Ah Via Musicom

Ah Via Musicom is Eric Johnson's platinum-selling third solo album, released in February 1990 (see 1990 in music).

Several of the songs on the album are dedicated to fellow guitarists. Johnson revealed in an interview with Guitar Player magazine in March 1990 that the song "Steve's Boogie" is dedicated to Austin pedal steel guitarist Steve Hennig. Johnson also revealed in the same interview that the song "Song for George" is dedicated to an 80-year-old guitarist friend of his named George Washington. Additionally, "East Wes" is dedicated to jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery and is a take off on the name of the album East-West by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

Ah Via Musicom DVD

A 5.1 DVD Audio version of Ah Via Musicom was released in 2002 from Capitol Records without Johnson's input, but was soon dropped. Johnson apologized to fans on his website for the DVD Audio release.

Eric Johnson commented in the September 2005 issue of Guitar Player magazine that the 5.1 DVD Audio version of "Ah Via Musicom" is in the works, but at this time there is no release date.

Track listing

All songs written by Eric Johnson except where noted:

1. "Ah Via Musicom" – 2:04 (Johnson, Stephen Barber) [Instrumental]
2. "Cliffs of Dover" – 4:10 [Instrumental]
3. "Desert Rose" – 4:55 (Johnson, Vince Mariani)
4. "High Landrons" – 5:46
5. "Steve's Boogie" – 1:51 [Instrumental]
6. "Trademark" – 4:45 [Instrumental]
7. "Nothing Can Keep Me from You" – 4:23
8. "Song for George" – 1:47 [Instrumental]
9. "Righteous" – 3:27 [Instrumental]
10. "Forty Mile Town" – 4:13
11. "East Wes" – 3:28 [Instrumental]

Personnel

• Eric Johnson – Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Pedal Steel, Composer, Vocals, Producer, Sitar (Electric)
• Jody Lazo – Vocals
• Stephen Barber – Synthesizer, Keyboards
• Roscoe Beck – Bass Guitar
• Paul Bissell – Drums
• Kyle Brock – Bass Guitar
• James Fenner – Drums
• Steven Hennig – Guest guitar on 'Steve's Boogie'
• Richard Mullen – Engineer
• Tommy Taylor – Percussion, Drums
• Wee Willie – Harmonica
• Reggie Witty – Bass Guitar

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Awards

Grammy Awards

References

External links

• "Dancing About Architecture": Austin Chronicle
• "Ah, DIY DVD": Austin Chronicle
• Eric Johnson: Sept 2005 Guitar Player Interview