Jack Johnson
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{{Infobox musical artist
|Name = Jack Johnson
|Img = JackJohnson2004.jpg
|Img_capt = Jack Johnson performing at the Austin City Limits Festival 2004.
|Background = solo_singer
|Birth_name = Jack Hody Johnson
|Born = {{birth date and age|1975|5|18}}
|Origin = [[North Shore (Oahu)|North Shore, Oahu]], [[Hawaii]], [[United States]]
|Instrument = [[Vocals]], [[Guitar]], [[Ukulele]], [[Piano]]
|Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]<br>[[Surf music]]<br>[[Acoustic music|Acoustic]]<br>[[Folk music|Folk]]<br>[[Soft rock]]
|Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]], [[musician]], [[filmmaker]], [[surfer]], [[record label]] owner
|Years_active = [[2001]]–present
|Label = [[Everloving Records|Everloving]]/[[Brushfire Records|Brushfire]]/[[Universal Records|Universal]]
|URL = [http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/ www.jackjohnsonmusic.com]
|Current_members =
|Past_members =
}}
'''Jack Hody Johnson''' (born [[May 18]], [[1975]])<ref>[http://www.e-hawaii.com/stars/index/jack_johnson/default.htm e-hawaii.com]</ref> is a Hawaii-born [[singer-songwriter]], [[musician]], [[filmmaker]],<ref name="JJMusic">[http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/band/jack_johnson JackJohnsonMusic.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and [[surfer]] who achieved commercial success and a dedicated following, after the release of his debut [[album]], ''[[Brushfire Fairytales]]'' in 2001. He has since released four more albums and a number of EPs. His music is best described as acoustic/soft rock.
==Biography==
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Being the son of a famous surfer in the islands, Jeff Johnson, Jack Johnson naturally had an interest in surfing with his best friend Ben Schomer. He began with surfing at the age of 5, and by the time he was 17 he made the finals at the Pipe trial and became the youngest invitee ever to do so. Johnson suffered a surfing accident when he was 17. While recovering from the accident, he acquired an interest in music. Johnson began writing songs during his college years at the University of California, Santa Barbara, having played the guitar since 14. He was brought up with influences such as [[Nick Drake]], [[Cat Stevens]], [[Ben Harper]], [[The Beatles]], [[Jimmy Buffett]], [[Bob Marley]], [[Neil Young]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]], and [[A Tribe Called Quest]]. One day [[G. Love]] was introduced to Jack for a day of surfing and ended up recording Jack’s song “Rodeo Clowns” for his last album [[Philadelphonic]]. It became the first single from the album and Jack sang and played on the track. His four-track demo caught the ears of Ben Harper's producer and right-hand man, [[J. P. Plunier]], who worked with Jack on his debut album ''[[Brushfire Fairytales]]'' in early 2001 with Harper and his lap [[steel guitar]] making a guest appearance. He has two sons, one being named Michael Johnson.
==Introduction to music==
Jack Johnson learned how to surf and skate from his father's best friend Alex Conell. Johnson learned to play the guitar at age of fourteen. He was a professional [[surfer]] until an accident at [[Banzai Pipeline|Pipeline]] in which his front teeth were knocked out and he received more than 150 stitches.<ref name="interviews">[http://www.geocities.com/jackjohnsononline/interviews.htm Jack Johnson Interviews<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <!--- Bottom of page, Chicago Tribune Article ---> Although that is when most people believe he changed from a surfer to an artist, in a recent ''Rolling Stone'' cover story (March 6, 2008) he stated that it actually happened a week before in the finals of the trials of the Pipeline Masters at Sunset Beach on Oahu. At the age of 17 he became the youngest competitor to ever reach the finals. Jack was eventually disqualified after failing to catch three waves. Jack realized that the competitiveness was too much for him, "guys were ready to kill each other to catch the next wave," Johnson remembers.<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/18684236/cover_story_jack_johnson__the_dude_abides/5</ref> The accident allowed time for Jack to start on his new passions, the guitar and making music. He stated about the accident, "I like to joke that I hit my head so hard that that's why I'm so mellow, but I think it did mellow me out."<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/18684236/cover_story_jack_johnson__the_dude_abides/5</ref> While he was recovering in bed, he spent his time writing songs and playing guitar. However, Johnson didn't seriously pursue a career in the arts until his college years at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]. While in school, he met his wife Kim, for whom the song [[Do You Remember]] is written.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} Johnson also played rhythm guitar for the party band "Soil,"<ref name="interviews">[http://www.geocities.com/jackjohnsononline/interviews.htm Jack Johnson Interviews<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <!--- 91x San Diego Radio Interview Transcript --->and graduated with a degree in [[film]].
