PETE JOHNSON - harmonica player extraordinaire
Update 19-Aug-2026:
New album “Late to the Party” by The Pete Johnson All*starz
14 tunes including nine originals and five cool arrangements of covers!
59 minutes of music in all !!
** TO BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER **
COMING SOON!
“Fabulous harmonica playing, redolent of the greats.” - Stuart Hamilton
— Blues Matters! magazine
“Never heard harmonica played like this before. Truly ground-breaking style. A ferocious harmonica player.”
TIME AND MONEY by the PETE johnson all*starz
AVAILABLE ON ITUNES/APPLE MUSIC/SPOTIFY!
Blues Matters Magazine #142:
A very enjoyable album indeed, with a variety of styles and grooving beats to get the body moving, well recommended.
TIME AND MONEY
AVAILABLE NOW!
13 harmonica heavy tracks for a running time of ~50 minutes
Pete Johnson (vo/h); Mike Huston (g); Bill Price (b); Kevin Belzner (dr)
Produced by Ray Lemelin
"HAPPY HOUR" CD BY JAY CODA WALKER AND PETE JOHNSON
ALso AVAILABLE ON CD/ITUNES/SPotify/Tidal/APPLE MUSIC!
“ When two class artists record an album together, success is almost guaranteed. What Jay Coda Walker as a superior slide guitarist & Pete Johnson as a harmonica virtuoso demonstrate on ‘Happy Hour’, is inspired blues and related styles….... “ (ESC for Rootstime.be)
"Happy Hour is steeped in the blues and succeeds in presenting an album well worth acquiring" (Tom Faddis, Five Finger review)
Upcoming Appearances
2026
May
"Late to the Party” recording sessions !!!
June
27 w.Felipe“Wolf”, Kevin Belzner, Bill Price. The George, Okotoks 7pm
2026
July
August
16 at The Blues Can jam w. The HEET, Calgary 3-7pm
20 at RCL264 jam w Brian McCullough,Kensington, Calgary 6-9pm
23 at The Blues Can jam w. Ray Lemelin, Calgary 8pm-midn't
September
October
November
December
