Whitey Johnson

Event Details:  Free / Rooftop / All Ages / 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Whitey Johnson was born when Gary Nicholson wrote a story about an amazing guitar player he saw perform at a fair in his hometown of Garland, Texas. This guitarist, who covered everyone from BB King to Jimi Hendrix, was a black albino and his family called him Whitey. At the end of the story Whitey dies when a church is burned by the Klan. Now when Nicholson performs as Whitey he invokes the spirit of the blues music he has loved all his life. With deepest respect for all the great founding fathers of the blues, and songs that reflect his own unique point of view, Whitey Johnson lives on.