Hailing from upstate South Carolina, Jacob Johnson is a one-of-a-kind solo acoustic performance artist who specializes in a style of guitar playing he calls "Neo-acoustic folk/funk". In his short career he has already shared the stage with the likes of Angie Aparo, Brian Vander Ark (The Verve Pipe),  Dave Matthews collaborator Tim Reynolds, and even funk maestro Robert Randolph. In live performances, his off-the-cuff sense of humor and tongue-in-cheek sensibility disarm the audience and leave them completely unprepared for the multilayered guitar masterworks he unleashes. Jacob thumps, taps, and slaps his acoustic guitar into submission, weaving a musical tapestry that usually climbs to sonic frenzy whilst never losing its balance or control. His lyrics, thoughtful and realistic, are delivered with the wry sort of charisma that makes you wonder if he isn’t just making it all up as he goes.
And sometimes he is.


"From the New York beat poet adventure “Me and Jack Kerouac” to the song that is sure to make most female listeners sigh wistfully, “Makeup”, each song on Est. 1986 has lyrics that pull you in and makes you a part of a unique story."
- GreenvilleScene.com

"Impressive and effortless."
-The Bootleg

"Johnson sounds like Norman Rockwell paintings and the open road. He is a virtuoso, expressing a working
comprehension of dozens of techniques and styles. He has blended and blurred the lines of genres to craft a sound he calls 'Neo-Acoustic Folk/Funk' .
- The Florence Morning News