129 - Kevin Johnson (Floater, Musician, Caver)

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Chris Ryan

Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2015

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Kevin Johnson is a key player in the growing float movement. He designs, sells, and installs the most cutting-edge float chambers all over the U.S. But he's also a very serious musician, songwriter, and cave explorer. Talk about a multi-faceted mofo!

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0:00.0	Lets call it Bright Side of the Sun.
0:29.6	opening bars. It's by Basin and Range who did the the other theme that I've used in the intro for a while now.
0:37.4	I was just exploring some of their stuff and I came across that and I kind of like it.
0:42.2	Let me know what you think. Should I stick with that? Should I keep mixing it up? Should I go back to L'épision?
0:48.8	I don't know. I like that. There's something nostalgic and Himalayan feeling.
0:55.6	It reminds me of Nepal for some reason. Anyway, it's Basin and Range. You can check out their music at
1:03.8	BasinandRangeBand.com. That's where they've got their music. You can download that song. If you
1:10.9	like that intro, I'd encourage you to download the whole song because it just starts from there and
1:17.5	then it sort of layers more and more electronic funky sounds onto that bass and it takes you places.
1:28.8	It takes the interesting places. Anyway, speaking of going places, this week's guest has been some places.
1:38.4	I mean, he has really been around. Kevin Johnson was on the podcast months ago, maybe a year ago. I
1:45.2	don't know. We talked about his float center in Austin, Texas. He's a pioneer in new float technology.
1:55.1	He builds and designs and ships and installs. He's one of the engines of growth in the growing
2:04.0	float community. We talked about that and I did my first float at his place. The first episode
2:12.5	is mainly about floating. But as I've gotten to know Kevin a little bit more deeply, I've seen
2:18.4	I've learned that he's a fascinating guy. There's so much going on with him. He was
2:24.4	extremely, he and his wife were extremely successful musicians, touring full-time,
2:32.1	employing a band on the road, opening for God. I think in the podcast he says some of the people
2:44.2	they open for. I don't remember if it was the Eagles or I mean they've opened for big names.
2:51.5	And in addition to that, we talk about his time in New York City when he was studying music and
2:58.4	supporting himself by busking in the subway for both morning and evening rush hours. So he was like a
3:07.1	young Texan guy with a guitar playing songs in the subway making money. Turns out he was there
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