As a studio musician, recording engineer and record producer, Johnson played a role in iconic hits by Percy Sledge, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd and others.
Jimmy Johnson, a founder of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios and guitarist with the famed studio musicians "The Swampers," has died. He was 76.Musician Jason Isbell posted on Twitter, writing "The mighty Jimmy Johnson has passed. A lot of my favorite music wouldn't exist without him."
Bassist and business partner David Hood said Johnson was a "friend who became a brother" and an inspiration to him and countless others in the music business.Johnson began work as a professional guitar player at an early age and became a studio musician with FAME Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He later helped found the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, which became a recording destination for well-known artists.
According to the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, Johnson's "distinctive guitar fills" can be heard on the recordings of Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, The Staple Singers and others. Johnson also was renowned as a recording engineer who worked the controls of Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman" and The Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses," among other hits.
Johnson always remained humble, Hood said, recalling how Johnson's mother would host home-cooked dinners for "all these rock and roll people" in their small home in Sheffield.
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