Guitar Player Presents announces a show with Johnny A.

GP Presents and Norther California’s premier jazz club are primed to kick-start the New Year with the return of an old friend. Johnny A. He’s a perennial player favorite for his magical combination of touch, taste and tone. His signature Gibson models represent some of the iconic manufacturer’s best work in the current millennium, and he’s one of the rare players to also have a signature Fender Stratocaster. The guitar released in 2022 is an amalgamation Johnny’s four favorite four models from the mid-60’s, and he’s been using that Strat to great effect recently.

Johnny A’s current work combines his deepest passions from his childhood to the present day. He originally developed his signature chord-melody style by learning how to play the Beatles songbook as a solo electric player. After establishing himself as one of the premier contemporary instrumentalists, Johnny became a Yardbird in 2015, filling the lead guitar position once held by Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck. After Beck passed away in 2023, Johnny began doing a tribute named after his second studio album, 1969’s Beck-Ola.