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Jennifer · 1 year ago

The guitarists name is Chuck Johnson.He is from Roanoke Virginia and is also the lead singer for a rock band based out of Rocky Mount Virginia named TK-421.They can be found at www.tk-421.net and www.myspace.com/tk421band

hadar · 1 year ago

Jennifer, thank you very much for Chuck's last name and the links to the new band. He's fantastic, and I felt like a complete bozo that I couldn't remember his last name (nor find it), even though it's as easy as pie. :-)

bob Mooney · 1 year ago

it's as close to being these as it gets.... thanks for sharing... bob

Wayne · 1 year ago

It is nice to see Chuck getting some recognition; I've been fortunate to mix many of his shows and he has a special talent. I'm glad you took notice of his performance.

BTW: Yesterday working working on a new project with the "TK-421" guys, I watched him record tracks of Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Mandolin and vocals. His talent isn't restricted to one style of music.

You can also see him talk about his music at:

http://www.youtube.com/TK421Vid

hadar · 1 year ago

Thanks Wayne! There's little doubt Chuck is very versatile! I watched the video interview, thanks for that too. I'm currently listening to the MySpace songs. :-)

Tracy · 1 year ago

Hadar,
For those of us who know Chuck Johnson from the world of rock and haven't gotten the opportunity to see him in the jazz realm, it's great to hear that his talent is as boundless as we had believed. He's an amazing talent. I've seen him play probably 100 or more times and every single time he takes the stage it still gives me chills.

Thanks for the great article!

hadar · 1 year ago

Thanks Tracy, he is indeed a major talent!

Mudflap · 1 year ago

The Najee guitarist is in fact named Chuck. He is an incredable entertainer. I have never seen Najee (or heard of him before Chuck turned me on to him) but I go see the other band Chuck is in (not a Jazz band) whenever I an in, or around Roanoke. I have even concidered taking in a Najee show just to see how the two "faces of Chuck" compare to each other.

hadar · 1 year ago

Mudflap, thanks for the comment. I see that you posted directly to Wordpress, which means that "Disqus" (the system I've been using for commenting) must be down. That's why none of the other comments are currently visible.

I'm considering switching back to native WP, as Disqus isn't progressing as fast as I'd have liked... :-(

Divided We Fall · 1 year ago

Yes Chuck is indeed his name... Chuck Johnson is not only a great vocalist and guitarist but a hell of a friend as well. It's great to no someone with such talent and ambition can take the time out of their busy schedule to answer questions that I am sure he is asked by hundreds of people time and time again. Your the man Chuck
"If a clean concience is a soft pillow then I've been laying on a bed of stone"

hadar · 1 year ago

I just realized that I could relatively easily fix the problem of having lost the past Disqus comments in this thread.

It's a "cheat", in that it won't have them indexed by search engines, but at least anyone who cares to read more comments on this post can easily do so...

Here is a direct link to the comments that are still stored on the Disqus server:

http://opticality.disqus.com/al_jarreau_and_naj...

Basher Brown · 1 year ago

I just wanted to fill in the blanks for you, The members of Najee's band are: Kentric Morris- Drums, Hudson Gloria- Bass, Will Brock- Keyboards, Victor Williams- Percussion, Chuck Johnson- Guitar. You mentioned that the acoustics @ the Dave Koz show were terrible. I would be interested to know how you found the sound of Najee's set. Thanks

hadar · 1 year ago

Thank you so much! I felt terrible that I didn't remember the names (I'm getting older) and that I couldn't easily find them. As I mentioned in the post, they were all great, and Kentric Morris was simply amazing!

As for the acoustics, they were wonderful! They were wonderful for the Al Jarreau set as well.

I've been to the Beacon now four times in the past 13 months. The Dave Koz show was the only one with bad acoustics, so I'm blaming it entirely on the sound board / sound person.

The Allman Brothers Band was perfect. Alison Krauss and Union Station was excellent, with the sole exception of her microphone, which on occasion made her a little too loud relative to the band, when she powered through some high notes.

Thanks again for taking the time to let me (and everyone else!) know the names of these wonderful and talented musicians!

instrumentals · 4 months ago

thank you for sharing this

awhitehurst · 2 months ago

Yes, the drummer for Najee is awesome! His name is Kentric Morris from North Carolina. He is a great performer and even a greater son. I am his mother and I was the one that he was conversating with while doing his drum solo. At the time, I didn't know that he was already on stage performing, so I just called to wish him well on his show (as Najee and the band always does an excellent performance), but he did not allow a phone call to come between his drum set and entertaining others. So, here's a shoutout to Kentric, Najee and the entire band. Keep doing what you do, the world loves hearing you!!!

hadar · 2 months ago

Thank you _so much_ for taking the time to comment here. I was remiss in not updating the post above with Kentric's name after the first comment let me know his name. I have (finally) corrected that and put in a link to Kentric's MySpace page as well. He is indeed an extraordinary musician, and I'm delighted to hear that he's a great son too! :-)