Career
He came up in the Saint Louis, Missouri music scene and now lives in Seattle, Washington. A frequent session musician, he also has released a number of solo and group albums. He has appeared on the radio show A Prairie Home Companion and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on television
Orville Johnson made his film debut in Georgia, appearing as a musician.
He is a singer, instrumentalist, record producer, songwriter, session player, and teacher. As his entry in the Encyclopedia of Northwest Music (Sasquatch Press 1999) states, he has become a vital figure on the Northwest music scene in the thirty-some years he"s lived there, appearing on over 400 CDs, movie and video soundtracks, commercials, producing 22 CDs for other artists, and hosting a roots music radio show.
Townsend Blues Workshop, Euro-Blues Workshop, British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop and others He has several teaching videos and DVDs and CDs of his own music available.
