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| instrument = [[Yodel]]ing, [[guitar]] |
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| years_active = 1981–present |
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| label = Roughshod Records |
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'''Mike Johnson''' (born 1946) is an African-American country music singer, songwriter, and [[yodeler]] living in [[Arlington, Virginia]]. |
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Raised in a Catholic family in [[Washington, DC]], Johnson began yodeling in the 1950s, influenced by the music of [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]], [[Gene Autry]], and [[Roy Rogers]], and by the "[[Tarzan yell]]" of actor [[Johnny Weissmuller]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Brace |first=Eric |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/10/11/a-local-yodel/08987439-ac51-4aca-8654-a6bdbcd3490a/ |title=A Local Yodel |publisher=The Washington Post |date=1996-10-11 |accessdate=2015-07-11}}</ref> Johnson served in the US Navy in the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1969, and later became a [[trucker|truck driver]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Passages: The Cultural Magazine of Pro Helvetia|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=tGJOAAAAYAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Pro Helvetia|page=52}}</ref> first recording his music in 1981 and selling the homemade tapes at a Union 76 gas station in Alabama.<ref name="Plantenga2013">{{cite book|author=Bart Plantenga|title=Yodel in Hi-Fi: From Kitsch Folk to Contemporary Electronica|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=PqaBLY8BKKoC&pg=PA30|date=8 February 2013|publisher=University of Wisconsin Pres|isbn=978-0-299-29053-5|pages=30–31}}</ref> Johnson founded Pata del Lobo Music publishing in 1982, and Roughshod Records in 1987.<ref name="Plantenga2013"/> |
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==Awards and recognition== |
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*Inducted into [[America's Old-Time Country Music Hall Of Fame]] by The [[National Traditional Country Music Association]] at the 27th Annual [[Old-Time Country Music Festival]], in [[Avoca, Iowa]], September 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ_wQaugWos |title=Mike Johnson Live! DVD Series: Mike Johnson's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame Induction |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-09-04 |accessdate=2015-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntcma.net/americas-old-time-country-music-hall-of-fame.php |title=National Traditional Country Music Assn |publisher=Ntcma.net |date= |accessdate=2015-07-11}}</ref> |
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*114 of his yodels were acquired by the Library of Congress' [[Recorded Sound Reference Center]]'s permanent music collection in April 2007{{cn|date=July 2015}} |
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==Works== |
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===Discography=== |
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*''King of the Fish'' (single {{year missing}}) |
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*''Hooked on Rodeo'' (single {{year missing}}) |
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*''Did You Hug Your Mother Today?'' (single {{year missing}}) |
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*''Black Yodel No.1, The Song, The Songwriter'' (1999) |
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*''Dig You Hug Your Mother Today?'' (1999) |
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*''Doggone It I’ve Written A Sad Song Again'' (2014) |
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*''Mike Johnson Yodeling 40 Years'' (2006) |
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====Compilations==== |
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*''Rough Guide to Yodel'' (2006)<ref>{{cite web|author=Bart Plantenga |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/sep/22/worldmusic |title=Why it's time we learned to love yodelling |publisher=The Guardian |date= |accessdate=2015-07-11}}</ref> |
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===Books=== |
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*{{cite book|author=Mike Johnson|title=I Just Wanted to Be a Songwriter: A Mike Johnson Music Anthology|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=LnlTmAEACAAJ|date=13 December 2012|publisher=MAJJ Productions|isbn=978-0-615-75114-6}} |
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==References== |
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*{{cite book|author=Pamela E. Foster|title=My Country: The African Diaspora's Country Music Heritage|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QvYTAQAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=My Country|isbn=978-0-9662680-1-0|page=146}} |
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==External links== |
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*[http://roughshodrecords.webs.com/you-and-me-records Roughshod Records] |
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[[Category:Articles created via the Article Wizard]] |
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[[Category:Yodelers]] |
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[[Category:Country musicians from Virginia]] |
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[[Category:American country singers]] |
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[[Category:African-American country musicians]] |
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[[Category:People from Arlington County, Virginia]] |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Mike}} |
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[[Category:1946 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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