“In a just world, Johnny Ironsights would have been right up there with Tyler Childers, Colter Wall and Jason Isbell, but the world is anything but fair, reasonable and kind.” - Egon Holstad
— iTromsø
Johnny Ironsights is a Dark Country and Dark Folk artist from Arizona whose music channels the hard-living spirit and dark strangeness of the American underbelly. Johnny's storytelling is honest and gritty, dealing with themes of drug and gambling addictions, violence and grief, as well as the struggles of the American working class.
Johnny comes from a large multicultural and musical family where he is the youngest of nine children. His mother is from Honolulu, Hawaii and is of indigenous Filipino and unknown Polynesian descent. His mom played ukulele and piano as well as performed hula. His father was born on a farm in rural Ontario, Canada where French was his first language and he, like his son, had dreams of being an artist. But it was Johnny's sister Donna that introduced him to the acoustic guitar.
Johnny recorded his self-titled album at Hunter Springs Studio in West Virginia with Grammy winning producer, composer and singer-songwriter, Chance McCoy (Old Crow Medicine Show).