Johnny is promoting his album I LIKE THE STREET, offering “streetwise power pop” influenced by glam rock, psychedelia, New Wave, and gospel. Brian Wilson called Johnny “a virtuoso” while earcandy.com called him “a delightful entertainer.” The song “I Like The Street” is a refraction on Johnny’s years of riding bicycle on the streets of San Francisco as a bike messenger. “I’d see the best and worst of humanity, in split second contrasts, while rolling by on the seat of a bike.” Stylistically the album is influenced by Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, Erik Satie, and hints of flamenco and tango.

Johnny has worked with a range of artists—most prominently with The Monkees and solo Davy Jones. “I learned a lot of stagecraft from him,” says Johnny, who has also performed with David Cassidy, Paul Gilbert, Buddy & Julie Miller (Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris), Al Stewart (“Year of the Cat”), and other notables. When Johnny’s not performing and recording, his itinerary includes entertaining in assisted living homes for people with disabilities and dementia: “Music goes through the brain into places where math and language don’t go. Music heals and makes a difference.”

At Monkey House, Johnny will be joined by special guests and will do his originals as well as a Monkees set and telling stories “about Monkees, working with people in care homes, and the wild ride of life in the music industry.”