Eric Johnson Live From Austin, Tx 06/10/2003 Released amid the 1989 boom

Released amid the 1989 boom in gangsta rap

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Eric Johnson Live From Austin, Tx 06/10/2003 Released amid the 1989 boomEric Johnson was two years away from releasing Ah Via Musicom, the album that would finally expand his following beyond a rabid cult of guitar fanatics, when he appeared on the acclaimed PBS music series Austin City Limits and casually played an hour of music that had viewers across the country asking, "How does he do that?" (It wasn't the first time a 1984 spot on the show helped Johnson land his first major label deal.) Live from Austin, TX gives