Johnny Goudie
| Johnny Goudie | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 14, 1968 |
| Origin | Austin, Texas |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-Songwriter-Guitarist-Pianist-Producer-actor |
| Instruments |
vocals guitar piano drums bass maracas melodica omnichord marimba |
| Labels |
Elektra/Asylum The Music Company F+M Strangelove India Surefire |
| Associated acts | ZEPHYR Stranger Cry Wolf Panjadrum Lovetree I Love Elke Mr. Rocket Baby Jez Spencer Goudie Lars Ulrich Mark Hallman God Drives a Galaxy Ennui the Fawn Lowery 66 Endochine Eliza Gilkyson Pale Sparkwood Sunshine Michelle Solberg Jeff Klein Canvas Darin Murphy Trish Murphy Deadbeat Darling Joseph King Daniel Eyes The Borrowers KTel Hit Machine SKYROCKET! Grover Dill Ian Moore Band Johnny Goudie and the Little Champions Ainjel Emme Kimmie Rhodes Rachel Loy Alejandro Escovedo Kathy Valentine & The Impossible The Bluebonnets Paco Estrada Taylor Davis Shwa Losben Patty Griffin Vallejo Soulhat Sheridan Roalson Colin Gilmore Daniel Kang Saturday's Radar Liars & Saints Kacy Crowley Lady Band Johnson |
John Charles "Johnny" Goudie (born October 14, 1968 in Coral Gables, Florida, United States) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumental musician, record producer, actor, and podcaster based in Austin, Texas. In his four-decade career, he has received acclaim for his unique vocals and a musical style rooted in classic rock. Goudie has been the recipient of four Austin Music Awards and has fronted several bands including Goudie, Mr. Rocket Baby, Lovetree, Panjandrum, Liars & Saints, and the Little Champions. He has also been a sideman in several other bands, notably Endochine, The Lossy Coils, and Skyrocket.
Raised in the Miami area, Goudie comes from a Cuban family. In 1982, Johnny saw Cheap Trick in concert, and this experience inspired him to become a musician. Later that year, Goudie started his first band, which he called ZEPHYR. At age 16, Johnny became the guitarist of the band Cry Wolf, the side project of Carole King's guitarist Mark Hallman. On October 13, 1985, when Johnny was 16, his mother was beaten over the head in her apartment. She died 18 days later. The crime went unsolved for 23 years until a tip led police to arrest his mother's ex-boyfriend. On April 15, 2011 the man was convicted of the murder. Goudie channeled his grief into writing 150 songs in the months following his mother's death.
In 1988 while living outside Houston, Johnny started a funk–soul band called Panjadrum. After Panjadrum broke up in 1990, Goudie formed another band called Lovetree as well as pursued a side career as a solo artist. In 1992 Lovetree recorded an EP entitled Sorry About the Drum Machine. Lovetree's sound was influenced by rock, funk and Latin music.
By 1993 Goudie had left Lovetree and moved to Austin, Texas where he fronted the rock band Mr. Rocket Baby, which included former members of Panjandrum and Lovetree. Heavily influenced by the power pop bands Jellyfish and The Zombies, Mr. Rocket Baby's philosophy was to play 70s-influenced music while dressing and acting like they were from the 70s. Their first shows were opening for Davíd Garza and Bob Schneider before crowds of hundreds, and they became an instant hit in Austin, landed a management deal within a week, sold their cars and bought a touring van and hit the road. The band landed a weekly residency at Austin club The Steamboat. In 1993 Mr. Rocket Baby was voted best pop band in the Austin Chronicle's readers poll, and they came in third place in voting for best new band overall. Mr. Rocket Baby released one album, Make Believe, which was produced by Mark Hallman. Mr. Rocket Baby reunited for one concert in 2015.
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