Dark Blues Music to Escape to... | Justin Johnson | PART 2

You guys have been requesting a lot more Dark Blues Music so I thought I'd put together another hour-long playlist of my best dark, swampy, blues guitar arrangements. If you want more music like this, make sure you check out my "Bootleg Series" albums HERE: www.justinjohnsonstore.com
TRACKS:
00:00 - Voices from the Attic
05:22 - Dark Solace
13:20 - Walk Through the Valley
17:33 - Pajamajam
29:05 - Before You Go
35:17 - Red Sunrise
41:50 - The Stranger
46:03 - Blues Therapy
50:24 - The Suspense is Killing Me
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[@robreneau2959]

You don't play the blues, you released it from your soul. That's how I heard it.

[@kathyhollenbach7413]

Justin, you are my favorite guitar player ever and I've heard them all; I am 70. Really want to thank you for touching my life with your music. You never disappoint. I am just so happy to have found you. I love the time you take bringing this to all of us. Such an outstanding human being. Much love.

[@jimwalters5301]

Hello Kathy..

[@jed1166]

@Kathy Hollenbach….am 66, and I’ve heard them all too, and I am pretty much with you… I still have a hard time putting anyone above SRV. But, I’m willing to call it a tie! Justin and big helping of Larkin Poe, and my music needs are fulfilled!

[@kathleenharris6068]

@Kathy Hollenbach I am 76 and I totally agree. I have never felt so much soul from Justin and so much of MY soul just listening to him!

[@miguelangeltorresdiaz9292]

I share this feeling, I'm 31! Good bles you bros!

[@snorungar70]

Kathy...have a wonderfull day.hugs from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@hogslanding.d5325]

After listening to this, I looked at my guitar, and it said don’t even think about it.

[@amcreative3784]

At least it doesn't cringe like mine does. Yeah, my son knows about pick ups. I do have a friend who plays professional bass. Motorbike motorbikes, surfboard surfboard. Ladies will know what I mean.

[@Rev_Oir]

Music confirms Nothing is real But what you feel

[@PINEPUPPY]

"two riders were approaching, and the wind began to howl..."

[@janicedeeter577]

In the same mood of Jimi playing "Little Wing"

[@fightdhr8866]

As a wolf howls into the night under a full moon.

[@tiptopshark]

As Death approaches

[@tiptopshark]

Light & Sound bring new life.

[@yeyetout2021]

ဂ​ြ

[@David-cn6nq]

I got a feeling when you go to the crossroads, this is the guy who shows up.

[@joans6047]

Agree!!

[@gilsonlacqua1]

Lol awesome

[@nathanp3485]

Most definitely not my guy

[@MsBonijoni]

. . tall in the saddle like Eastwood with squinty eyes and a 90 yard stare ◾

[@muriel969]

Thank you and god bless peace and love

[@michaelbradshaw8278]

I've had two strokes & brain surgery. Your incredible playing is bringing back to the real world...where I belong! You're amazing! Thank you for your amazing talent! That's what I've needed and will be keeping. You're incredible!!!

[@elebeu]

I enjoy reading the comments written in so many different languages. Music is truly the universal language.

[@emilie1977]

Ciao from Italy, good music crosses all borders

[@hecimbecir8482]

Evo i jedan na bosanskom,odlicna muzika.Pozdrav iz Sarajeva.(Here is one in Bosnian,excellent music.Greetings from Sarajevo)

[@user-se5fn3fj4f]

Melhor forma de se comunicar é com musicas

[@user-ff3us2yl5h]

​@@user-se5fn3fj4fмузыка, чем война!

[@VictoriaDonovann]

You need to be born with a broken heart to make a guitar cry. Thanks! 💝

[@cofa4011]

Maybe give a try to Mattrach's vibe ;)

[@bobbyblenio4571]

Herd Dat Vic🦾

[@frozerekmeyata4091]

Thank God He brought you to this place so we can all hear your beautiful music. You are the best I've heard for many years. Thanks for sharing your music and talent with all of us.

