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Artist
Johanna Chase
12+ albums
acousticfolksinger-songwriterUSAfemale vocalists
about
Johanna Chase picked up the guitar in 5th grade. Before the 5th grade she played things like the Bass Clarinet, Piano, Viola, Ukulele and her sister's Violin, sideways over her knee while hiding in the shoe and dog food closet. She was born into a strong line of Rocky Mountain Oboists and her paternal grandparents were opera coniseures and community business owners. Johanna grew up listening to music constantly. From church music to the Mamma's and the Pappa's, her early childhood was nurtured by humming and making up songs in the family van when the engine was loud enough to keep her secret songs a secret. When her sister got her driver's license, Vladimir the Volvo unleashed the secrets of the Indigo Girls, Elton John, the Cranberries and Janis Joplin, along with local Seattle bands like Poor Old Lou. Johanna began her first band in 5th grade with Robbie DeLong and T.J. Mothersbaugh. They had 3 practices and had to disband for practical reasons like gas fumes from the lawn mower in the garage. Johanna wrote and performed a few songs at school with her first guitar, a used Les Paul copy and a Fender Princeton solid state amplifier. In junior high Johanna played in three bands. Two bands were organized church groups in which Johanna played weekly and rehearsed up to three times a week. Her after school garage band, No Bigshot was put together by her and T.J. Mothersbaugh and included Chris Schroeder, J.R. DeGuzman and Tom St. Clair. Along with playing a few conce
