I'm not billed as a bluesman; but I trust that the tunes on this page, which I've collected from every part of my catalog, will demonstrate that I do speak the language with some fluency…
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'04
My Journey to the Sky
Paul Johnson
It was a delightful challenge to try to translate to guitars all the wonderful subtlety of the vocals by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and her partner in this soulful duet.
Take These Hands
'63
The Shimmy
The Belairs
Funky tune written by the groupīs bassist, Steve Lotto. This is the later Belairsī lineup, with Art Fisher playing lead. Iīm playing rhythm with the "auto-muffer" engaged on my Fender Jaguar.
Origins of Surf Music
'00
California Dreaminī
The Duo-tones
We like to bring out the bluesy side of the folk īn roll classic
Surf Music Unplugged
'85
To Know Him is to Love Him
Paul Johnson
Hereīs my version of the Teddy Bearsī hit (Phil Spectorīs first big smash)... I tweaked the drum machine to sound like Iīm beating on trash cans.
Eclectric Guitar
'82
Birdland
The Packards
The Belairsī used to wail on this old R&B tune with the sax up front; here the Packards have adapted it to my guitar lead (with Randy Mitchell adding some tasty solo licks...)
The Packards / Beach City Bop
40 Miles of Bad Road
The Surfaris
Nice groove on this live performance recording of the early Duane Eddy hit...
Street Party!
'02
Hide Away
The Duo-tones
Our take on the old Freddie King blues-rock classic
Take These Hands 
