PETE JOHNSON - harmonica player extraordinaire

Update May-2026: 
Recording sessions underway for my next album: “Late to the Party” by The Pete Johnson All*starz …..featuring several original tunes !!!! 

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

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"Late to the Party” recording sessions !!!
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