Known For: American musician (born 1976)
Category: Musicians
Country: United States of America
City: Kenosha
Language English
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.
| Website | http://www.ericdjohnsonmusic.com/ |
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Johnson moved around the Midwest as a child and spent his adolescent and teenage years in Chicago’s Western Suburbs. He planned on becoming a filmmaker or screenwriter but discovered an interest in songwriting after joining a local band in high school. Johnson did not attend college but instead moved to Chicago and became involved with the local music scene there, getting a job at the Old Town School of Folk Music where he taught classes and worked as a house manager for concerts.
