The Quietus | Features | Anniversary | How Jack Johnson Burned A Path For Some Of The World's Worst Artists
David Bennun , February 2nd, 2021 08:50 There was grey and gravel-flavoured BlokeMusic before him. But, argues David Bennun, the tepid indie-folk mumbler’s commercial success ensured that an awful lot more came after him – and we’re still living with the consequences 20 years on Somewhere in the North Shore district of Oahu, third largest of the Hawiian islands, lives a fellow by the name of Jack Johnson. Although it might be more accurate to call him a dude. A particular kind of dude. And not just any old particular kind of dude. Johnson is the Platonic ideal of the laid-back socially ...
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