Louis Johnson
Sign in to saveAmerican bass guitarist, songwriter (1955–2015)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1924
- Died
- 2015-05-21
- Works
- 16
Top works
- The sun among the ruins
- Stanza and scene
- The Night shift
- Poems unpleasant
- Antipodes new writing
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 814
- Total plays
- 4,260
Tags
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Louis Johnson (born April 13, 1955, in Los Angeles, California, United States) is an American bass guitarist. Johnson is best known for his group The Brothers Johnson and his session playing on several hit albums of the 1970s and '80s including the "best selling album of all time" Thriller.[1] His signature sound is from the Music Man StingRay bass which Leo Fender especially made for him to first use and promote, and from his slapping technique. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Louis+Johnson"
Key dates
- Born
- 13 April 1955
- Died
- 21 May 2015
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Las Vegas
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- funk
Connections
Categories
1955 births2015 deaths20th-century African-American musicians20th-century American bass guitarists20th-century American male musicians21st-century African-American musiciansAfrican-American guitaristsAmerican double-bassistsAmerican funk bass guitaristsAmerican jazz bass guitaristsAmerican male bass guitaristsAmerican male double-bassists