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Known mainly for his Jimi Hendrix influenced yet original Stratocaster abuse, Johnson's New Orleans date marked the beginning of a national tour of solo acoustic guitar and piano performances, a prospect that he admitted onstage was scary to think about.

Trepidation aside, Johnson was in good spirits for the whole of the slightly more than hour long show. At one point he joked about how the guitarists in the audience who were waiting for him to make a mistake had been satisfied in the previous song when he "invented" a chord that he could not identify. He stated that he thought the best guitar moment ever occurred when Hendrix covered up the fact that his guitar cord was shorting out by making it part of the performance. "You can cover anything up with a little fuzz!" Johnson laughed.

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	House Of Blues New Orleans, LA March 3, 2004 story by Ritchie Champagne images courtesy ericjohnson.com

	Eric Johnson is one of those musicians who inspire universal respect amongst the musician community and still manages to draw a consistent audience who eagerly lap up his every note. His sporadic recorded output and more frequent touring have made a name for him as one of the world's premier guitarists and earned him a spot on the inaugural G3 tour in 1997, alongside Joe Satriani and Steve Vai.
Known mainly for his Jimi Hendrix influenced yet original Stratocaster abuse, Johnson's New Orleans date marked the beginning of a national tour of solo acoustic guitar and piano performances, a prospect that he admitted onstage was scary to think about.
Trepidation aside, Johnson was in good spirits for the whole of the slightly more than hour long show. At one point he joked about how the guitarists in the audience who were waiting for him to make a mistake had been satisfied in the previous song when he "invented" a chord that he could not identify. He stated that he thought the best guitar moment ever occurred when Hendrix covered up the fact that his guitar cord was shorting out by making it part of the performance. "You can cover anything up with a little fuzz!" Johnson laughed.