Whitey Johnson is a legendary blues artist from Texas, now living in Tennessee and touring worldwide.

There are many versions of Whitey’s story, but one known fact is that his alternate persona known as Gary Nicholson has written songs that have been recorded by many of the greatest artists in blues and roots music including BB King, Etta James, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Delbert McClinton, Keb Mo, Greg Allman, Irma Thomas, the Neville Brothers, Gatemouth Brown, Arthur Alexander, John Mayall, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Jimmy Witherspoon, The Blues Brothers, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Marcia Ball, and so many others.

He has produced two Grammy winning records for Delbert McClinton (who has recorded over forty of his songs) in the “Best Contemporary Blues” category. Whitey calls his music “Feel Better Blues” with songs such as “Use the Blues to Make You Feel Better” and “Upside of Lonely” His song “Worry be Gone” was recently recorded as a duet by Willie Nelson and Kenny Chesney, and his song “Skin Deep” is the title of the current Buddy Guy record that recently won Blues Record of the Year and Best Artist at the Handy Awards in Memphis.