Biography
Chuck Johnson began playing fingerstyle acoustic guitar in the early
1990’s, inspired by the North Carolina Piedmont blues of Elizabeth
Cotten, Rev. Gary Davis, and Etta Baker, as well as the “American
Primitive” approach to steel string guitar as a solo concert
instrument. These influences can be heard in his contributions to the Idyll Swords and in his music for film.In the mid to late 1990’s Johnson performed and recorded solo improvised guitar under the moniker Ivanovich. In 1999 Amish Records
released Ivanovich’s “Solo Guitar, ” an album of free improvisations on
acoustic, electric, and prepared guitar that Johnson had previously
released as a cassette on his Cirrus Oxide tape label.- Cirrus Oxide
1990’s, inspired by the North Carolina Piedmont blues of Elizabeth
Cotten, Rev. Gary Davis, and Etta Baker, as well as the “American
Primitive” approach to steel string guitar as a solo concert
instrument. These influences can be heard in his contributions to the Idyll Swords and in his music for film.In the mid to late 1990’s Johnson performed and recorded solo improvised guitar under the moniker Ivanovich. In 1999 Amish Records
released Ivanovich’s “Solo Guitar, ” an album of free improvisations on
acoustic, electric, and prepared guitar that Johnson had previously
released as a cassette on his Cirrus Oxide tape label.- Cirrus Oxide
