Music's still a 'hobby' for singer Jack Johnson
Music's still a 'hobby' for singer Jack Johnson
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODYTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In an age of self-aggrandizing pop stars who put their music on par with spouses, religion and the greatest works of art, Jack Johnson is refreshingly honest about where his mellow songs fit in the general scheme of things.
COMING UP
JACK JOHNSON, ALO (ANIMAL LIBERATION ORCHESTRA) AND MATT COSTA
WHAT: Rock concertWHEN: Saturday night at 7WHERE: The Gorge AmphitheatreTICKETS: $39.50 at Ticketmaster
"I've kind of always tried to make it secondary to life, you know? The kind of music I make I think is best at barbecues and road trips. It's kind of good soundtrack music," Johnson said in a recent phone interview, as he sat in an airport getting ready to travel to his next gig.
Johnson's laid-back approach to his music -- and life -- belie his success as a platinum-selling star. Since his debut with the album "Brushfire Fairytales" in 2001, his albums have sold a total of about 3 million copies. His latest best seller is "In Between Dreams."
"The first one was really the big surprise. I mean, the first one, we literally were expecting to sell 20,000 to 30,000 records if things went right," said Johnson of his stellar sales.
But then again, Johnson has created music since his teens, but he never intended for his music to be a career -- the Hawaii native had always considered his guitar-strumming odes as something to bide the time while pursuing his real love, surfing.
Johnson, 29, grew up adoring the sun and the waves. His father was a surfer, and Johnson spent most of his free time catching waves. However, he downplays descriptions of himself as a championship-caliber surfer: "I was always on that side of somebody who was good enough to be in the contests, but I was really happy that I decided to go to college instead of trying to pursue it, because I don't know if I would have had a huge career surfing."
Johnson, whose current tour includes a concert Saturday night at The Gorge, attended the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he studied film. Those studies would lead him to chronicle surfers in his first foray into entertainment, with the 2000 cult documentary "Thicker than Water." Another film, "The September Sessions," followed.
more... http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/236224_jackjohnson12.html
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODYTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In an age of self-aggrandizing pop stars who put their music on par with spouses, religion and the greatest works of art, Jack Johnson is refreshingly honest about where his mellow songs fit in the general scheme of things.
COMING UP
JACK JOHNSON, ALO (ANIMAL LIBERATION ORCHESTRA) AND MATT COSTA
WHAT: Rock concertWHEN: Saturday night at 7WHERE: The Gorge AmphitheatreTICKETS: $39.50 at Ticketmaster
"I've kind of always tried to make it secondary to life, you know? The kind of music I make I think is best at barbecues and road trips. It's kind of good soundtrack music," Johnson said in a recent phone interview, as he sat in an airport getting ready to travel to his next gig.
Johnson's laid-back approach to his music -- and life -- belie his success as a platinum-selling star. Since his debut with the album "Brushfire Fairytales" in 2001, his albums have sold a total of about 3 million copies. His latest best seller is "In Between Dreams."
"The first one was really the big surprise. I mean, the first one, we literally were expecting to sell 20,000 to 30,000 records if things went right," said Johnson of his stellar sales.
But then again, Johnson has created music since his teens, but he never intended for his music to be a career -- the Hawaii native had always considered his guitar-strumming odes as something to bide the time while pursuing his real love, surfing.
Johnson, 29, grew up adoring the sun and the waves. His father was a surfer, and Johnson spent most of his free time catching waves. However, he downplays descriptions of himself as a championship-caliber surfer: "I was always on that side of somebody who was good enough to be in the contests, but I was really happy that I decided to go to college instead of trying to pursue it, because I don't know if I would have had a huge career surfing."
Johnson, whose current tour includes a concert Saturday night at The Gorge, attended the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he studied film. Those studies would lead him to chronicle surfers in his first foray into entertainment, with the 2000 cult documentary "Thicker than Water." Another film, "The September Sessions," followed.
more... http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/236224_jackjohnson12.html
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