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THE MOJO SESSIONS is Sleepy Guitar Johnson's third CD and first on the POWERED BY MOJO Label. Recorded winter of 2007- 2008, the CD pays homage to the progenitors of Blues and Rock, but is boldly branded by Sleepy's innovative 21st Century Blues sound. At once melodic and danceable, you'll find yourself humming these original tales of love and life as Sleepy wraps his Gibson electric, Dobro slide & harmonica around his insinuating vocals. Carl Byron's stellar roadhouse piano and organ playing keeps you moving down the blues highway: from New Orleans to Chicago to California out West as he channels Johnnie Johnson, Otis Spann and Fats Domino. John "Cool Hand" Morris carries the bottom end thump on Fender Bass as he marries his propulsive sound to Michael Brown's locked down drums. Musical guests include: Larry Taylor - Bass, Richard Innes - Drums, April Hendrix - Vocal Duet, Amanda Rice - Backing Vocals.

Produced and Mixed by Denis Degher at his Old School Ranch Studio in Paso Robles, crank it up, this disk sounds big and warm like vintage vinyl. And Degher ought to know, in his former iteration as producer/engineer/guitarist and owner of Red Zone Studios in SOCAL, he's worked with the likes of Brian Setzer, Earth, Wind and Fire, LA Guns, Danny Federici (Bruce Springsteen), ?uestlove, The Sweet Inspirations, No Doubt, Tupac, Santana, Buddy Guy, The Ventures, Airto, The Watts Prophets and on and on.

If you love roots based American music, Guitar World Magazine summed it up best, "You never know how and when you are going to discover a great new talent . . . Sleepy's music is clearly blues inspired and is, in fact, drenched with the down home stuff, yet it is completely original, avoiding virtually of the cliches we have come to associate with the music."

"...enduring piece of near art." Glen Starkey - New Times

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