Win Tickets To The JOHNNIE’S JAM: A TRIBUTE TO JOHNNIE JOHNSON

Filmmaker Art Holliday is hosting a fundraising concert on Sept 19th for his documentary JOHNNIE BE GOOD and we are giving away tickets for the event. JONNIE BE GOOD is the story of St. Louis native Johnnie Johnson, who took his place in the Rock-n-Roll Hall Of Fame.

Johnnie’s Jam: A Tribute to Johnnie Johnson

The Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Blvd, St. Louis 7 p.m.

OFFICIAL RULES:

1. You must be in the St. Louis area on the day of the concert.

2. Fill out your name and email address below.

3. Tell us one thing that you admire about Johnnie Johnson.

If you don’t win, you can still purchase tickets to the event. Tickets can be purchased through MetroTix (314-534-1111 or Metrotix.com).

“Johnnie’s Jam” features Conan O’Brien musicians as well as Holliday’s discussion on his seven year documentary project about the life and music of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician Johnnie Johnson and show excerpts from the film-in-progress.  LA singer/songwriter Dona Oxford will open the evening with the Johnnie Johnson Band.

Before they joined Conan O’Brien’s band, guitarist Jimmy Vivino, bassist Mike Merritt, and drummer James Wormworth toured internationally and recorded with Johnnie Johnson.

Jimmy Vivino, Mike Merritt, and James Wormworth have performed with the likes of B.B.King, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Branford Marsalis, Robert Palmer, Pete Townsend, Bruce Springsteen, Tony Bennett, James Brown, Phoebe Snow, Cissy Houston, Al Kooper, The New York Rock and Soul Revue with Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, Levon Helm, Wynton Marsalis, Cyndi Lauper, Keith Richards, Rufus Wainwright, Bo Diddley, Trisha Yearwood, Michael McDonald, and Isaac Hayes.

Dona Oxford was a protégé and great friend of Johnnie. Every musician on stage September 19th will have a direct link to Johnnie Johnson and they’ll share their stories about the man behind the legend behind the music.