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  Jack Johnson (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jack Johnson was a professional surfer until an accident in which he broke his wrist, had his front teeth knocked out and received more than 150 stitches to his mouth and forehead.
Johnson learned to play guitar at age 14, but did not seriously pursue a career in the arts until his college years at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he graduated with a degree in film.
Johnson is pelted with various objects and liquids are dumped over his head, but everything appears to fly away from him as the video plays backward from the way it was filmed.
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 Jack Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jack Johnson (boxer) (1878–1946), first African-American world heavyweight champion boxer
Jack Johnson (musician) (born 1975), Hawaiian surfer, singer-songwriter and documentary filmmaker
Jack Johnson (gunfighter), a Wild-West gunfighter, nicknamed "Turkey Creek"
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 Unforgivable Blackness . Jack Johnson: Rebel of the Progressive Era | PBS
Johnson was different—not only was he written about in fl newspapers but he was, during his heyday, not infrequently the subject of front pages of white papers.
Johnson emerged as a major figure in the world of sports at the turn of the century when sports themselves, both collegiate and professional, were becoming a significant force in American cultural life and as the role of fl people in sports was changing.
What is surprising is not that Jack Johnson, considering his times, should have had his ultimate downfall but that he was ever able to rise to the point where he was able to challenge for the heavyweight title in the first place.
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 math lessons - Jack Johnson (musician)
Jack Johnson (born May 18, 1975), a Hawaii-born singer/songwriter, achieved a moderate level of fame in late 2001 with his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales.
Johnson had been a professional surfer until an accident forced him to take some time off.
Johnson's interest in surfing also led him to produce and score multiple surfing films; among these September Sessions and Thicker Than Water were released on CD/DVD between the release of Brushfire Fairytales and On and On.
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 Jack Johnson - New Music - Peoplesound   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Jack Johnson's third full-length release In Between Dreams delivers his signature sound that fans around the world have grown to love, in an upbeat collection of songs that will get everyone to sing along.
With Pipeline in his front yard, Johnson started surfing the legendary wave at age twelve, at seventeen was invited to surf in the Pipe Masters competition, and one month later suffered a surfing accident which kept him out of the water for three months.
Although Johnson had began playing guitar as a young teen, it was these land-locked months that allowed Johnson to hone his guitar skills and find influences in a wide range of musicians from Cat Stevens to Fugazi.
www.peoplesound.com /artist/jack_johnson   (843 words)

  
 Jack Johnson Online
Jack and the guys are in the studio and preparing for a new album.
Anyways, Jack is on a long tour in the fall.
Jack is on tour yet again in the mid west, northeast, and mid Atlantic...check here for dates.
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 Jack Johnson Tickets, Jack Johnson Concert Tickets at StubHub!
Johnson has lived the ultimate "beach" lifestyle, including experience with surfing and skateboarding, and the spiritual aspects of these pursuits is readily apparent in his musical work.
Johnson was born on May 18, 1975 in Hawaii, and grew up to ultimately become a professional surfer who enjoyed skateboarding in his spare time.
Johnson is as respected as any musician in the industry, and a night with him is guaranteed to be a pleasure for many reasons.
www.stubhub.com /jack-johnson-tickets&ticket_finder=1029   (413 words)

  
 Jack Johnson Interviews
Jack Johnson is virtually unknown outside the surfing fraternity but it shouldn’t really be that way, not if you take both this fabulous surfing film and his immaculate acoustic-based CD, ‘Brushfire Fairytales’, into account.
Jack Hody Johnson, the youngest of three boys to Jeff and Patti Johnson, was born on May 18, 1975 in Oahu, Hawaii.
Johnson, for whom music is the third in a series of almost accidental careers, has watched with great surprise as his major-label debut, the bluesy folk-rock offering "Brushfire Fairytales," climbs the charts.
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 AskMen.com - Jack Johnson
Johnson's soulful, laidback grooves are the perfect way to chill at a party or to wind down after a long day at the office.
Johnson is the founder of the non-profit organization Kokua Hawaii Foundation, which funds environmental education in Hawaii's schools.
Jack was an outstanding surfer from the time he was big enough to carry a board.
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 Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson's name first intersected with the music scene at large when G-Love and Special Sauce chose his composition “Rodeo Clowns” to be the first single off 1999's Philadelphonic.
Jack Johnson has long been a huge figure in a world parallel to our musical one as a world-renowned surfer.
Jack's soulful folk tunes, inflected occasionally with blues and hip hop flavorings, soon began circulating in all corners of the global surf community, both as legitimate recordings and bootlegs.
www.everloving.com /jj-bio.html   (604 words)

