After growing up in a small town in Wisconsin and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Percussion from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI, Brent Johnson has been playing everything from Pop to Country, Classic Rock, Dance, Blues, 50s/60s and even an occasional polka in bands throughout the country.
From Wisconsin, he moved to Austin,TX, playing in numerous Blues, Country and R + B groups and then to Kentucky, where he spent most of his time on the road with the nationally touring country band “The Michael D. Band”.
In early 2013, Brent made the move to Nashville, TN where he has played over 400 shows in the past year and is currently a member of the bands “12 South”, http://12southband.com/ “Points West”, https://www.facebook.com/pointswestband and “Chris Stinson and Cold Shot” https://www.facebook.com/chrisstinsonband in addition to a considerable amount of work as a sub in Downtown Nashville.
Brent uses a wide variety of Soultone Cymbals so that he has the perfect cymbal available for each playing situation.