Biography

“One-Take Jake is an all-acoustic album featuring brand new acoustic recordings of some of my older songs, along with some new tunes, and a few covers. Each song was tracked "in one”; vocals and guitar recorded together with no other instruments and no overdubs. I wanted to record an album that was a good representation of what I do live, and for better or worse, this is that album. There are mistakes, and I claim every one of them. But I’ll feel better letting you hear them than I would trying to hide them from you. Such is life.” - Jacob Johnson


Biography
Jacob Johnson is a young, energetic performer and SC native who has shared stages with songwriting masters from Edwin McCain to David Wilcox, and hangs out with guitar heroes like Tommy Emmanuel and Phil Keaggy (who opened for Johnson one fabled night in Knoxville). While it’s his flashy guitar pyrotechnics that might grab your attention, his songwriting, personality, and performance style are what set him apart from the rest of the pack of other young guitar-slingers. In short, to quote Tommy Emmanuel, "Jacob rocks!"

Winner 2012 Nashville Connection: Hero’s Salute
“Songwriter of the Year”
Official Showcase Artist SERFA 2012
(Montreat, NC)
Official Showcase Artist SERFA/NERFA
One-Day Conference 2014
(Charlottesville, VA)
Official Showcase Artist SWRFA 2014
(Austin, TX)
2014 Featured Performer Walnut Valley Folk Festival (Winfield, KS)
Has toured or performed with: Tommy Emmanuel, Edwin McCain, David Wilcox, Zac Brown Band, Victor Wooten, Tim Reynolds, Darryl Worley, Paula Cole and more!

Quotes/Blurbs:

"The audience was really into your show!
…You are a remarkable performer."
- Phil Keaggy

"Johnson sounds like Norman Rockwell paintings and the open road. He is a virtuoso, expressing a working comprehension of dozens of techniques and styles. He has blended and blurred the lines of genres to craft a sound he calls 'Neo-Acoustic Folk/Funk'."
- The Florence Morning News
(Florence, SC)

"Part of the new breed of folk musicians who make their own rules"
-The Savannah Morning News
(Savannah, GA)

Hometown: Greenville, SC
Website: JacobJohnsonTunes.com
Youtube: youtube.com/JacobJohnsonTunes
E-mail: JacobJohnsonTunes@Gmail.com