  
 INAUDIBLY FREE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Jack Johnson reigns straight from the shores of Hawaii.
I was fortunate enough to meet Jack twice, where both times he and the band were gracious enough to come out after the show and hang out with everyone still there.
Jack and the guys are some of those very few artists who truly care about their fans and appreciate every ounce of genuine support they receive.
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 Jack Johnson News
Jack Johnson & Friends Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the film Curious George Brushfire/Universal Every parent could tell you their children have at least one sing-a-long CD they would just love to dunk in a...
Former surfer Jack Johnson has long been a hit at summer music festivals with his mix of folk, blues and hip-hop.
Jack Johnson is looking forward to a year or so of doing absolutely nothing.
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 San Diego Music Scene > Fun . Sign On San Diego . Com : Live music event listings, ticket alerts, reviews, venues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Jack Johnson opts for a stripped-down sound that showcases his songwriting talents.
Way before surfer-turned-musician Jack Johnson was a staple on Hot AC radio, he got his first taste of fame when a song he wrote ended up on buddy G. Love's "Philadelphonic" album.
Johnson released his follow-up, "On and On," in May 2003, followed this year by "In Between Dreams," released March 1.
entertainment.signonsandiego.com /profile/184512   (138 words)

  
 Centrestage - Jack Johnson - Jackin' Off   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Selections from Jack Johnsons' famous albums On and On, In Between Dreams and Brushfire Fairytales will be lovingly recreated by the band.
Material is taken from all four Johnson albums, including the fun The 3 R 's from Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George, and stretches back to classics like Posters and Bubble Toes from his 2001 debut, Brushfire Fairytales.
What makes this show a "must" is that the Not the Jack Johnson Band (a lighthearted reminder to fans who might think otherwise) are able to render Johnson's music so professionally, while maintaining a very definite sound of their own.
www.centrestage.co.za /jackjohnson.html   (398 words)

  
 jack.johnson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Jack Johnson's name first traversed with the music scene when G-Love and Special Sauce chose Jack's composition "Rodeo Clowns" to be the first single lifted from their 1999 release Philadelphonic.
Born and raised in Hawaii, Jack began surfing the universally revered and feared Pipeline when he was 12 - and by the time he was 17, he made the finals at the Pipe trials, becoming the youngest invitee ever to do so at the world's most prestigious surfing event.
Jack's soulful folk tunes, inflected occasionally with blues and hip hop flavourings, soon began circulating as bootlegs in all corners of the global surf community.
www.modularpeople.com /03/jack_johnson/jack.htm   (980 words)

  
 Jack Johnson
Surfer turned musician Jack Johnson proves to be an exception to the rule, as his relaxed, spacious and largely acoustic-based music has earned steady comparisons to 90s cult musician Ben Harper.
Jack Johnson was born in Hawaii which naturally led to an interest in surfing.
Jack then decided to turn to music and for the next 5 years began promoting his music in America, success soon followed with the album ‘Bushfire Fairytails’ in 2001, popular with college students this debut album earned it’s impressive platinum status.
www.plymouthpavilions.com /jackjohnson.asp   (698 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : Jack Johnson's New Surf Music
Johnson -- who grew up surfing in Hawaii and has chronicled the wave-riding life in a series of 16 mm films -- never set out to be a musician.
Johnson's music is soulful and laid-back, equally fitting onstage as at a seaside luau, though it shares little with the classic surf anthems of Dick Dale or the Beach Boys.
Johnson still surfs almost every day, hiking across the rugged field outside his apartment to nearby Miramar Beach or taking a ten-minute drive south to where the waves are better.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5933323/jack_johnsons_new_surf_music   (673 words)

