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Production dispatches, cast announcements, interviews, and official updates on the feature-length documentary film.
JOHN GOODMAN JOINS TEAM JOHNNIE
Extremely excited to add John Goodman as co-narrator of Johnnie Be Good along with Grammy winner Michael McDonald. I recently interviewed Goodman when the St. Louis International Film Festival gave him a career achievement award. The publicist working with Goodman, Marla Stoker, did some publicity work for the documentary a few years back, and Goodman overheard us talking about Johnnie Be Good. I mentioned to him that he was on…
Continue ReadingR.I.P. Frances Johnson
I just lost a friend. Was so sorry to hear that Frances Johnson, Johnnie Johnson's wife passed away February 16. One of the joys of the JOHNNIE BE GOOD documentary project is I've made some great new friends, including Frances. She had a distinctive voice, a wonderful laugh, and a bullshit meter that was finely tuned. I remember going to meet Johnnie and Frances for the first time in 2004…
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GEORGE THOROGOOD PRAISES JOHNNIE JOHNSON AND CHUCK BERRY
Hours before his March 6 St. Louis performance at The Pageant," rocker George Thorogood sat down to talk about Johnnie Johnson for the music documentary "Johnnie Be Good." "If there's one key piano player in all of rock and roll, the creation of rock and roll, it's Johnnie Johnson," said Thorogood, wearing his trademark aviator sunglasses. Thorogood recalled a 1995 performance at St. Louis concert venue Mississippi Nights when he…
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JOHNNIE JOHNSON TO RECEIVE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
The late Johnnie Johnson, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, is about to receive another prestigious award, the Congressional Gold Medal. The Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom are the highest civilian honors in the United States, going to people whose achievements had an impact on American history and culture. “It’s beyond happy, ecstatic,” said Frances Johnson, Johnnie Johnson’s widow. “Eleven years he’s…
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