Johnny Goudie

Infobox musical artist
Name = Johnny Goudie


Img_capt = Johnny Goudie performing in Austin, Texas on February 22, 2008
Background = Khaki
Born = Birth date and age|1968|10|14|mf=y
Origin = Austin, Texas
Genre = Rock
Occupation = Singer-Songwriter-Guitarist-Pianist-Producer-actor
Instrument = vocals guitar piano drums bass maracas melodica omnichord marimba
Label = Elektra/Asylum The Music Company F+M Strangelove India Surefire
Associated_acts = Panjadrum Lovetree I Love Elke Mr. Rocket Baby Jez Spencer Goudie Lars Ulrich God Drives a Galaxy Ennui the Fawn Lowery 66 Endochine Eliza Gilkyson Pale Sparkwood
Jeff Klein Canvas Darin Murphy Trish Murphy Deadbeat Darling Joseph King The Borrowers KTel Hit Machine SKYROCKET! Ian Moore Band Johnny Goudie and the Little Champions Ainjel Emme Rachel Loy Alejandro Escovedo Kathy Valentine & The Impossible Taylor Davis Shwa Losben Spencer Gibb54 Seconds Patty Griffin Vallejo Sunshine Soulhat Sheridan Roalson

John Charles "Johnny" Goudie (born October 14, 1968 in Miami, Florida, U.S.) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumental musician, record producer and actor based in Austin, Texas.

Early Life and Music Career

Born in the Miami, Florida area, Goudie comes from a family of Cuban medical doctors. At age 13 after attending a Cheap Trick concert, Johnny started his first band and decided to pursue a career in music [cite web|url=http://www.unearthed.com/interviews/interview0023.shtml|date=2000-06-06|author=Lesa Pence|title=Interview With Goudie] [cite web|url=http://houstoncalling.net/?m=200411|author=David A. Cobb|date=2004-11-24|title=10 Questions for Johnny Goudie] . His family was supportive (his father had also been a singer in a band) [cite web|url=http://houstoncalling.net/?m=200411|author=David A. Cobb|date=2004-11-24|title=10 Questions for Johnny Goudie] , and in the mid 1980s Johnny moved to The Woodlands area of Houston, Texas where he started out in a funk/soul band called "Panjadrum" [cite web|url=http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/G/Goudie,_Johnny/|title=Biography: Johnny Goudie|author=Julie Martin] . Shortly after recording an EP, Panjadrum broke up in 1990, and Johnny joined another band called "Lovetree" as well as pursuing a side career as a solo artist. [cite web|url=http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/G/Goudie,_Johnny/|title=Biography: Johnny Goudie|author=Julie Martin] .

By 1994 Johnny had left Lovetree and moved to Austin, Texas where he joined the rock band "Mr. Rocket Baby" on lead vocals and guitar [cite web|url=http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/G/Goudie,_Johnny/|title=Biography: Johnny Goudie|author=Julie Martin] . Mr. Rocket Baby became a local hit, toured regionally, and released one album, "Make Believe", before parting ways. Over the next few years Johnny played gigs around Texas as a power trio with bassist Einar Pedersen and a drummer Kyle Schneider. The trio independently recorded an album "Fantastic" in 1996. In 1997 Johnny played on the album "4-Track Mind" with the band "Jez Spencer" [cite web|url=http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/5/54_Seconds/Members/Gibb,_Spencer/Discography/Jez_Spencer_-_4_Track_Mind/|title=Jez Spencer: 4-Track Mind Album Credits] , an early incarnation of Spencer Gibb's band which would become "54 Seconds". He also co-wrote the song "Stuck in a Hole" which ended up on Darin Murphy's 1998 album "Solitarium" [cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:gnftxqejldte|title=Darin Murphy: Solitarium Album Credits] as well as co-writing with Mark Addison the song "Sun Earth Moon" which appears on "The Borrowers" sophomore album "Overcoming Gravity". In late 1997 Johnny was again working on his own material and decided to put a new band together.