  
 Jack Johnson, Breakdown ,Video Stream
Before its release in 1999 Johnson’s soulful folk tunes, inflected with blues and hip hop flavorings, soon began circulating as bootlegs in all corners of the global surf community.
Johnson along with Topol and Podlewski bring acoustic sing-a-longs full of smartly embellished strumming and solid basslines to create the hypnotic, blues and funk-inflected groove flowing through the album.
But the reality is that Jack Johnson has accomplished an impressive amount over the last few years as an artist, filmmaker, musician and now as a father.
www.contactmusic.com /new/home.nsf/webpages/jackjohnsonx16x08x05   (1068 words)

  
 CD Baby: JACK JOHNSON: Brushfire Fairytales
Jack Johnson was born on the North Shore of Oahu where he grew up like any local kid; surfing the Pipeline.
Jack Johnson and Brushfire Fairytales is one of the most innovative and musically brilliant albums of it's time.
Jack Johnson took something from deep within and stirred it with the magic of the waves at night and this is what came out.
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 Detours - Jack Johnson feature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
There's a sense of tranquility in Jack Johnson's music that appears to contradict the harsh waves that nearly took his life in a freak surfing accident when he was 17.
Johnson took the opportunity to speak with Detours, via phone in Ohio, 13 shows into his gig opening for Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals.
Jack Johnson opens for Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals on the UF campus Friday.
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 Musician Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson may refer to: This human name article is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that might otherwise share the same title, which is a person's or persons' name.
Johnson had been a professional surfer until an accident, in which he broke his nose, had his front teeth knocked out and received more than 150 stitches to his mouth and forehead.
Jack Johnson was a professional surfer until an accident in which he...
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 InternetEd Reviews: Jack Johnson- Brushfire Fairytales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Overall, though, Brushfire Fairytales is closer to a Ben Harper recording in that it’s mostly built on a framework of acoustic blues, despite Jack Johnson’s funky vocal meanderings and somewhat folkish storytelling style.
Jack kicks thing off with “Inaudible Melodies,” a pleasant song with a good groove, and “The Middle Man” with its funky vocal rhythms that are reminiscent of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Jack Johnson’s smooth voice carries “Drink The Water” and “Mudfootball (For Moe Lerner)” in much the same way as on preceding tracks, and “F-Stop Blues” is an exceptional acoustic storytelling song.
www.interneted.com /Reviewpages/johnsonjackbrushfirefairytales.htm   (361 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : Jack Johnson's Endless Summer
It's Wednesday night in San Francisco, and Jack Johnson is backstage in a tiny dressing room at the Fillmore, about to play for a crowd of 1,000, most of them blond.
Johnson's latest album, On and On, like his 2001 breakthrough, Brushfire Fairytales, is folk music that borrows from roots, reggae and mellow hip-hop, especially Bob Marley, the Meters and A Tribe Called Quest.
Johnson knows the road and the minivan so well because after Brushfire Fairytales came out, the band spent months driving around the country in the same Astro opening for Ben Harper, sometimes sleeping in it.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5937453/jack_johnsons_endless_summer   (1170 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: On and on: Music: Jack Johnson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Jack Johnson has found himself a groove with On and On.
Thankfully, Johnson is never too mellow, and there's a "Don't worry, be happy" vibe to most of his music--"The Horizon Has Been Defeated" even has a pseudo-reggae feel to it.
This album is incredibly thought provoking and I was a Jack Johnson convert after listening to this for a month or so.
www.amazon.co.uk /On-on-Jack-Johnson/dp/B00009XFYD   (1203 words)

  
 Jack Johnson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Jack Johnson spent 2001 creating a solid fan base on the West Coast.
A surfer/film-maker/folk-musician, Jack is this generation's version of a renaissance man. He closed 2001 with a bang, headlining the Surfrider Association's Heal the Ocean Benefit Concert at the sold-out Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara before heading off to Hawaii for the winter swells, some rest and three gigs.
The show was a homecoming of sorts (Jack went to school at UCSB) and during his set Jack remarked that he used to play for 50 people down the block at Roy's, (Jolly Tiger Lounge) a tiny bar on State Street.
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 Amazon.ca: On And On: Music: Jack Johnson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Thankfully, Johnson is never too mellow, and there's a "Don't worry, be happy" vibe to most of his music.
Jack Johnson's On And On is a great CD to just chill and listen to.
when jack johnson's audience turned the corner from cult surfing followers to AAA radio america, he didn't change anything and that, right there is a positive.
www.amazon.ca /On-Jack-Johnson/dp/B00008NG5V   (1201 words)

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