| If you haven't heard of Jack Johnson yet, you may | | | | December of 2002. The soundtrack also featured |
| soon as his sound and name are becoming more | | | | Jack. |
| mainstream with the release of his new single "To The | | | | In 2003, Jack Johnson released his second full-length |
| Sea." | | | | album On and On. It would be the first album to be |
| Johnson, born Jack Hody Johnson, is not only a singer | | | | recorded at Johnson's Mango Tree Studio in North |
| and songwriter, but a filmmaker as well as a surfer. | | | | Shore, Oahu. Johnson said he credits most of the |
| Growing up with a father who was a well-known | | | | inspiration for the album to a childhood friend, Andrew |
| surfer, Jeff Johnson, young Jack took an interest in the | | | | Brown. |
| sport and began surfing at the age of 5. By the time | | | | By 2004, Jack was performing at the Austin City |
| he was 17, he became the youngest invitee to make | | | | Limits Festival and starred in the 2004 surf film A |
| the surfing finals at the Pipeline Masters on Oahu's | | | | Brokedown Melody. In October of 2004, Jack returned |
| north shore. After an accident at the Pipeline that left | | | | to the Mango Tree Studio along with Zach Gill who |
| him with 150 stitches in his forehead, not to mention | | | | played accordion, melodica and piano, to follow-up on |
| knocking out a few of his teeth, he ended his surfing. | | | | his 2003's On and On with the release of In Between |
| Jack also learned to play the guitar at a young age. | | | | Dreams, which was on the market March 1, 2005. |
| During family gatherings, Jack said his dad's friends | | | | In 2006, the soundtrack Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for |
| came over and had singalongs. He felt it natural to | | | | the Film Curious George, was released by Jack |
| write songs that anybody could listen to and this is the | | | | Johnson. The album also featured Adam Topol, Ben |
| route he took as an adult. | | | | Harper, G. Love, Kawika Kahiapo, Matt Costa, Merlo |
| Jack also attended the University of California, Santa | | | | Podlewski and Zach Gill. The soundtrack was the first |
| Barbara and graduated with a film degree. Now with | | | | to make No. 1 since the Bad Boys II soundtrack in |
| music and film under his belt, it was just a matter of | | | | 2003, and it was the first soundtrack for an animated |
| choosing what route he wanted to take. Johnson said | | | | film to top the Billboard 200 since the Pocahontas |
| during his college years, songwriting influences included | | | | soundtrack in 1995. |
| Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Radiohead Otis Redding, G. | | | | In February of 2008, Jack Johnson enlisted J.P. Plunier |
| Love and Special Sauce, Nick Drake, Ben Harper, The | | | | to produce his fourth full-length studio album Sleep |
| Beatles, Bob Marley, Neil Young and A Tribe Called | | | | Through The Static. The album was made using 100% |
| Quest. | | | | solar energy at the Solar-Powered Plastic Plant studio |
| Jack's professional career began after G.Love | | | | in Los Angeles. The album was followed by a live |
| befriended him and would later record his song "Rodeo | | | | album DVD of Johnson's 2008 world tour entitled En |
| Clowns" The song would appear on his 1999 album | | | | Concert. |
| Philadelphonic. In regards to his film career, soon after, | | | | Then in February 2010, Johnson produced Animal |
| Jack co-directed Thicker Than Water, a documentary | | | | Liberation Orchestra's fifth studio album Man of the |
| surf film. He also composed the accompanying | | | | World. But it wasn't until his release of To the Sea |
| soundtrack. The film was released in 2000. | | | | followed by a tour that brought him to the forefront. |
| Jack Johnson's music soon caught musician Ben | | | | Johnson, not a mainstream performer, achieved No. 15 |
| Harper's ear. Harper was especially interested in Jack's | | | | on USA Today's alternative airplay chart for his single |
| debut album Brushfire Fairytales. The album was | | | | "You and Your Heart". |
| released in 2001 with Harper making a special | | | | Johnson's album To the Sea was inspired by his newly |
| appearance with his lap steel guitar. | | | | founded appreciation for his life on the ocean and |
| In 2002, Jack and his wife Kim, created Brushfire | | | | everything that entailed. Johnson's father, who had died |
| Records, a company designed to release soundtracks | | | | of cancer, sent Jack into a writing hiatus and on an |
| for surf films. | | | | introspective roll. The album celebrates his father, his |
| Jack went on to direct and star in another surf film | | | | father's wisdom and passion for the ocean along with |
| The September Sessions. The film was released in | | | | his love for his own wife and children. |