Johnny Madsen

Johnny Madsen (31 March 1951 – 4 November 2024) was a Danish musician, songwriter and painter. In the period 1983 to 1992, he was part of Dalton, a supergroup trio made of Madsen, Lars Lilholt and Allan Olsen. Johnny Madsen lived on the island of Fanø, where he had his own art gallery, "Madsens Malerier". He was also part of Hobo Ekspressen. Madsen died on 4 November 2024, at the age of 73.

Painting Madsen painted for many years, mostly inspired by expressionism and mentioned Vincent van Gogh and Jens Søndergaard as inspirations. Madsen exhibited in numerous galleries and at many events across Denmark and selected paintings are on permanent display at his art gallery on Fanø. In 2007, he published the book "Hvorom alting er", discussing the artistic process as he sees it, and showing a few of his own works. The book has only been printed in limited copies, with a few translated to English titled "By all means".

Discography

Solo Studio albums 1982: De tørre er de best... men våde er de flest 1986: Madsens septiktanker 1987: Chinatown, Yellow Moon og den sorte fugl 1988: Udenfor sæsonen 1989: Nattegn 1991: Bounty Blue 1994: Ses vi i Slesvig 1997: Room Service (1997) 1998: The Blues 1999: Checkpoint Charlie 2001: Den blinde lotterisælger 2003: Regnmanden 2007: Spidsen af kuglen 2011: Le New York 2015: Godt nyt

Live albums 1992: Halgal Halbal (double CD)

Compilation albums 1996: Madsens bedste – 40 af de fede (double CD) 2004: Madsen – på den anden side 2007: De Tørre & de bedste (double CD + DVD)

Dalton Albums 1992: Dalton 2009: Tyve Ti 2010: Var Her (Live 2 CDs +DVD) (with Allan Olsen and Lars Lilholt)