Jimmy Johnson (musician)

Jimmy Johnson
Born (1943-02-04) February 4, 1943
Sheffield, Alabama
United States
Occupation(s) Session musician
Instruments Guitar
Associated acts Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

Jimmy Johnson (born February 4, 1943, Sheffield, Alabama) is a member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section who was attached to FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama for a period in the 1960s. In 1969, with the backing of Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler, Johnson became co-founder, along with drummer Roger Hawkins, bassist David Hood, and keyboardist Barry Beckett, of Muscle Shoals Sound Studio[1] located at first on 3614 Jackson Highway in Sheffield, Alabama and at a second site on 1000 Alabama Avenue also in Sheffield, Alabama. Johnson operated variously as a record producer or guitarist. He has performed with Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin and engineered three tracks on The Rolling Stones' album, Sticky Fingers.

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References

  1. Kurutz, Steve. "Biography: Jimmy Johnson". AMG. Retrieved 18 May 2010.

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