[@jholmes45]

If there's ever a Last Man Standing 2, this will be the soundtrack.

[@sukran96]

I forgot where I was, who I was, which day it was … while listening. Your music makes me forget what I want to forget at the moment.

[@lastfirst4056]

that's the most stupidest thing that i ever read!

[@deleenamccoy5955]

I like this comment. I relate.

[@kamilb1729]

Agree.

[@joshuahawkins8828]

Praying for you man.

[@user-bj7tx7qy9m]

Ребятки хост пуны

[@kristineb.mcanelly3304]

I can imagine angels preening their feathers to these strings on a quiet "after the Apocalypse" kind of day.

[@kurtbukowsky1872]

Beautiful analogy 👌!!!

[@stephenpridgeon7025]

Angels don't have wings

[@kristineb.mcanelly3304]

@@stephenpridgeon7025 Imagine the feathers as independent acts of agape love. Each one a prism of rainbow light.

[@huaweiiuser4716]

Мужик, ты супер. Мелодия класс.,👍👍👍🇷🇺 Уважаю.,,

[@jazzblues8057]

*No matter what goes on in the world its nice to know we can all agree on one thing, this music is beautiful.*

[@mikeyd6597]

Well spoken with enormous Love from the heart!

[@vladcepes]

Согласен).

[@maureent6800]

Yess it is ,, he is FANTASTIC AGREED

[@jerrystreet9542]

Universal.

[@D14V0R05]

He doesn't just play blues, he has become blues.

[@roberthitchcock7214]

Let's not get carried away. I pray that was sarcasm or we are doomed.

[@renkeykeyhorner2380]

Agreed...100%!!! InDEED....COTU GOD REN BIRD Approved!

[@samiam9202]

He is become blues, player of music.

[@Santamonicajeff]

He in Bluesy-E... But I would label this, something other than "Blues"

[@joachimdahl233]

@@Santamonicajeff first track was unique-- but tuning to E and play are above standard tuning-

[@gregmcfarland6554]

This guy has to be one of the best string guys in the world period

[@OldWorldRadio2]

Goddamn right! 🎸

[@hajo2782]

Eleven months ago „@ezradaniel458“ had posted, that „This guy was touched by the hands of GOD“. „His soulexpression takes you to another dimension.“ There is actually nothing more to add to these words of respect. But I would like to add a few words of my own as a tribute to Justin Johnson: I am 67 years old, and, as a music lover, I especially loved the rock- and blues - ballads of the bands in the 60s and 70s. This is where my love for soul- and blues music developed. There were and are many famous blues guitarists, like John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Peter Green, Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa, …! But Justin Johnson surpasses them all, because he plays the Blues from his deepest heart and soul. Justin, you have been sent to earth by God, to play your spectacular Delta Blues Guitar, to connect people´s souls together. It seems to me, as if your hands are being guided by angels. Thank You for your incredible and fantastic Blues Guitar Play, that I will love for the rest of my life. God bless You. Kind regards from Stuttgart, Germany.

[@sushildalvi8401]

In this silence, your music spoke .

[@user-ic1xq4jl4o]

Джастин ты волшебник гитарных струн

[@stephenryan3146]

Cypress trees, Spanish moss, still waters, streams of sunlight breaking through dark shadows...visions that enthrall, visions that scare the hell out of me...deep, soulful and beautiful music Justin...please don't stop.

[@Barefootn69]

N then DAT ALLIGATOR jump up n chew'd ur head off w a lick n shit eat grin.....

[@MKorayEray]

It is easy to play the blues, but hard to feel it. This fella feels it.

[@davidmorales7371]

Even better, he makes YOU feel it

[@Jeremy.Bearemy]

@@davidmorales7371 Even better, you are FEELING him touch you! Just like he touches himself.

