Real name: Michael Craig Johnson

Effective period / Period of releases: 1972 - 1976

American christian rock guitarist/vocalist.
Born: October 11, 1945, Chicago, Illinois - died February 9, 2013, Nashville, Tennessee.
During a troubled adolescence, Mike Johnson dropped out of school and ended up playing guitar for the legendary Paul Butterfield Blues Band. After receiving help from the Teen Challenge ministry, Mike surrendered his life to Christ. He formed a band called The Exkursions and started playing some of the world’s very first heavy Christian rock music. Johnson went on to record several influential albums of Jesus Music as a solo artist in the 1970s, the most well known being 1976’s The Artist/The Riddle. He also combined with Randy Matthews & Danny Taylor with an album entitled "Matthews, Taylor And Johnson."
Married to Karen Johnson