Eric D. Johnson

Who they were

Personal life Johnson has been in a relationship since 2004 with Annie Beedy , an artist and permaculture landscape designer. They were married in 2011. Johnson describes himself as having a "slightly nomadic childhood and… a nomadic adulthood, too." [ 1 ] A Chicago native, Johnson has lived in Seattle, Portland, and, as of 2017, Los Angeles. ^ "Conversations With Dwyer: Eric D. Johnson - Fruit Bats/Bonny Light Horseman on Apple Podcasts" . Apple Podcasts . Retrieved 2021-11-24 .

Eric Donald Johnson is an American singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the leader and sole permanent member of the influential folk-rock band Fruit Bats, and for his tenure as a member of The Shins. He has also scored films, most notably Our Idiot Brother and Smashed.

Early life

Early life Johnson moved around the Midwest as a child and spent his adolescent and teenage years in Chicago’s Western Suburbs. [ 1 ] He planned on becoming a filmmaker or screenwriter but discovered an interest in songwriting after joining a local band in high school. [ 2 ] Johnson did not attend college but instead moved to Chicago and became involved with the local music scene there,

Path and career

Career Pre-Fruit Bats In the late 1990’s, Johnson fronted an indie-rock band called I Rowboat. In early 2000, he became a member of the experimental folk-rock group Califone . It was on tour with Califone that he befriended the members of Modest Mouse and The Shins, who took an interest in Fruit Bats and made an introduction to the record label Sub Pop . [ 1 ]

Why this date

Eric D. Johnson appears on our June 7 calendar for 1976 as a birth entry.