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HPR's All Things Considered Special Guest: Johnny A

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Dave Lawrence

Published January 20, 2020 at 5:01 PM HST

Boston guitarist Johnny A is back in the islands on a solo tour he's calling Just Me... And My Guitars: Celebrating the British Song Book of the 60's. He took time to speak with HPR All Things Considered Host Dave Lawrence about his history, which includes working with The Yardbirds, the J. Geils Band's Peter Wolf and many other notable artists, ahead of 6:30 and 9 p.m. shows tonight at the Blue Note.

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Johnny with Dave in 2016 during his run of dates with The Yardbirds

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Dave Lawrence is the local host of All Things Considered, Road Stories (formerly Off the Road) and Stargazer.

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