Goudie 1997-2002

:"see main article Goudie (band)"In the Spring of 1998 Johnny's new band played the South by Southwest festival in Austin, and happened to catch the attention of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich who was looking to sign bands to his new record label The Music Company, a subsidiary of Elektra Records. Johnny's band was the second band signed to the label.

The band had a major label contract, but still did not have a name. They decided to simply call themselves "Goudie". In July 2000 Goudie released their first album, "Peep Show" to critical acclaim. The band set out on a year-long tour supporting the album, touring with such acts as Blur, Veruca Salt, Agent Orange, Supergrass, Alejandro Escovedo, Davíd Garza, Julianna Hatfield, and Unified Theory.

In June 2001 the band left Elektra and joined forces with friends at independent Austin label India Records, which released the band’s critically acclaimed second album "...Effects of Madness" in March 2002. However later that year, the band split up.

Post-Goudie Career

After the breakup of his band, Johnny returned to his biggest passion: writing and recording songs in his home studio. He independently released an album of self-recorded demos entitled "18 Unreleased Home Demos 1996-2001" as well as a Christmas album "Johnny Says Ho" which was released only to his fan club. The popularity of these releases led to a series of other demo collections entitled "I Think I'm a Genius", "Helloprah" and "The Loyalist"; the latter of which conisted entirely of covers. He appeared on Eliza Gilkyson's 2002 album "Lost and Found" as well as Jeff Klein's 2003 album "Everybody Loves a Winner". During this time, he continued to perform in several bands, including "God Drives a Galaxy", "Lowery 66" and "Ennui the Fawn". He continued to write his own material and in the summer of 2003 he released a solo album entitled "I Love Elke" on Strangelove Records, a label dedicated to artists making records on their own terms. He joined the popular Austin band "Endochine" for their "Day Two" tour and was voted best keyboard player in the 2004 Austin Chronicle music awards.

Johnny also took to the role of record producer, producing albums for scores of local bands and musicians. In 2004 Johnny produced Canvas's third album "Painting The Roses". On the subsequent tour for Painting the Roses, Johnny played as opening act with Canvas as his backing band, and then played keyboard with Canvas during their headlining set. Goudie also played several acoustic shows with Canvas frontman Joseph King and was briefly a member of King's post-Canvas band which became "Deadbeat Darling".

Later in 2004 Johnny played on Pale's album "Here" in addition to completing his second solo album "Boy in a Box", which was the debut release of F+M Records. The album again won him critical praise and is regarded as his strongest work to date. The tracks "Back of a Magazine" and "Everyone Remembers (When You're Cool)" from "Boy in a Box" also found their way onto the soundtrack of the 2006 short film "Surf Gang". 2006 also saw the release of Johnny's acoustic album "All You Can't Undo", which he supported with an unplugged solo tour. In 2007 Johnny joined long-time friend Ian Moore's band on a nation-wide tour, playing guitar and keyboard. Johnny also plays in the 70s-80s cover band SKYROCKET! which he formed with Trish Murphy, Darin Murphy, Paul English, Benjamin Hotchkiss, Kyle Crusham, and Mike Belile. SKYROCKET! was voted best cover band in the 2006 Austin Chronicle Music Awards and also won the Critic's Choice Award. In addition to being a member of The Ian Moore Band and SKYROCKET!, Johnny still plays live shows as a solo artist, and has assembled a super group, "Johnny Goudie and the Little Champions" which includes Brad Byrum and Scott Thomas of Canvas and Ryan Holley of (a+)machines. The band plans to release their debut album "El Payaso" in 2009.

elected Discography

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/johnnygoudie Johnny Goudie on Myspace]
* [http://www.skyrockettheband.com SKYROCKET! Official Website]

*Interviews
** [http://www.synthesis.net/site/articles/music/doin-it-for-the-ladies.html Doin' It For The Ladies]
** [http://www.unearthed.com/interviews/interview0023.shtml Interview with Goudie]
** [http://houstoncalling.net/?m=200411 10 Questions for Johnny Goudie]