Johnny Bartee

Johnny Bartee was born in the town of Victoria, Texas in 1957. Growing up in Corpus Christi, he quickly became one of the hottest local teenage guitarists in the early 1970s. Playing a 1973 Fender Strat through a Fender Twin Reverb was the start of his trademark sound. During this time he was able to understudy with former Warner/Elektra Recording Artist John Campbell (now deceased). They hung out together playing music in road house beer joints, shootin' dice and chasing women, living on the dark side, on The Edge. This was a great experience for Johnny, learning the life, feel, and fundamentals of The Blues from a great practitioner and teacher. After moving to Austin, Texas in the late 1970s, Johnny was able to perform with various soon to be famous and not so famous artists. Songwriting, rehearsal and recording became the primary focus of his efforts. In the 1980s he wrote and performed with a band known as Economy, then with Big Bad Wuff, a three piece Blues band which quickly ev