Johnny Hickman

Johnny Hickman
Hickman performing in July, 2006
Background information
Born	(1956-09-10) September 10, 1956
Origin	Redlands, CA, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Musician Film score composer
Instruments	Vocals Guitar
Years active	1978 - present
Labels	Campstove Records
Associated acts	Cracker
Website	JohnnyHickman.com
Notable instruments
1978 Les Paul Guitar

John Arthur "Johnny" Hickman (born September 10, 1956) is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Cracker.

Biography

Early years

Hickman is a native of Redlands in San Bernardino County in California's Inland Empire. Prior to his tenure in Cracker, Hickman had stints in various California bands including The Unforgiven and The Dangers. In the early 1990s, he co-founded Cracker with childhood friend, David Lowery. His often imitated signature sound, influenced by punk rock, surf guitar and "Bakersfield Country" sound, is played on a 1978 Les Paul guitar.^[1]

In addition to his role with Cracker, Hickman engages in solo work and various side projects such as the Hickman-Dalton Gang (a collaboration with Jim Dalton of Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers and The Railbenders), All Thumbs Trio (with Chuck Garvey and Gibb Droll) and Crazysloth, an Arizona-based band. He has one full film score to his credit (River Red (1998)), and several of the songs that he has co-written with David Lowery have been used in films.^[1]

In 2005, Hickman released his first solo album, Palmhenge. On July 3, 2012 he released his second solo album, Tilting.

Filmography

1994 The Cowboy Way - writer: "Blue Danube Blues"
1995 White Man's Burden - writer: "How Can I Live Without You"
1996 The Cable Guy - writer: "Get Outta My Head"
1998 Origin of the Species - writer: "I Hate My Generation"
1998 River Red - composer

References

1 2 "Johnny Hickman bio". JohnnyHickman.com. Retrieved 2007-11-27.

External links

Cracker

David Lowery Johnny Hickman Bryan Howard CoCo Owens Thayer Sarrano Pistol Stoessel Davey Faragher Bruce Hughes Bob Rupe Brandy Wood Victor Krummenacher Sal Maida Phil Jones Michael Urbano Joey Peters David Lovering Johnny Hott Charlie Quintana Frank Funaro Kenny Margolis

Studio albums	Cracker (1992) Kerosene Hat (1993) The Golden Age (1996) Gentleman's Blues (1998) Forever (2002) Countrysides (2003) Greenland (2006) Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey (2009) Berkeley to Bakersfield (2014)

Singles/EP's	"Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)" (1992) "Tucson" (1993) "Low" (1993) "Get Off This" (1994) "Euro-Trash Girl" (1994) "I Hate My Generation" (1996) "Nothing To Believe In" (1996) "The Good Life" (1998) "The World Is Mine" (1998) "Shine" (2002) "Merry Christmas, Emily" (2002) "Something You Ain't Got" (2006) "Give Me One More Chance" (2006) "Everybody Gets One For Free" (2006)

Compilations	The Virgin Years (1995) Garage D'Or (2000) Hello, Cleveland! Live at the Metro (2002) O' Cracker Where Art Thou? (2003) Get On With It: The Best of Cracker (2006) Greatest Hits Redux (2006)

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