==Band members==
Jack Johnson's band is comprised of:
*[[Jack Johnson]] - vocals, acoustic guitar
*[[Adam Topol]] - drums
*[[Merlo Podlewski]] - bass guitar
*[[Zach Gill]] - piano, melodica
==Discography==
===Albums===
*''[[Brushfire Fairytales]]'' (2001)
*''[[On and On]]'' (2003)
*''[[In Between Dreams]]'' (2005)
*''[[Sleep Through the Static]]'' (2008)
===Soundtracks and EPs===
* [[2000 in music|2000]] ''[[Thicker than Water (2000 film)|Thicker than Water]]''
* [[2001 in music|2001]] ''Out Cold''
* [[2002 in music|2002]] ''[[September Sessions]]'' Pirate Looks At 40 and F-Stop Blues
* [[2005 in music|2005]] ''Curious George''
* [[2005 in music|2005]] ''Some Live Songs EP''
* [[2005 in music|2005]] ''Sprout''
* [[2006 in music|2006]] ''[[Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George]]''
* [[2006 in music|2006]] ''[[A Brokedown Melody]]'' Let It Be Sung Home
* [[2007 in music|2007]] ''[[I'm Not There]]'' – [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Medley: Mama, You've Been On My Mind/A Fraction Of Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie]]"
===Virtual albums & EPs===
* [[2004 in music|2004]] ''[[iTunes Originals - Jack Johnson]]''
* [[2005 in music|2005]] ''Sessions@AOL - EP''
===Compilations===
* [[1999 in music|1999]] [[G. Love & Special Sauce]]'s ''[[Philadelphonic]]'' – "Rodeo Clowns"
* [[2004 in music|2004]] [[G. Love & Special Sauce]]'s ''[[The Hustle]]'' – "Give It to You"
* [[2004 in music|2004]] [[Donavon Frankenreiter]]'s self titled album – "Free"
* [[2004 in music|2004]] [[Handsome Boy Modeling School]]'s "[[White People]]" – "Breakdown"
* [[2005 in music|2005]] ''[[Look at All the Love We Found]]'' – "Badfish"/"Boss DJ"
* [[2005 in music|2005]] [[The Black Eyed Peas]]' ''[[Monkey Business (album)|Monkey Business]]'' – "Gone Going"
* [[2005 in music|2005]] [[Animal Liberation Orchestra]]'s ''[[Fly Between Falls]]'' – "Girl I Wanna Lay You Down"
* [[2006 in music|2006]] [[G. Love & Special Sauce]]'s ''[[Lemonade (album)|Lemonade]]'' – "Rainbow"
* [[2006 in music|2006]] [[Buena Vista Social Club]]'s ''[[Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba (album)|Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba]]'' – "Better Together"
* [[2007 in music|2007]] ''[[Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur]]'' – [[John Lennon]]'s "[[Imagine (song)|Imagine]]"
===Unofficial bootlegs===
* ''[[B.O.A.T.]]''
* ''Lullabies''
* ''[[J.O.A.T.]]''
* ''J.I.T.B.''
* ''[[T.R.I.P.1]]''
* ''T.R.I.P.2''
* ''[[J.O.T.C.]]''
