When you’re working out chord progressions, do think in terms of theory?
JOHNSON No, I’m pretty bad with knowing all the scales. I saw a Joseph Campbell documentary once. He was saying there was a meeting of all these different religions at a conference. One guy said, “I don’t really understand the theology behind it.” And Joseph said, ‘We don’t really have one. I think we just dance.’ I always liked that. It made me feel better. Right before I did my first record. I met with this producer who was probably a little too glossy for what we were doing. During the meeting he said “Why would you put a major 7th chord there instead of a major?” I didn’t even know I was playing a major 7th, you know? I play them just about everywhere because my pinky doesn’t usually go down when I do barre chords. So it’s not always correct, but it’s okay. The guitar work on “F Stop Blues” from the soundtrack to September Sessions reminded me a lot of Hendrix. Can you tell us a little bit about his influence on your guitar-playing style? JOHNSON Yeah, he’s definitely one of the bi
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