Career
His work as a street musician on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, was documented in the Alabama Public Broadcasting Service film Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour. The film, directed by Max Shores, featured Johnston singing and playing his Lowebow cigar box guitar. Johnston studied under blues artists including R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough and Jessie Mae Hemphill.
His first album, Foot Hill Stomp (2002), featured Hemphill on vocals and tambourine, with assistance from R.L. Burnside"s grandson, Cedric Burnside, and others
His second album, Official Bootleg #1 (2004), was assisted by Hemphill, Cedric Burnside, and other artists.