[@Whataboutwhatthen]

This sounds like the soundtrack to a movie where the main character makes a deal with a stranger in a shady tavern in the Deep South and can’t back out after he realises the stranger was the devil and what he’s done cannot be undone. Creepily beautiful

[@cdes1776]

Robert Johnson

[@Docsjeff]

Great analogy

[@keithusace4352]

Ahhh the third instrument took me back 59 years ago when I got to listen to my dad on his steel guitar before losing him in an accident. Thank you Justin!

[@paxtonphillips4835]

Mr. J loose the leopard pants.

[@juliefrommes4119]

and #6.... that steel sound with the slide.... perfection!!! ♥

[@dmw1306]

If I died Tomorrow... Well it would be ok.. because I would be smiling.. listening to your beautiful music. Wow You never cease to amaze me with your talent. Thank you.

[@MozFialho]

Dude, you don't play around on the job, like we talk here in Brazil about people who don't stop and always bring something new. You are a great musician!

[@bigfolkie5418]

Would be a great soundtrack to a silent movie drama circa 1920's style

[@theJDfromCA]

Heavy "Paris, Texas" vibes. Lost in the lonesome American landscape blues. I hitchhiked around the states for about a year in 2015. This music brings back visions from that journey.

[@tinkerstrade3553]

I first went to Texas on my thumb, and left with a future wife in a stolen Chevy SS. The statute of limitations has since run out on both. Memories of '71.

[@user-ff3us2yl5h]

​@@tinkerstrade3553ты молодец! Приезжай в Россию. Твой мир перевернётся. Здесь очень много добрых людей.

[@briansimpson8116]

That first instrument has got to be one of the most beautiful instruments I've ever seen. And as usual, you played it beautifully.

[@pickititllneverheal9016]

Absolutely 💯 %

[@the_rover1]

lap steel guitar. I guess.

[@awolfalone2006]

It started life as a 100+ year old barometer.

[@radomirratkovic9014]

DADGAD slide blues on a frying pan ?!? One can not get more rootsy rustic than that ever...👍 Love it...

[@kevinslaughter77]

ZiSt1989 yes that is a lap steel and a fancy one at that

[@adriannepiper2446]

Beautiful..like the sun and the moon dancing for God in gratitude 🙏

[@stevencarroll5644]

This man can make anything sing or cry..damn.

[@viva-comarado]

Это Нирвана, Блюзовый рай, спасибо Маэстро!!!

[@seanwatson26]

Sir, as a 5+ decade year '"ole man", you are by far one of my favorites. As a Texan, we have had some of the greatest of all time. You are a master. I would not spend money to see many. You Sir, I would. Thank you.

[@jimmyrogers4820]

My dad was a musician and farmer rest of my dad sides of the family native American he played back up lead guitarist for lot of well known hillbilly rockabilly and Rock and roll bands in the 50s and 60 and he was a world war 2 veteran he self taught himself as a kid he taught me how to play the Dobro and electric pedal steel guitar I don't play anymore I was in a rock band at 15 years old but broke my Left wrist twice one in a hit and run on my motorcycle broke left wrist shattered in two cops never found the old lady hit me on my motorcycle I refraction it again 6 months later on a moped when I hit soft gravel and fell on concrete while the handle bars slam on top of my Left wrist and broken it again had to have surgery to stretch my wrist bone even with my right hand but still pop out and shorter by two cemeteries from my wrist so hard time to change chords and hold slide bar ❤ but keep rocking those blues and thank you ❤️

[@joditurner7288]

I am fixing to be 58 years old next month and I've never seen this instrument and sing and dance and seen a lot of instruments but this one the beautifulest things I've ever seen in my life

[@jumboslice1514]

Justin could string a broomstick with dental floss and make it sound like a masterpiece.

[@fernandovega5722]

There's a video of him with a one string instrument.

[@bradhamer8108]

Indeed

[@kazuyamishima2760]

You're a funny elephant,jumBo

[@decrepitflabbonium5038]

@@fernandovega5722 but does it floss?

[@user-uc1kk7oc3i]

Cause JJ is a masterpiece as he is.

