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Jesse Johnson (b. Jesse Woods Johnson) is a musician best known as the guitarist in the original lineup of The Time. Johnson was born in Rock Island, Illinois on May 29, 1960. Johnson moved to St. Louis at the age of 9 and was raised by foster parents after his parents split up. At age 16 he moved back to Rock Island to live with his father. Johnson began playing guitar when he was 15, honing his chops in local rock bands such as Treacherous Funk, Pilot, and Dealer, throughout his teens and early twenties. On a friend’s recommendation, he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1981, where he met Morris Day and played briefly in Day’s band which was called Enterprise. He then became the lead guitarist for the city’s extraordinairy funk-rock group, The Time.
Although Prince basically recorded the first 2 Time albums on his own with Morris Day, Johnson did contribute to the Vanity 6 project by contributing a song called “Bite The Beat” co-written with Prince. On The Time’s third album, Ice Cream Castle, Johnson contributed to the smash singles “The Bird” and “Jungle Love” (the group’s most memorable and highest-charting single), which were helped by the popularity of the Purple Rain film.
However, in the height of The Time’s popularity following the Purple Rain, Johnson left the band and signed a solo deal with A&M Records in 1984 and released Jesse Johnson’s Revue the following year.
Although Prince basically recorded the first 2 Time albums on his own with Morris Day, Johnson did contribute to the Vanity 6 project by contributing a song called “Bite The Beat” co-written with Prince. On The Time’s third album, Ice Cream Castle, Johnson contributed to the smash singles “The Bird” and “Jungle Love” (the group’s most memorable and highest-charting single), which were helped by the popularity of the Purple Rain film.
However, in the height of The Time’s popularity following the Purple Rain, Johnson left the band and signed a solo deal with A&M Records in 1984 and released Jesse Johnson’s Revue the following year.
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I'm Just Wanting You
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She (I Can't Resist)
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confinka wrote:
`can you hel me? ... <333
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NotMarkWalsh wrote:
Hey! this isn't the guy from Motion City Soundtrack
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kocior wrote:
Man, he looks like Prince!
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Nie_tyyy wrote:
what the funk!
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LarryG63 wrote:
Where ya at JJ? Ineed some of that JJ funk!!!
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PartyInternatio wrote:
Waz Up J. I'm still in da funk.. Wanna thro down some new trax.... hit me up!
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maxwellveli wrote:
PRINCE HAS A NEW PROTEGE! www.youtube.com/alphabigmama click on "the test drive" video
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Colfire wrote:
Great guitarist. Black In America and A Better Way are my faves.
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stevienice wrote:
Great guitar work in She (I Can't Resist) and Love Struck
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80sfever wrote:
Yep! And he's good, even though he was a copy of Prince. Tonite and I Want My Girl are awesome!
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