So little is known about Beau Johnson, who spells his name beau johnson, that any attempt at biography will inevitably create credibility problems. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, according to his driver's license, but he insists that he was raised in New England. He played the guitar as a
teen-ager but stopped playing after a few years and only took up the instrument at a later, unspecified, date. It is known for certain that his main guitar influences were Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Boy Fuller, Jim Kweskin, Perry Lederman and Muddy Waters. beau claims he waited for the millennium before writing any songs. His songwriting has been influenced by Woody Guthrie, The Roches, Furry Lewis, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holley, Lennon and McCartney, and George Gordon Byron.
beau appears semi-regularly at venues in downtown manhattan.
beau's instrument is a Gibson L-00, circa 1933.
