Dave Johnson

Dave Johnson is a rock and blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist with a multifaceted career that spans almost three decades in the Hampton Roads area.

In the last few years, this native son of Virginia Beach and frontman of Dave Johnson & The Truth has been nominated for multiple Veer Magazine Awards, appeared on FOX 43’s Hampton Roads Show, and performed as direct support for Dada at The NorVA, Donovan Frankenreiter at Kelly’s of Nags Head, and The Allman Betts Band at The Neptune Festival, while steadily generating a high voltage buzz in the 757.

Dave Johnson performing at the NorVA

Dave’s band, Dave Johnson & The Truth, has started production of their new album, Collide & Conqure at Whiskey Bear Studio in Virginia Beach. Keep an eye out for it’s fall 2023 release!

Dave Johnson’s song List

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  • Alice in Chains - Got Me Wrong

    Allman Brothers - Midnight Rider

    Allman Brothers - Whipping Post

    Animals - House of the Rising Sun

    The Beatles - Come Together

    The Beatles - Get Back

    Black Keys - Lonely Boy

    David Bowie - Space Oddity

    David Bowie - Suffragette City

    Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

    Sam Cooke - Change is Gonna Come

    Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River

    Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary

    Dead - Ripple

    Dead - He's Gone

    Deftones - Be Quiet & Drive

    Doors - LA Woman

    Doors - Roadhouse Blues

    Foo Fighters - Everlong

    Foo Fighters - My Hero

    Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?

    Guns N' Roses - Patience

    Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing

    Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile

    Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand

    Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealin’

    Robert Johnson - Kind Hearted Woman

    B.B. King - The Thrill is Gone

    Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire

    Kings of Leon - Use Somebody

    Leadbelly - In the Pines

    Led Zepplin - Going to CA

    Led Zepplin - When the Levee Breaks

    Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See?

    Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box

    Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

    Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

    Pearl Jam - Porch

    Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter

    Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn

    Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows

    Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated

    Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker

    Otis Redding - Hard to Handle

    Otis Redding - I've Been Lovin' You Too Long

    Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil

    Stealer's Wheel - Stuck in the Middle

    Taj Mahal - Leavin' Trunk

    Taj Mahal - Statesboro Blues

    Thin Lizzy - Whisky in the Jar

    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Breakdown

    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers -Runnin' Down A Dream

    Tool - Sober

    Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man

    Wings - Band on the Run

    Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

    Soundgarden - Outshined

    Stevie Wonder - Superstition

    Neil Young - Harvest Moon

    Neil Young - Rockin' in the Free World

    ZZ Top - Waitin on the Bus

    ZZ Top - Jesus Just Left Chicago

  • 10 Miles to Go

    A Big Snow

    Actress

    Backaround

    Bedlam & Breakfast

    Big Ol' Moon

    Blue Eyes

    Bone-Tired

    Bulldozer

    Colossal

    Come on & Burn

    Daddy's Comin' Home

    Doggy

    Drivin' on Down the Road

    Elwood

    Evie's Lil' Ditty

    Fingerprints

    Garbage Sale

    Ghost

    Good Cloth

    Giraffe Song

    Grandma's Blues

    Gravitate

    Half of a Good Song

    Hate is So Heavy (On A Heart)

    Heavy Coat

    Hello, Margaret

    How Long?

    I Want It

    Insomnia

    I'm-A Goner

    It's Alright

    Joy's Lil' Jig

    Little Hands

    Misty Brown

    Moonchild

    Movin'

    Name in Lights

    New Blood

    New Mexico

    NYC

    One For the Road

    Pick up Your Pieces

    Porno

    Put My Hammer Down

    Quills

    Radio God

    Scream!

    Second Skin

    Seven Hawks Point

    Sing

    Sisters

    Stay Gold

    Time Machines

    Sunday Morning Good-bye

    Unchained

    We Are the Chosen

    What Devils Do

    Yesterdays

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Dave Johnson performing at Audio One music night at Shadowlawn Grill
Dave Johnson preforming at Duck Dive
Dave Johnson preforming at the Norva
Dave Johsnon preforming with acoustic guitar

“I will never phone it in on stage. If i have the flu and there's three people in the crowd for a solo gig, your gonna get the same show you got last week with the band at 17th Street Stage. It's not even intentional, it just comes out that way. I also love playing for children. A child's honesty and sense of wonder when engaged by live music is nothing short of magical. To have the same affect on an adult audience is my ultimate goal in the realm of live performance.”

Dave Johnson preforming at Southbeach Grill
Dave Johsnon with acoustic guitar on the beach
  • A wide variety of artists that span several decades. Everything from Led Zepplin to The Ramones and Neil Young.

  • Rock and Blues

  • Anything by Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding