Damon Johnson

ON THE HARD-ROCKING BATTLE LESSONS, THE FORMER BLACK STAR RIDERS/ALICE COOPER/THIN LIZZY GUITARIST ESTABLISHES HIMSELF AS A FORCE OF ONE

By Jeff Kitts

FOR THE BETTER part of 30 years, Damon Johnson has cultivated the type of illustrious, star-studded career most professional guitarists only dream about. His resume speaks for itself: founding member of Brother Cane in the early Nineties, Alice Cooper band member in the late 2000s, Black Star Riders guitarist in the 2010s, touring guitarist for Thin Lizzy from 2011 to 2013 and songwriter/musician on albums by Stevie Nicks, Skid Row, Faith Hill, Ted Nugent, Carlos Santana and Sammy Hagar, among others. Since 2010, Johnson has also maintained a successful career as a solo artist — and that is where we find the versatile guitarist these days, putting the hired-gun life behind him and fully committed to going it alone.

Former Thin Lizzy guitarist Damon Johnson — “I just felt like it was time for me to chart my own course”

STEPHEN JENSEN