* ''Live On [[KNRK|94/7 FM]]''
=====About Bootlegs=====
Johnson has stated in several interviews that a big part of his success involved his friends recording "bootlegs" of his tracks and distributing them at surf competitions.<ref name="interviews">[http://www.geocities.com/jackjohnsononline/interviews.htm Jack Johnson Interviews<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <!--- Bottom of page, Chicago Tribune Article ---> Johnson has also stated that he supports the sharing of live recordings and bootlegs of his music,<ref name="interviews">[http://www.geocities.com/jackjohnsononline/interviews.htm Jack Johnson Interviews<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><!--- Bottom of page, Chicago Tribune Article ---><ref>[http://www.dailytrojan.com/media/paper679/previousarchive/V142/N59/01-youvegot.59d.shtml Daily Trojan<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> many of which can be found [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator:%22Jack%20Johnson%22 here].
::"It's pretty crazy. There's stuff I would find online that I'd only given to one friend, so I know how it got there," Johnson says. "It's been a spider-web effect. That's the whole reason all this [success] started. I'm sure there's lots of people who hate [downloading], but I really dig it."<ref name="interviews">[http://www.geocities.com/jackjohnsononline/interviews.htm Jack Johnson Interviews<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <!--- Bottom of page, Chicago Tribune Article --->
===Concert DVDs (also on iTunes)===
* [[2005 in music|2005]]'' [[Jack Johnson: Live in Japan]]''
* [[2005 in music|2005]]'' [[Jack Johnson: A Weekend at the Greek]]''
==Chart performance==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable"
! align="center"width="90" rowspan="2"| Year
! align="center"width="280" rowspan="2"| Title
! align="center"width="280" rowspan="2"| Label
! align="center"width="450" colspan="10"| Chart Positions
|-
!width="30"|<small>[[Billboard 200|US]]</small>
!width="30"|<small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small>
!width="30"|<small>[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|NZ]]</small>
!width="30"|<small>[[ARIA Charts|AU]]</small>
!width="30"|<small>[[Canadian Albums Chart|CA]]</small>
!width="30"|<small>[[MegaCharts#Mega Album Top 100|NL]]</small>
!width="30"|<small>[[Media Control Charts|DE]]</small>
!width="30"|<small>[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AT]]</small>
!width="30"|<small>[[Media Control Gfk International|CH]]</small>
!width="30"|<small>[[Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique|FR]]</small>
|-
| [[2001 in music|2001]]
| <center>''[[Brushfire Fairytales]]''</center>
| <center>[[Everloving Records]]</center>
! 34
! 36
! 1
! 13
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|-
| [[2003 in music|2003]]
| <center>''[[On and On]]''</center>
| <center>[[The Moonshine Conspiracy]]/[[Universal Records|Universal]] </center>
! 3
! 30
! 1
! 2
! —
! —
! 88
! 50
! 62
! 94
|-
| [[2005 in music|2005]]
| <center>''[[In Between Dreams]]''</center>
| <center>[[Brushfire Records|Brushfire]]/[[Universal Records]]</center>
! 2
! 1
! 1
! 1
! 3
! 7
! 7
! 13
! 8
! 46
|-
| [[2006 in music|2006]]
| <center>''[[Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George]]''</center>
| <center>Brushfire/Universal Records</center>
! 1
! 39
! 1
! 1
! 1
! 9
! 3
! 2
! 8
! 42
|-
| [[2008 in music|2008]]
| <center>''[[Sleep Through the Static]]''</center>
| <center>Brushfire/Universal Records</center>
! 1
! 1
! 1
! 1
! 1
! 4
! 2
! 3
! 2
! 6
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
! align="center" width="90" rowspan="2" | Year
! align="center" width="280" rowspan="2" | Title
! align="center" width="450" colspan="12" | Chart Positions<ref>[http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/search/chart_search_results.jsp?rpp=100&sw=&cd=&f=&t=&per=jack+johnson&df=P&prod=&g=s&l=&dl= Chart positions in the U.S. and in Canada]</ref><ref>[http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Jack+Johnson&titel=If+I+Had+Eyes&cat=s Chart positions in Australia, New Zealand and some European countries]</ref><ref>[http://charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php Chart positions in the UK and in Germany]</ref><ref>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wvfrxqukldde~T51 US Modern Rock and Adult Top 40 Chart positions</ref>
! align="center" width="280" rowspan="2" |Album
|-
!width="30" |<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small>
!width="30" |<small>[[Hot Modern Rock Tracks|US Mod]]</small>
