Kenney Dale
Johnson
Born in the
oil patch town of Borger, Texas, Johnson attended the University of Texas
in Austin where he used to jam and run around with Stevie Ray Vaughn. He
later moved to San Francisco where he played a number of bands and paid
the rent working as a session player. He was doing a fill-in-gig at a
small blues club when he heard that Isaak was looking for a drummer and
gave him a call. He joined the band in 1984, shortly before they signed
their first record deal. Before joining, Johnson admits he hadn't been
east of New Orleans, but he enthusiastically embraced the band's rigorous
touring schedule which has taken them around the wold several times.
Johnson received his first drum kit at the age 12 and is an avid drum
collector, spending much of his down time during tours seeking out vintage
drums for his collection. Kenney endorses the Zildjian Cymbal Company and
Drum Workshop.
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Rowland
Salley Roly
Salley got his start in music after a high school track coach threatened
to kick him off the team if he didn't get a hair cut. Rather than heading
for a barber, Salley picked up a bass. After graduating, he started a band
in Madison, Wisconsin then moved to Woodstock, New York which at the time
was home base for many musical luminaries including Van Morrison and Paul
Butterfield. Here he played extensively as both a session musician and a
performer with local musicians and singers, including Happy & Artie
Traum, Maria Muldaur and Full Tilt Boogie. Salley then moved to Toronto
where he played with David Wilcox and Ian and Sylvia Tyson, among others.
Relocating to Los Angeles, Salley started a blues band called the Blue
Monkeys with Pete Anderson, currently guitar player and producer for
Dwight Yoakam. He left Los Angeles in 1983, touring with Joan Baez and
when the tour ended in San Francisco, stayed and played with Maria Muldaur.
It was here that Salley was introduced to Isaak by a mutual friend in 1984
and soon after, joined the band. Salley is also an accomplished watercolor
artist.
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