2007. Following Big Sugar's demise, Johnson unplugged from the music industry, heading south with longtime sidekick Big Ben Richardson to live as a rancher in Texas, but the siren call of music was much too persiste..

2008. Yee haw! Southern swamp blues-rock mayhem with paintpeeling slide guitar like you've never heard. This is a razor-sharp power trio fronted by guitar master Gordie Johnson who counts gold & platinum records..