Johnny Moeller is an American blues guitarist, currently with The Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Background
Born in Fort Worth, Texas, he had early exposure to music in the home, as his father played a little boogie-woogie piano and was constantly listening to music He started playing guitar in his early teen years and soon discovered Slim Harpo and Jimmy Reed in his father"s record collection.
Career
Additionally, Moeller remembers hearings lots of both ZZ Top and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Over the years Moeller"s main influences have been from Freddie King, Lightnin" Hopkins, Earl King and Grant Green. Lesser, but meaningful influences come from a wide variety of other blues, soul and funk artists.
He began playing in Dallas and Fort Worth blues clubs whilst still in high school.
The first night Moeller appeared on Antone"s stage was with Little Charlie & The Nightcats. After Moeller finished high school in Denton he moved to Austin and into the music scene that is 6th Street (Austin).
He worked many of the city"s well known venues and often soaked in the music of the constant stream of blues artists which Antone brought. Amongst those that played Antone"s were Earl King, Albert Collins, and James Cotton.
Years later the Austin Chronicle quoted Antone (who also helped launch Stevie Ray Vaughan) as saying: "Johnny, nobody can burn like that kid.
He"s got the heart like Stevie had, about the only one I"ve seen with that kind of heart. Johnny"s so quiet and bashful, just a sweet kid and sometimes those kids get overlooked."
By the time Moeller had joined The Fabulous Thunderbirds in mid-2007 he had recorded, played regularly with, or toured North America, Europe and Scandinavia with Darrell Nulisch, Lou Ann Barton, Mike Barfield, Doyle Bramhall II, Gary Primich, and Guy Forsyth. In 2008, Moeller guested on Steve Guyger"s album, Radio Blues.
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