!width="30" |<small>[[Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks|US AC]]</small>
!width="30" |<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small>
!width="30" |<small>[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|NZ]]</small>
!width="30" |<small>[[ARIA Charts|AU]]</small>
!width="30" |<small>[[Canadian Singles Chart|CA]]</small>
!width="30" |<small>[[Mega Single Top 100|NL]]</small>
!width="30" |<small>[[Media Control Charts|DE]]</small>
!width="30" |<small>[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AT]]</small>
!width="30" |<small>[[Media Control Gfk International|CH]]</small>
!width="30" |<small>[[Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique|FR]]</small>
|-
| [[2002 in music|2002]]
| "[[Flake (song)|Flake]]"
! 73
! 22
! 1<ref>Top 40 Adult Recurrents</ref>
! —
! 6
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
| align=center |''Brushfire Fairytales''
|-
| [[2003 in music|2003]]
| "[[The Horizon Has Been Defeated]]"
! —
! 31
! 28
! —
! 43
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
| rowspan="2" align=center |''On and On''
|-
| [[2004 in music|2004]]
| "[[Taylor (song)|Taylor]]"
! —
! —
! —
! —
! 33
! 27
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[2005 in music|2005]]
| "[[Sitting, Waiting, Wishing]]"
! 66
! 25
! 18
! —
! 25
! 24
! —
! 67
! 82
! 51
! —
! —
| rowspan="5" align=center | ''In Between Dreams''
|-
| "[[Good People]]"
! —
! 29
! —
! 50
! 25
! —
! —
! 92
! —
! —
! —
! —
|-
| "[[Breakdown (Jack Johnson song)|Breakdown]]"
! —
! 40
! —
! 73
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|-
| "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"<br><small>(UK re-release)</small>
! —
! —
! —
! 65
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[2006 in music|2006]]
| "[[Better Together]]"
! —
! —
! —
! 24
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|-
| "[[Upside Down (Jack Johnson song)|Upside Down]]"
! 38
! 25
! 9
! 30
! 22
! —
! 9
! 56
! 54
! 36
! —
! —
| rowspan="2" align=center |''Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film [[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]''
|-
| "[[Talk of the Town (song)|Talk of the Town]]"
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! 96
! —
! —
! —
! —
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2007 in music|2007]]
| "[[Imagine (song)|Imagine]]"
! 90
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! 41
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
| align=center |''Instant Karma - The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur''
|-
| "[[If I Had Eyes]]"
! 47
! 7
! 17<ref>Hot Adult Top 40 Recurrents</ref>
! 60
! 33
! —
! 11
! 60
! 73
! 37
! 30
! —
| rowspan="2" align=center |''Sleep Through the Static''
|-
| rowspan="1" |[[2008 in music|2008]]
| "[[Hope (Jack Johnson song)|Hope]]"
! —
! 30
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|-
|}
<small>Note: The archive of the Canadian singles chart (downloads) dates back only to 2006 and the archive of the Canadian album chart dates back to 2005.</small>
===="Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" re-issue====
The single, "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" only became a chart hit in the United Kingdom after the re-release climbed into the Top 10 following Jack Johnson's exposure on the [[2006 BRIT Awards]] on [[ITV1]]. The single climbed to hit status a week before the release of "[[Better Together]]". Both the original release and indeed the re-issue had failed to chart until this point.
::"A friend of mine was trying to get this girl named Michelle," said Johnson, "and I tried to write a song that would help him have a laugh at himself because he was spending so much time trying to get her and it obviously wasn't leading anywhere. That was one just to cheer up a friend."<ref>[http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Mar/06/il/il30a.html Johnson hits the road, sharing his 'Dreams' - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of singer-songwriters]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{wikiquote|Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson}}
* [http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/ Official site]
* {{MySpace|jackjohnsonmusic|Jack Johnson}}
* [http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/200803/jack-johnson-1.html Interview with Jack Johnson About His Commitment to Environmentalism]
* {{MusicBrainz artist|id=f6e677f-91dd-4986-a174-8db0474b1799|name=Jack Johnson}}
* [http://www.jack-johnson.net/ Official Jack Johnson Fansite]
* {{Internet Archive music|id=JackJohnson}}
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