NIPP: Sarah Lee & Johnny

Sarah Lee & Johnny

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Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion began performing together as an acoustic duo in the fall of 2000. Joining his love of rock and blues with her roots of folk and country, they have developed an original sound graced with entertaining stories and the traditional songs their music echoes. Sarah and Johnny met in LA through a mutual friendship with Chris Robinson when Johnny lived there and performed in a roots rock back with Mike Stintson. Sarah and Johnny were married in October 1999 and moved back East where they split time between touring living in Massachusetts and South Carolina. They have a young daughter, Olivia Nora, born August 12, 2002. Sarah Lee is the youngest daughter of world-renowned folksinger Arlo Guthrie and the granddaughter of the legendary Woody Guthrie. She has embraces the music and lifestyle of her roots, hanging on to the traditional stories and poetry of her past, while defining her own unique elegance in the spotlight. As a third generation singer/songwriter she recently released her first self-titled album on the family owned and operated Rising Son Records. It smokes with eclectic grooves and a style all her own. The CD has garnered critical acclaim from Entertainment Weekly and Dirty Linen. Johnny originates from a family of artists. His grandfather, Fred Knight, a tenor singer, was cast as the lead in the traveling Broadway show, “Oklahoma”. His grandmother, Rubilee Knight is a classical violinist. His uncle, Thomas Steinbeck, son of John Steinbeck, writes books and screenplays. Having been surrounded by music all of his life, then exposed to great literature by his uncle, writing and performing was a natural progression for him. At fifteen Johnny started a band with his neighborhood buddies called Queen Sarah Saturday, a rowdy rock band that inked a double CD recording contract with Thirsty Ear (an alternative label at Sony Music). Touring throughout the country and developing a wide fan base, QSS became a cult classic. Johnny later graduated into a more soulful solo career. He is honest and poetic in his music, and his strong acoustic, dobro, harmonica, and electric guitar playing provides a solid foundation for the duo

Bio

Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion began performing together as an acoustic duo in the fall of 2000. Joining his love of rock and blues with her roots of folk and country, they have developed an original sound graced with entertaining stories and the traditional songs their music echoes.

Sarah and Johnny met in LA through a mutual friendship with Chris Robinson when Johnny lived there and performed in a roots rock back with Mike Stintson. Sarah and Johnny were married in October 1999 and moved back East where they split time between touring living in Massachusetts and South Carolina. They have a young daughter, Olivia Nora, born August 12, 2002.

Sarah Lee is the youngest daughter of world-renowned folksinger Arlo Guthrie and the granddaughter of the legendary Woody Guthrie. She has embraces the music and lifestyle of her roots, hanging on to the traditional stories and poetry of her past, while defining her own unique elegance in the spotlight. As a third generation singer/songwriter she recently released her first self-titled album on the family owned and operated Rising Son Records. It smokes with eclectic grooves and a style all her own. The CD has garnered critical acclaim from Entertainment Weekly and Dirty Linen.

Johnny originates from a family of artists. His grandfather, Fred Knight, a tenor singer, was cast as the lead in the traveling Broadway show, “Oklahoma”. His grandmother, Rubilee Knight is a classical violinist. His uncle, Thomas Steinbeck, son of John Steinbeck, writes books and screenplays. Having been surrounded by music all of his life, then exposed to great literature by his uncle, writing and performing was a natural progression for him.

At fifteen Johnny started a band with his neighborhood buddies called Queen Sarah Saturday, a rowdy rock band that inked a double CD recording contract with Thirsty Ear (an alternative label at Sony Music). Touring throughout the country and developing a wide fan base, QSS became a cult classic. Johnny later graduated into a more soulful solo career. He is honest and poetic in his music, and his strong acoustic, dobro, harmonica, and electric guitar playing provides a solid foundation for the duo