WELCOME!

If you like acoustic music, you've come to the right place.

My latest songs are at: myspace.com/sunsetj

My latest videos are at http://www.youtube.com/user/sunsetjohnson

There are also some live tracks at the bottom of this page.

Oh and... to the resident of Sunnyvale, California (population: 130,000) who's downloaded 261 Mb of my songs here since August 07 - thank you! I'd love to hear from you some time. Same goes for anyone - it's always nice to hear from people who listen to the music.

(To email me, see "Links" on the right hand side of this page.)

Sunset

Recording

I'm working hard at the moment on recording my first album. It's a weird, isolated kind of process (I'm not using a producer or any other musicians) - but things are steadily taking shape. I certainly don't have any shortage of material, so one of the problems is judging which songs to put in and leave out.

I will let you know when the results are available!

Steve Goodman fans

Great to see the new Clay Eals biography of Steve Goodman published at last. Clay and I exchanged a lot of emails last year about the couple of times I saw Steve perform here early in his career. The guy was a musical genius, and I have a classic video of him on my Myspace page. Thanks to Clay for the mentions in the book.

Live at Port Isaac Music Festival

Click below to hear these four tracks recorded live at Port Isaac in Cornwall, England by Sam Littlechild - thanks Sam!

What You Mean To Me
Sunset_Johnson_-_What_You_Mean_To_Me.mp3 (2.4MB)

Really Shouldn't Cry
Joe_Johnson_Sunset_Johnson_-_Really_Shouldnt_Cry.mp3 (2.8MB)

Been Down So Long
Sunset_Johnson_JJ_BD_-_Been_Down_So_Long.mp3 (3.7MB)

Come On Home
Sunset_Johnson_-_Come_On_Home.mp3 (2.5MB)

Live - Nick Drake's "Rider On The Wheel"

This live performance in Nick's home village was recorded live by Peter Rice, who taped Nick's first demo for Joe Boyd. Thanks Peter!

Sunset_Johnson_-_Rider_on_the_Wheel_Tanworth_05.mp3