This month Stuart Ryan goes surf-side as he shows you how to get the cool and groovy vibe of this chilled-out acoustic troubadour.
Born in Hawaii in 1975, Jack Johnson took up guitar at the age of eight and was writing songs before he was a teenager. However, music wasn’t his first calling – he is the son of the famous surfer Jeff Johnson and his childhood and teenage years were spent developing his surfing skills on the professional circuit. But for an accident at the age of 17 things may have taken a different course altogether, and he could have become a surfing superstar instead of a global acoustic success. However, after his accident music was clearly ‘in the pipeline’ and his love for playing grew while he studied at the University of California and played rhythm guitar in a band.
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