[@larrychasen1070]

I don't know from what universe you are able to channel these melodic melodies from but every one of your songs brings a calming peace to my brain that is entrancing. For me, David Gilmore comes to mind as another guitarist that does this for me. Every one of your songs are just amazing! Thank you for such brilliant creations!

[@martywright1829]

I agree totally it’s like an old story is being told through sound of strings

[@user-gk6om1dy9d]

I see Ry Cooder

[@davidhowell4258]

One bad to the bone string master !!

[@silversong4VR]

Whenever I listen to Justin's Dark Blues I feel transported back into the magical and mysterious worlds of Borderlands 1 and 2. Soulful, lonely and beautiful.

[@silverseth7]

Just a mercenary in a wasteland. There are dangers, but the sharp and the prepared will do just fine. The Stranger fits the pace

[@jacintch]

The sound of that lap guitar is haunting. That instrument is also a piece of art.

[@blues_night6868]

Dobrego bluesa nigdy dość. Uwielbiam go, bo przenika przez zmysly i całe ciało. Wycisza i uspokaja. Piękna kompilacja, którą uwielbiam. Dziękuję i pozdrawiam serdecznie.

[@paulvanhouts3365]

Hi Justin, I just lay on the deck chair and close my eyes. I let the music carry me. More gold for the soul. Thank you for sharing your talent and passion with us it is truely appreciated.

[@tobiasmichelsen431]

Your music has helped me in more ways than I can explain...not a day without listening to your tunes...you do so much more than just play an instrument...you make em speak in ways that reach me when words can't...thank you

[@kevinslaughter77]

…🙂

[@matthewborne7659]

My wife and I are memorized by your music, just discovered in the last two weeks. But this compilation has been played over and over and over again and is simply amazing .

[@carnivaltym]

This is very, very closely related to Indian raga. Classical music at its best.

[@user-ff3us2yl5h]

Это не усилия, это душа!

[@lisahammond161]

Only one of a personike Juston Johnson, all I have to see his hands and a note or 2, yep it is him. A Blessing in this World with him and his Sounds ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆♡

[@jimwalters5301]

Hello Lisa..

[@kevincrady2831]

I love the instruments, and they're all played masterfully! If I'm ever called upon to become a gunslinger or wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland, I now have a soundtrack. 🤠

[@homesteadgal4143]

A great movie script needs to be written just to showcase Justin Johnson blues.

[@danielkokal8819]

or if you're trudging through the bayou after having escaped from a chain gang.

[@SwanGo-yq1nc]

Когда бесконечная музыка живёт в душе человека и этот человек способен безупречно выражать её с помощью гитары. Это не мастерство, а сама высшая реальность

[@Deeznuts84356]

Great words. I feel the same way.

[@azerty454]

AMEN.

[@dukecuevas2174]

Well put

[@clydesweetalla4054]

I’m a grown man and this moved me to tears! I have never in my 57 years been moved like this. Thank you so much.

[@kamilb1729]

This a tear jerking masterpiece!

[@gloriyafotura]

Listen - Alexey Arkhipovsky cinderella

[@alltheserobotsshallfall]

dude, you need to go out more

[@charlesroer972]

Friday was 117 today after early rain is 97 degrees. Muggy just right for some great tunes . A cold drink , kicked back n enjoying . The best to Justin Johnson for the sounds , thank u !

[@markusflak6445]

Estas Tonne , ist ein weiterer Gigant an der Gitarre 🎸 !

[@vladcepes]

Понравилось с первых звуков. Слушаю дальше).

[@Jomama02]

Takes me to a dark foggy forest.... Thank you for a hours worth of your talent...I'll listen on those nights I can't sleep or just relaxing on the porch at dusk....

