Andy Johnson - Help Yourself (2021)

Andy Johnson raises his chin and plants his heels in the soil with Help Yourself, a 10-song mosaic of Americana, bluegrass fiddle tunes, and Southern Rock that sets the stage for the Thomaston, GA songwriter’s next act both personally and professionally. Recorded at Daniel NeSmith’s (Back City Woods) Sky South Studio in Cochran, GA, the songs on Help Yourself celebrate a dedication to craft and nature while reconciling Andy’s transition to solo artist after the dissolution of his group Royal Johnson and the passing of friend and bandmate Chance Royal in 2019. A hopeful lightness juxtaposes against an emotional weight as a dizzying stable of Central Georgia pickers n’ grinners drive Johnson’s already considerable compositions with the heartbeat of a Saturday night back porch jubilee.