, Edmonton Blues Festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and the Byron Bay Bluesfest (Australia).

Discography Albums Year Title Record label Additional credits 2017 Burn It Down Whiskey Bayou Records 2019 Blues in My Blood Nola Blue Records Tiffany Pollack & Eric Johanson 2020 Below Sea Level Nola Blue Records 2021 Covered Tracks, Vol. 1 Self-released 2021 Covered Tracks, Vol. 2 Self-released 2022 Live at DBA: New Orleans Bootleg Self-released 2023 The Deep and the Dirty Ruf Records 2025 Live from Mississippi Ruf Records