[@quantumpotential7639]

This is the kind of music that brings Sasquatchian in towards your encampment. Best that you put out an apple for his visit. Thanks

[@devanshhshetty231]

Reminds me of a dark dense forest covered with Fogg I've never been to.......🌲🌳

[@4k_world_nature]

To anyone who is reading this right now, i love you and so do many others. You have nothing to worry about, take a breath and appreciate the good things about this world. Everything is and will be okay, you’ve got this and i love you

[@sheriemartin8639]

All Gift Come from God!!!!!

[@bullluttttt]

for me , in tune with the summer heat, the internal rhythm slows down, softens

[@meghandivito3181]

I didn’t know how much I needed this in my life.

[@1ManBandChrisWilson]

i know we would have incredible chemistry man! We gotta jam!

[@irinar1522]

Я влюбилась в эту прелестную музыку. Спасибо, Джастин, что ты есть🙏

[@6661islife]

I don't think I have ever had any music hit me so deep before..this will now be the soundtrack to my soul. That is the best I can describe it..I am otherwise speechless.

[@gomesdiogo]

one can only imagine the amount of dedication to get to this level

[@Docsjeff]

Hours & Hours

[@holliswilliams8426]

@@Docsjeff yes, many hours. Lol.

[@dawnbrown5370]

Amen. God bless the man for following his personal way.

[@docusi2674]

Storyteller extraordinaire. Men like this come around once in a lifetime. My brother in law turned me on to Justin Johnson over Thanksgiving last year. So grateful that this man shares his talent with the world. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@JoeSmoe-uy8oh]

I could listen to this 24/,7 365 and never get tird of it !!!like the sound of that instrument and never seen one before

[@stanbrill5077]

These slide performances can bring you to tears, they cut like a knife, and as Brian would say " But it feels so right!" outstanding! Thanks Justin.

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

Music is the one true universal language. Beautifully played. Thank you!

[@johnstartup3938]

You are the one that left me as lonesome as I could be .

[@user-mo4tk6mw7g]

Привет Джастин! Такое впечатление, что музыку ты пишешь прямо по ходу игры. Спасибо за ролик👍

[@LeoRostov]

Слайд великолепен. Прямо повеяло техасской пустыней)

[@Nat.Ka1]

Вспомнился" Мертвец" Джармуша

[@I.Love.My.Border.Collie]

I'm from Texas. You did great in your analogy of this rendering of 'Texas Desert'. :)

[@Beliy_Shaman]

Обалденная импровизация! 👍👍👍Вот настоящие люди мира, которым до задницы планы глобалистов. Они просто живут музыкой и красотой!

[@draackul]

@@Beliy_Shaman не факт, что импровизация.

[@BeliyTrollik]

@@Beliy_Shaman Это не импровизация. ...Импровизации здесь минимум..

[@vampireforhire18]

I am soo glad I found this, the algorithm sometimes blesses us. You're hell of a musician man. I have been enchanted and completely inspired.

[@shawnmeyer2310]

Just finished a 2 string ammo can base . Wish I could play like you do . Ty

[@WLansdale]

Love your music. I listened to it a lot when I was in the hospital. It helped more than I can ever thank you for. Be blessed.

[@christheother9088]

Feels like a score to a David Lynch movie.

[@laszlokovacs1202]

Perfect music for a Cormac Mcarthy novel.

[@captainspire9094]

I've used this music to replace all the exploration soundtracks in Fallout 3 and 4. Just perfect music.

[@romaindepasquale5850]

I recognized that ancient lap steel from "Voices from the Attic" as soon as I saw the notification pop up. Magic, haunting, sublime. Such a treat. Thank you kindly for that playlist, Justin. It hits the spot, big time. I already heard most of these tracks individually but that didn't stop me from listening to the whole thing again with pleasure. First piece I ever heard from you was "Ghost from the Mountain" featured on your "Dark Music Blues to Escape to..." # 1, still one of my favorites up to this day. You Sir are without a doubt one of the most inspirational guitarist and finest Blues-man of our time. Best regards from France. Please be well and keep up your great work, partner. If you got more dark blues and lap steel to share with us, lucky viewers, by all means do. Can't get tired of this, 👏🙏👍.

