Donny

Paul

Adam

Dan

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Band Bio

Between bar fights and swing shifts, Dano wrote songs. He watched dusty big rigs pull away from the hot desert truck stop where he worked as a short-order cook, then wrote about the longing to leave behind Eastern Washington's dirt roads and lonely taverns. A Native American in impoverished white Yakima, raised by a cowboy foster father, he didn't fit in. So he got out, Seattle bound, with two packed cars and song writing partner Jason Underwood. Months later, after setting up camp from their parked cars at Green Lake, Johnson County gave Seattle's alt-country scene a much-needed kick in the ass.

Like their major influences, including Steve Earl, Son Volt, Neil Young, and CCR, Johnson County plays for keeps, luring you in with toe-tapping rhythms and hooking you for good with poignant guitar solos and soulful harmonica. Anyone who's ever been to a Johnson County show knows it's impossible to sit still once their first song reaches its chorus. People come in off the street to see who's playing, and more than a few audiences have been known to shake off their Seattle chill and give the two-step a try. If you haven't seen them live before, by the end of the night, you just want to know when their next show's scheduled...