US guitarist, born 1960 in Rock Island, IL, after moved to Minneapolis, MN in 1981, he became a major player with the band The Time.
When the band split, Johnson gained both commercial success and critical acclaim fronting his own group, Jesse Johnson's Revue. Although the group only recorded one album as the Revue, Johnson continued recording under his own name and the majority of the members of the Revue contributed to Johnson's subsequent solo albums. Johnson also enjoyed considerable success writing and producing work for artists as diverse as Cheryl Lynn, Ta Mara & The Seen, dáKRASH and Janet Jackson, amongst others.
For other artists named Jesse Johnson, see:
Jesse Johnson (2) keyboardist in Motion City Soundtrack
Jesse Johnson (3) West Coast 1950s-1970s soul/rhythm & blues singer & bassist
Jesse Johnson (4) member of Colorado hardcore band Shogun
Jesse Johnson (5) bassist from Meliah Rage
Jesse Johnson (6) 1960s Soul singer from New York on Old Town Records
Jesse Johnson (7) 2000s audio engineer
Jesse Johnson (8) clarinetist
Jesse Johnson (10) 1920s blues songwriter & vocalist
Jesse Johnson (11) 2000s trumpeter
Jesse Johnson (12) 1950s Doo Wop/rhythm & blues singer from New York on Symbol Records
Jesse Johnson (13) Broadway performer
Jesse Johnson (14) 1980s gospel drummer
Jesse Johnson (15) 2010s management
Jesse Johnson (16) 2010s photographer
Jesse Johnson (17) 1960s Chicago rhythm & blues arranger
Jesse Johnson (18) 2000s Catalyst drummer
Jesse Johnson (20) bassist from Number One Common
Jay Jesse Johnson American blues-rock guitarist 1980s-2020s
Jesse Munro Johnson multi-instrumentalist from Portland, Oregon 2000s-2020s.