[@francoisbarras2086]

Excellent 😋😎👍🤠

[@romaindepasquale5850]

@@francoisbarras2086 Salutations, compatriote. JJ, Big Boss of Blues forever.

[@AiTomato]

Слушаю не репите. Дядька прикольный, настоящий мастер щипка и прижима))

[@frank4731]

Did y'all feel that!?! I sure as hell did. That tingle up the back of your neck followed by a shiver? Dude can play a shovel and make it sound like a Les Paul.

[@geraldsmith7240]

Dear Justin, Your Masterful Architecture Of The Guitar, Is Sheer Brilliance. There Are Things In My Life, I Would Want To Experience Over And Over Again. Watching You Grace These Glorious Sounding Instruments, Is At The Very TOP Of My List. 🌹🔱🌹🔱🌹🔱🌹

[@user-mb1bb1uj1t]

Здравствуйте. Мне 57 я, женщина, но любовь к такому исполнению на гитаре не возможно быть равнодушной.

[@mondalee9276]

Hey Elena, nice to read a post like this ... I'm 59, a woman, too ... and I love this art of playing guitar, too ....

[@rmiller5748]

I could listen to Justin all night..oh wait, I've been 👍

[@geoffreyM2TW]

Same here, I was late to work ...

[@vav9141]

I like to put a dip in and feel like I’m a hillbilly in the swamps of Georgia when listening to this.

[@martinnitram4800]

The man with the thousands guitars

[@keithclark486]

That first instrument looks mid evil and that's some wicked playing.

[@timrussellguitar1516]

Justin, you are nothing short of amazing.

[@sheriemartin8639]

He has conected. To his Sole!!! Now Find the pearpis!!! For your Gift!!!!!!!🔥💥❤❤❤

[@bBersZ]

That's exactly how I'd play it if I could play like that

[@user-jq8ut9oc5e]

Офигенно....

[@charlesreohr6236]

When ever I'm feeling down and need to chill out you are the one I turn to. There is nothing better to bring me to my senses than deep blues. I can' think of anyone that plays them better than you. Thanks!

[@joecoreano]

Lord knows you're killing it brother!

[@ArmandoTobias-ub3dp]

NICE TO MEET YOU. GREETINGS FROM PORTUGAL 🇺🇸🇵🇹🤠💖🌹💖🕊️🙏

[@danroberts5645]

He has to be the best out there at the moment It’s actually insane how good he is really

[@diannaprice5501]

I can noodle for hours with my slide while listening to this. Better than anything for unwinding. This music is bare soul completely unwound. Justin, thank you for an hour of this music.

[@cormacdavid7355]

Hello Dianna 👋

[@Goodphish]

bro 100 percent, I get visions of muggy Louisiana swamps on a boat plagued by gators as you cruise home as the fog rising from the soggy water

[@Paramad]

Love this artist, he inspires me to keep playing slide. I experiment with different tunings and guitars. I don’t play lap steel anymore but I may take it up again. My inspirations are Justin Johnson, David Lindley, Ry Cooder, Duane Allman, Bonnie Raitt Elmore James, Derek Trucks the list goes on thanks to all the original blues slide folk.

[@Nashmite]

For my money, you can't get much better than Voices from the Attic. Well played.

[@GTGibbs]

God this guys good. What an inspiration to practice, practice, practice. Love his finger style.

[@kevinslaughter77]

It’s not just practice practice practice, Justin has something more that makes it look like anyone can just do it. Maybe anyone can do it, but few have actually unlocked “It” like JJ

[@gomesdiogo]

repetitio est mater studiorum 👊🏻

[@user-tk7mv6cv3g]

Божественная игра...👍👍👍👍👍

[@B1RDSEYE]

This is giving me serious Borderlands vibes. It’s making me want to pick up a gun and go hunting for the Vault again! I never realized how heavily blues inspired the soundtrack was.

[@tuggybearracing4846]

Torgue can play a mean guitar😎