Johnny Goudie
John Charles "Johnny" Goudie (born October 14, 1968 in Miami, Florida, United States) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumental musician, record producer, actor, and podcaster based in Austin, Texas. During a career that has spanned four decades he has received acclaim for his unique vocals and a constantly evolving musical style with its roots in classic rock. Goudie has been the recipient of four Austin Music Awards and has fronted several successful bands including Goudie, Mr. Rocket Baby, Lovetree, Panjandrum, Liars & Saints, and the Little Champions; and has been a sideman in several other bands, notably Endochine and Skyrocket.
Early life and music career
Raised in the Miami, Florida area, Goudie comes from a family of Cuban medical doctors. On August 5, 1982, at age 13 Johnny saw Cheap Trick in concert at the Sunrise Musical Theatre in Sunrise, Florida, which he credits with changing his life forever and inspiring him to become a musician and play in a band. Later that year Goudie started his first band, which he called ZEPHYR. His family was supportive (his father had also been a singer in a band). At age 16, Johnny became the guitarist of the band Cry Wolf, the side project of Carole King's guitarist Mark Hallman. On October 13, 1985, when Johnny was 16, his mother, Natalie Antonetti, was beaten over the head in her apartment. She died 18 days later. The crime went unsolved for 23 years until a tip led police to arrest Antonetti's ex-boyfriend Dennis Davis. On April 15, 2011 Davis was convicted of the murder. Grief-stricken by the traumatic loss of his mother, Goudie channeled his grief into his music, writing 150 songs in the months following his mother's death.
Goudie, Johnny Filmography
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2009, role: actor
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1999, role: actor , character name: Jesse
Johnny Goudie
ALBUMS
- Boy in a Box released: 2005
Junkhead
A Good Night, The Best In A Long Time
A New Friend Turned Me On To An Old Favorite
Nothing Better Than A Dealer Who's High
Be High, Convince Them To Buy
What's My Drug Of Choice?
Well, What Have You Got?
I Don't Go Broke
And I Do It A lot
Seems So Sick To The Hypocrite Norm
Running Their Boring Drills
But We Are An Elite Race Of Our Own
The Stoners, Junkies, And Freaks
Are You Happy? I Am, Man
Content And Fully Aware
Money, Status, Nothing To Me
'Cause Your Life Is Empty And Bare
You Can't Understand A User's Mind
But Try, With Your Books And Degrees
If You Let Yourself Go And Open Your Mind
I'll Bet You'd Be Doing Like Me
And It Ain't So Bad
Say, I Do It A lot!
Say, I Do It A lot!
Say, I Do It A lot!
