You can now download each record - Chasing Stars and One More Midnight - in their entirety at my CdBaby page.
What you get:
- MP3 files, one per-song, for easy use in any computer, iPod, or MP3 player.
- JPG of the album cover.
- Text file full of info from that album's page: song titles, notes, and links.
Best of all these downloads are at a discounted price!!! The dollar is falling but that doesn't mean you can't have great music. Please visit:
web: www.cdbaby.com/all/johnsonntag

• Doin' the Sideman Gig!

Yes I'm a sideman. I've been playing guitar for the
talented singer/songwriter Arlon Bennett,.
We are having a blast!
Check 'em out. Come to a show!
web: www.arlonbennett.com

• Real Radio Rocks!

XM15 The Village
web: www.xmradio.com

WAMC: Hudson River Sampler
web: www.wamc.org/thehudsonriversampler
Wanda Fischer is the host.
email: wanda@wamc.org
studio phone: 1.800.323.wamc

WMUC: Roots and Wings
web: www.wmucradio.com
John McLaughlin is the host.
email: John-mclaughlin@comcast.net

Fiddles and Frets
web: www.live365.com/stations/raynaylor
Ray Naylor is the host.
email: raysings60@comcast.net

WXLV 90.3 FM
web: www.lccc.edu/wxlv
Burr Beard is the contact here. Brand new user friendly station. I was their third live artist interview there with DJ Fred Boenig.
email: Bbeard@lccc.edu
call: 610.799.1145.

WPRB: Music You Can't Hear On The Radio
web: www.veryseldom.com
It's John Weingart's show.
email: john@veryseldom.com

WMUH 91.7 FM, Allentown, PA
web: www.muhlenberg.edu/wmuh
email: wmuh@muhlenberg.edu
studio line: 484.664.3456
A big THANK YOU to Rusty Dodge for having me on his show!

DYIRadio: Demand Your Independence
web: www.dyiradio.com
A Black Potatoe Adventure. Go check it out!

AmericanaHouseParty
web: www.live365.com/stations/americanaradio
DJ is GregT
email: info@americanarhythm.com

WDVR 89.7 FM, Sergeantsville, NJ
web: www.wdvrfm.org
email: wpapplugs@comcast.net
Phone: 609.397.1620

WBJB 90.5 FM "The Night"
Lincroft, NJ
web: www.wbjb.org
request line: 732.224.2905

HomeGrownRadioNJ, Blairstown, NJ
web: www.homegrownradionj.com
studio line: 908.362.6622
A shout out to Ken Collins for spinning "Chasing Stars!"

WPKN 89.5 FM Radio, Bridgeport, CT
web: www.wpkn.org
email: wpkn@wpkn.org
Phone: 203.331.9756
Phone: 203.331.1328
I'm in their library. Give 'em a call and get me played!

WRUR 88.5 FM Radio, Rochester, NY
web: www.wrur.org
request line: 585.275.9787
Tom Bohan's program is A variety of Folk which airs Saturdays 8 AM - 10 AM
email: tbohan@wrur.org

WPSU-FM, State College, PA
web: www.wpsu.org
Shout out to the Folk Show for spinnin' "Chasing Stars" on July 29th!

KVMR-FM 89.5 FM, Nevada, CA
web: www.kvmr.org
Studio phones: (530) 265.9555
N. CA only: (800)355.KVMR(5867)
WEBCAST: www.kvmr.org/webcast
Big THANK YOU to Mark Ostrov for his kind review of "Chasing Stars"
Say hi to Mark for me: loveydoodle@kvmr.org.

• My thoughts on "Chasing Stars"

Here we are with 12 songs I feel very strongly about. "North" and "Full Moon In Her Eyes" are leftovers from my Big Happy Crowd days with Rich Grula. We started writing together at the end of 1992 (I think) and the next thing you know we're performing together. Sitting in on each other's gigs. So much fun was had that Rich decided to give us a name and the rest is of course - Hoboken lore. Richs' song "One Whole Day' has always been a favorite of mine and I got his blessing to cover it as long as I didn't double up the chorus, have long instrumental solos, sing harmony all over it and use really loud amplification . . . and on and on he went. Ah, I'm just teasing. He really likes this version.

Another Hoboken name is Don Brody. He was my mentor when I came to Hoboken at the end of the 80's. I learned from him how to work a room. He's the only guy I know who could part the crowd in a club like Moses parting the waters. He had such a personality on and off stage. Don passed away in 1997. But not before he left us with some great songs. I used to hear "Four Blocks Over" performed by his duo The Marys. That was Don and Connie Sharar - A dyno duo of fun harmonies and banter. I've always wanted to cover this tune. Don's wife Cheryl thought it was a good idea too.

The rest of the songs have been around for quite some time. "Waitin' On Time," "Buster In The Back Yard," "Chasing Stars," "Hey Lou," "I'm On The East Side" are all Hoboken songs. They're sights and sounds taken from a day on the sidewalk or night living next to a dance club. "East Side" comes from actually hanging out at the Sidewalk Cafe. "Count To Ten" and "Night After Night" pretty much explain themselves.

"Black Suit" is the newest of the songs on this record. I lost count of how many times I rewrote this. Tried to get Rich Grula involved but he claims he's an audience participant now. He worries that he might be too loud. This is a true Hoboken song inspired by a conversation I had with my good friend Lou on Washington Street.

Have already started writing for the next album. Boy what's gotten into me?

Look for the new tour dates. Gigs are updated about once a week now.

Thanks for stopping by!

John