Will Johns was born on 22 March 1973 and is an English rock singer and guitarist.
18 Facts About Will Johns
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Will Johns was born in London to actress Paula Boyd and record producer Andy Will Johns.
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Will Johns grew up in a musical family and was first exposed to musical instruments when visiting record studios where his father, Andy Will Johns, was a record producer.
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Will Johns visited Clapton and Pattie Boyd's house, "Hurtwood Edge", regularly on weekends and holidays, taking advantage of Clapton's recording studio to learn to play the drums.
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Hurtwood Edge was like a second home to the young Will Johns who continued to get exposure to musical instruments during his frequent visits.
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Will Johns continued to learn guitar teaching himself his uncle's songs.
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Will Johns was given his first guitar, a Fender Stratocaster, at age fifteen by his father.
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At an early age, Will Johns was between finishing school and living with his uncle or moving to Hollywood in hopes of starting an entertainment career.
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John chose the latter of the two options, but his entertainment dream did not come to fruition in the US Returning back to England, Will Johns attended college in Oxford to pursue a performing arts course where he supported himself by performing in the town center.
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The first band Will Johns played in was Sun Machine, which he joined as a singer and played with during the early 1990s.
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The first band started by Will Johns himself was called Cloud Nine.
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Will Johns was invited to play in Russia on multiple occasions, including for a concert at a maximum security prison for serious offending women.
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The album art on the release features Will Johns coming out of the sea playing his guitar.
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Will Johns currently plays for Cream of Clapton, which he co-founded with Simon Roberts in June 2022.
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Will Johns is on the advisory board for Evolution Music, a company dedicated to dispelling the use of single use plastics within the music industry.
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Will Johns' uncles included Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and the late George Harrison.
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Will Johns is an avid fisherman and was taught how to cast a line by Eric Clapton.
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Will Johns owns a boat in Brighton where he can be found out fishing and relaxing.