Win tickets to see Johnny A. in Northern California

A photo of guitarist Johnny A.
(Image credit: Brian Malloy Photo )

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.

Johnny A. combines the skills developed during his immersion in Beck’s lyrical, whammy-infused melodic style along with his deep love for Beatle songcraft on his latest single, a very Beck-ish take on the Fab Four’s “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away.” Profits from this single released on Thanksgiving Weekend benefit the Greater Boston Food Bank.

“You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” official video.

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As for we can expect Johnny to play for this GP Presents show at Yoshi’s, he says:

“I’ll be doing my solo looping show [Just Me…And My Guitars] with some new material added and a bit more of a bluesy approach than previous shows.”

Read GP’s interview with Johnny where he reveals the secrets about his signature Master Built Strat.

Regardless of the axes he chooses to wield for a particular tune or project, players always flock to hear them in the hands of the man who can make six strings come together as a single voice. Come celebrate the New Year with Johnny A. at Yoshi’s as he celebrates his new Strat and pays homage to the Beatles, Jeff Beck and his own stellar catalog of solo material along the way.

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WIN TICKETS!

For a chance to win a pair of tickets to GP Presents Johnny A. in Oakland, California, send an email to gp@jimmyleslie.com with “Johnny A.” in the subject and simply include a sentence about yourself and why you want to go.

Phone contact is greatly appreciated for confirmation.

Winner must provide their own transportation to Yoshi’s in Oakland, California and have their own accommodations in the Bay Area. Best of luck!

EVENT DETAILS

GP Presents Johnny A

Tuesday, January 7

Yoshi’s

Jack London Square, Oakland, California

Free GP magazines, Martin strings

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Jimmy Leslie is the former editor of Gig magazine and has more than 20 years of experience writing stories and coordinating GP Presents events for Guitar Player including the past decade acting as Frets acoustic editor. He’s worked with myriad guitar greats spanning generations and styles including Carlos Santana, Jack White, Samantha Fish, Leo Kottke, Tommy Emmanuel, Kaki King and Julian Lage. Jimmy has a side hustle serving as soundtrack sensei at the cruising lifestyle publication Latitudes and Attitudes. See Leslie’s many Guitar Player- and Frets-related videos on his YouTube channel, dig his Allman Brothers tribute at allmondbrothers.com, and check out his acoustic/electric modern classic rock artistry at at spirithustler.com. Visit the hub of his many adventures at jimmyleslie.com