Background
Johnson, William Geary was born on December 27, 1879 in New Orleans.
Education
Student Wallace Cutchey, from 1887.
Career
Played with Adam Olivier orchestra Worked with theatre band to Dallas, then went to San Francisco, 1905. Played with Billy Marrero’s Superior orchestra
Taught and played in Mandeville, later Lake Charles and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from 1914.
Played with Sidney Bechet, Boston, 1945. Played in jam sessions, concerts, recording sessions, until 1948</td><tr><td class="label_burgverd11px"><b>Death</b></td></tr><tr><td> Died New Iberia, Louisiana July 7, 1949.