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Music For Hippies Of All Ages!
Songs of Joy & Delight!
Looking like a cross between Garth Hudson & Steve Earle, sounding like a cross between Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett, Johnny Bolo builds sweet audience connection with that soaring tenor voice & driving rhythm guitar. When he plays a train song (and he plays a few!) you hear the train a comin’!
Great covers wending through the landscapes of classic alt-country, folk, rock and pop light up audiences, and Bolo originals touch hearts.
You gotta check this guy out!
Johnny Bolo Sizzle Reel!
I Hear A Voice
(Live off the floor!)
Album: Rebel
August 2025
Friday Night at the Logger’s Hall
(Live off the floor!)
Album: Rebel
August 2025
Sidestreet Motel
Album: Rebel
Live, Kelowna BC May 2025
Friday Night at the Logger’s Hall
Album: Rebel
Live, Gleneden BC April 2025
I Hear A Voice
Album: Rebel
Live, Gleneden BC April 2025
Johnny Bolo Virtually Live!
(Full Set)
Cathedral Village Arts Festival
Regina SK
Red Hair
(Finger Pick Bolo Original)
Live, Hood29
Vancouver BC
Out On The Land
(Bolo Original)
Sechelt Summer Music Series
New Album
“Rebel”
Out Now!
“Rebel”
Listen Buy Download at bandcamp! Click here!
Soon Streaming EVERYWHERE!
“…very good roots rock with a rock-a-billy flavor… This is very very good and needs to get out there.” — Tom Coxworth CKUA Radio, Canada
“From one booker to another: hire Johnny! You’ll be glad you did! He was a big hit with everyone from 6 to 60!”
“Johnny was a pleasure to work with. A consummate professional and amazing artist. A great performer for any occasion!”
“Johnny Bolo didn’t let the pandemic hinder his participation in our digital festival this year, in fact we were extremely impressed by his ‘virtual show’ that stayed true to his roots! We loved the crystal-clear audio featuring home-grown rootsy melodies that we can all raise a glass to, and just a dash of warm conversation and good humour that makes you feel like you’re visiting with an old friend. Thank you for participating in the Cathedral Village Arts Festival’s 30th anniversary!”
“This crisp-sounding EP should be Bolo’s ticket to the next level of fame.”
“Out on the Land’s title track [is] a modern-day dust-bowl ballad about an old man living out his declining days on the prairie, and there’s clearly something real to it.”
“Beautiful Dancing Lady is a song of desire and seduction…”
“…an attractive light tenor… knows his way around a guitar.”
I came to hear you sing John Prine songs and ended up buying your CD because I love your original songs too! Thanks for a great afternoon.
Johnny Bolo Musical Accomplishments – Timeline
- 2026 September – Ecuador Tour!
- 2026 September – Interior Provincial Exhibition (IPE) – 3 dates
- 2026 August – one man show at Kaslo’s Historic Langham Theatre gets acclaim!
- 2026 August – Huckleberry Festival, Castle Mountain AB
- 2026 August – 28 days, 20 venues Western Canada Tour
- 2026 July – Hotel Kaleden Fundraiser
- 2026 July – Okanagan Tattoo Show
- 2026 June – Boots N Boats Festival, Lake Country BC
- 2026 June – New Album Rebel Release!
- 2025 October – Johnny Bolo plays at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto!
- 2025 October – VIA Rail Artist On Board, round trip Vancouver-Toronto
- 2025 Lotsa Tour Dates!
- 2024 June – Euro Touro!
- 2024 Tour After Tour!
- 2024 January – Recording New Album!
- 2023 December – BC Okanagan Tour
- 2023 November – feature artist spot on UnsignedBC Radio CFRO 100.5 FM
- 2023 August – Alberta Tour details
- 2023 June – European Tour
- 2023 April – Sunshine Coast BC & Vancouver Island(s) Tour
- 2023 April feature artist spot on UnsignedBC Radio CFRO 100.5 FM
- 2022 October BC Gulf Islands Tour
- 2022 Southern BC & Kootenays Tour
- 2022 Summer Vancouver Island Tour
- The Amazing 2022 Johnny Bolo Song a Month release campaign!
- 10 songs. 10 months.
- 2021 Canadian Prairies Tour
- BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan
- 2021 Summer Okanagan Tour
- 2021 feature performer Cathedral Village Arts Festival, Regina SK Virtual Festival
- 2020 produce videos for original songs: Meet Her From 2 Metres; Going & Coming; Bolo Demo Reel; plus various live videos
- 2020 intensive songwriting, album prep
- 2020 feature performer Sechelt Summer Music Series 2020 Virtual Series, Sechelt BC
- 2019 Studio recording single Valentine’s Day (Wasn’t So Great)
- 2019 Songwriting retreat, Skagit Valley
- 2019 Hometown Tour, various Vancouver-area venues
- 2019 Private House concerts
- 2018 Release successful single Burning Road
- 2015 – 2018 successful Western Canada tours that paid for themselves without outside funding or grants:
- 2018 Burning Road Tour: 15 dates in 21 days: BC Kootenays, Okanagan, Cariboo, BC Interior
- 2018 Perform South Cariboo Garlic Fest, Lac La Hache BC
- 2018 Tour: BC Interior, Cariboo
- 2018 Win semi-final appearance in Merritt Rockin’ River Fest Talent Competition
- 2017 Tour: BC Interior, Okanagan, Kootenays
- Featured on MusArt Cates Park Concert Series compilation CD
- 2017 Tour BC: Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast
- 2016 Tour: BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan
- Headline Fort Langley Canada Day Celebration
- Perform Maple Ridge Country Fest
- Craftmas @ Big Rock Urban Brewery
- 2015 Tour: BC Interior, Cariboo
- Downtown Live! Salmon Arm headline performer
- Featured songwriter, Vancouver City Limits
- Regular feature performer at Vancouver Farmers Markets
- 2018 Burning Road Tour: 15 dates in 21 days: BC Kootenays, Okanagan, Cariboo, BC Interior
- 2014 Release debut EP Out On The Land to widespread acclaim
- Receive community & CBC radio play, glowing review in Georgia Straight
- Feature performer Raven’s Cry Pub, Cypress Mtn.
- Feature performer Richmond Night Market
- 2013 Begin playing professionally
- Play in Great Canadian Song Search, Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver
- Invited to play at TheGreenManProject Road To The Dragon’s Den benefit concert
- 2003 Venture out as a public performer
- Years of coffeehouse and open mics, paying dues, learning craft
Johnny proudly plays and recommends
Seydel harmonicas from
The Harmonica Company.
www.TheHarmonicaCompany
“Oh my God, it was so awesome! Johnny laid out the tunes, he was deadly! We can’t wait to have him back.”
Equipment List/Stage Plot:
It’s simple:
- LR Baggs Venue DI. Either XLR or 1/4″ output.
- Shure SM55 mic.