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Flusteration!  2003
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studio album featuring songs 
written from 1979 to 2003
recorded at Petting Zoo studios in Iowa City,
additional tracks recorded in Nagoya, Japan
 'One-Man' Johnson 
vocals, guitar, harmonica, hi-hat cymbal and foot piano
Naoyuki Ishishiro on all kinds of guitars,
Tiit Raid on berimbau and voice, 
Dennis McMurrin on electric guitar and
Koichiro Taniguchi on vocal and guitar

live concert 
direct to hard disc recorded at 
the Sanctuary, Iowa City
engineered  by Patrick Brickel of PZM studios 
June 20th, 2003

'One-Man' Johnson 
vocals, guitar, harmonica, hi-hat cymbal and foot piano
Tiit Raid on percussion and voice,  
Dennis McMurrin on electric guitar


So Many Roads to Ramble  2003
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Don't Make a Dinosaur Sore   2001
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Songs written with kids from lessons of 

international classrooms
recorded in Istanbul

'One-Man' Johnson  
 vocals, guitar, harmonica, hi-hat cymbal and foot piano
Chris Wadsworth, tenor banjo  
Reha Erdir, vocals  
Margery Johnson, spoons
and Erkan Ogur, fretless guitar with e-bow
engineer:  Reha Erdir

original songs  reflecting American primitive-style music
Recorded in Turkey, Japan and Iowa  
 'One-Man' Johnson  
vocals, guitar, harmonica, hi-hat cymbal and foot piano
Bobby Hendricks, tuba    Dennis McMurrin, guitar  
Dave Moore, accordion     Chris Wadsworth, banjo   
Margery Johnson, spoons   Naoyuki Ishishiro, guitar
Tiit Raid, chopsticks-on-metal-folding-chair 
and Erkan Ogur, nylon stringed guitar
 


Let's Get Primitive   2000
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Bruise...Live From Nagoya    1992
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live performance in Japan featuring
 'One-Man Johnson' 
 vocals, guitar, harmonica, hi-hat cymbal and foot piano
with Japanese musicians  
Naoyuki Ishishiro,  guitar 
Koichiro Taniguchi, vocal
Yukie Hara, drums 
Masanori Honda, percussion
and from Iowa City  
Chris Threlkeld-Wiegand, Bass  
 

recorded live at the Breadline in 
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
direct to Beta Max video tape by Larry Glenn

 'One-Man' Johnson 
vocals, guitar, harmonica, hi-hat cymbal and foot piano
Tiit Raid, percussion 
Randy Sabien, violin  
and Erkan Ogur, fretless guitar
 


Mideast/Midwest   1989
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’54 Chevrolet Panel Truck Blues 1978
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solo album of original blues and ragtime 
first released on vinyl
engineered by Dave ‘Snaker’ Ray
re-recorded and equalized for digital
by David Trawick
'One-Man' Johnson  
vocals, guitar, harmonica, cymbal and foot piano
 

traditional and original blues and ragtime 
first released on vinyl 
engineered by Dave ‘Snaker’ Ray
re-recorded and equalized for digital by David Trawick

 'One-Man' Johnson 
vocals, guitars, harmonica, hi-hat cymbal harmonica
Tom 'King Kazoo' Mitchell, autoharp and kazoo  
Jeff 'Dream McDaniel' Dagenhardt, guitar
Chuck 'Little Ivory' Solberg, piano 
and John 'Snuffy' Edwardson, washboard


Sweet Mama,Don't Let It Fall  1976
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