Rockin' Johnny Burgin

Johnny Burgin (born July 17, 1969) is an American blues guitarist, musician, and harmonica player. Since 1997, he has released ten albums under his name and has contributed to various recordings.

Career Johnny Burgin began performing in high school. He honed his blues style and performed on Thursday nights at Lilly's in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood with the Ice Cream Men, a blues band that included Steve Cushing (drums), Scott Dirks (harp), and Dave Waldman (guitar).

As a student at the University of Chicago, he gained the nickname "Rockin' Johnny" for his work as a college radio DJ. In 1988, he met fellow DJ and harpist David Waldman, who had played and recorded with Tail Dragger Jones, Smokey Smothers, and others. This led to a trip to Chicago's West Side to meet and sit with Jones.

Burgin was then hired by Tail Dragger Jones and began playing four nights a week on Chicago's West Side with seasoned blues performers such as Eddie Burks, Mary Lane, Johnny B. Moore, Lurrie Bell, Little Mack Simmons, Little Arthur Duncan, Jimmy Dawkins, and Johnny Littlejohn, among others. He toured the Midwest with Pinetop Perkins, drummer for Howlin' Wolf and Paul Butterfield.

In 1994, Burgin began a residency at Smoke Daddy, a venue in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. as a bandleader in 1997. He returned to music in January 2009. Chicago Tribune's Rick Kogan wrote on June 1 2015, that Burgin is a passionate blues musician.

Between 2010 and 2020, Burgin released seven CDs and increased his touring schedule to more than 250 performances yearly. In 2016, he moved from Chicago to California and collaborated with West Coast players such as Aki Kumar, Kid Andersen, Alabama Mike, Nick Gravenites, Nancy Wright, and Andy Santana.

Personal life Johnny Burgin was born on July 17, 1969, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Starkville, Mississippi, No Border Blues Japan 2020 Delmark The first American compilation of the underground Japanese Blues Scene. With Lee Kanehira, Minoru Maruyama, Kotez, Nacomi Tanaka, Yoshimi Hirata, Kaz Ohnogi, Takagiman, Iper Onishi, Ataka Suzuki, Hironori Yanaga, Fumiko Maejima, Stephen Dougherty and Chris Matheos. Recorded at Fukada Studio, Osaka by Yoshikazu Madokoro. Mixed and mastered by Steve Wagner at Riverside Studio, Chicago. Johnny Burgin Live 2019 Delmark With special guests Charlie Musselwhite, Rae Gordon, Nancy Wright, Aki Kumar, and Kid Andersen. Recorded and mixed by Kid Anderson, mastered by Steve Wagner. Rockin' Johnny and Quique Gomez 2019 Vizztone Label Group Features Greg Izor, Josh Fulero, Christian Dozzler. Recorded in Toledo, Spain at Casa Madera and Austin Texas at Alnico Studio. Neoprene Fedora 2017 West Tone Features Kid Andersen, Nancy Wright, Aki Kumar, and Alabama Mike Greetings from Greaseland 2015 West Coast Records Features Kid Andersen (guitar) and Aki Kumar (harp) Grim Reaper 2012 Delmark Reached No. 7 on the Living Blues Radio charts Now's the Time 2010 5105 Music More Real Folk Blues 2000 Midwest Artists Out of print Man's Temptation 1998 Delmark Straight Out of Chicago 1997 Delmark AS SIDEMAN Johnny Burgin played guitar and acoustic guitar and served as producer Barrelhouse Chuck made a guest appearance Scott Dirks wrote the liner notesTail Dragger Live at Rooster's LoungeTail Dragger JonesDelmark (DVD) Features Jimmy Dawkins, Johnny Burgin, Kevin Shanahan, Martin Lang, Rob Lorenz and Todd Fackler Live Vol. 1John Brim, Billy Boy Arnold, Received two W.C. Handy Award nominations.