Zachary Scot Johnson is an American singer-songwriter, born in 1982 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States.[1] He attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin from 2001 through 2006, where he was a triple major student in Music Performance, Theatre Arts and Psychology.[2] He released his first album, Moment of Clarity in 2004, and followed that up with To Whom It May Concern in 2008, Live At The Guild in 2010, "Sad Songs" in 2017 and his self-titled record "Zachary Scot Johnson" in 2023.[3] He has lived in or near Saint Paul, Minnesota for a number of years and performs locally with regularity.[4]
Zachary Scot Johnson | |
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| Born | Zachary Scot Johnson July 11, 1982 Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, actor |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Website | www |
He has toured consistently since 2001 and opened for artists such as Shawn Colvin, Keb' Mo', Kevin Costner, Rita Wilson, The Be Good Tanyas, Jane Siberry, Don Williams, Marc Cohn and Juliette Lewis.[5]
Thesongadayproject
editStarting in 2012, Zach began a YouTube channel entitled Thesongadayproject.[6] On the channel, he records a song every day. The channel hit its 1000th consecutive day on June 2, 2015, with a duet with Jeremy Messersmith on a Sia song, "Chandelier".[7] The channel hit its 2000th consecutive day on February 26, 2018, with a duet with Gretchen Peters on her song "Five Minutes".[8] The channel is still currently running. Johnson records both original compositions and cover songs of favorite artists. The channel has more than 42 million total views over the first 4, 000 days.[9] Johnson has also invited many artists to perform duets with him. Among the more than 250 artists to appear at this point are Donovan, Shawn Colvin, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Rodney Crowell, Jeff Daniels, Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary, Creed Bratton of The Office, Gaelic Storm, Tom Paxton, Lisa Loeb, JD Souther, Melissa Manchester, Nellie McKay, Kris Allen, David Wilcox, Collective Soul, Paula Cole, Richie Furay, Mary Gauthier and many more.[10]
References
edit- ^ Roberts, Lee B. (2007-12-20). "Destined to perform". Journaltimes.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Johnson brings song-a-day talents to La Crosse". Lacrossetribune.com. 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Music: Five questions for singer/songwriter Zachary Scot Johnson". Onmilwaukee.com. 2010-04-20. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Musician aims for recording a song a day; closing in on 1,000 YouTube tunes | Star Tribune". M.startribune.com. 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Chinrchin, Richard. "Song-a-day crooner to mark his 1,000th YouTube video". TwinCities.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Slesinger, Nina (2014-08-21). "Zachary Scot Johnson's Song a Day Project lights up YouTube with guest turns from Jeff Daniels, Noel Paul Stookey, and more | Local Current Blog | The Current from Minnesota Public Radio". Blog.thecurrent.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Finding Minnesota: YouTube Singing Marathon « CBS Minnesota". Minnesota.cbslocal.com. 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ (2000) Gretchen Peters, Barry Walsh & Zachary Scot Johnson Five Minutes thesongadayproject Live Full. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08.
- ^ "thesongadayproject". YouTube.com. 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Wallingford, Allegra (2015-06-02). "Jeremy Messersmith joins Zachary Scot Johnson for Sia's 'Chandelier' | Local Current Blog | The Current from Minnesota Public Radio". Blog.thecurrent.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.