Cej
  • Honolulu Lulu
  • My Baby Knows
  • New Old Friend
  • Around The Bend
  • Filling Up The Moon
  • Look Forward
  • Little One
  • Find A Way
  • Eye Dozed On
  • Honolulu Lulu (Reprise)
  • Wiliwilinui Rag
  • Let'em Be The Last
  • Sleepwalker In Paradise
Biography
“Your music is like a beautiful conversation. Thanks for sharing it.” (L.T., Minnesota)

Deeply rooted in Americana traditions, Cej's music explores a wide range of human relationships and experiences, blending folk sensibilities, with strains of blues, jazz, and country.

Cej (pronounced “Siege”) is a Southern California based songwriter and guitarist who has been composing songs and instrumental pieces for a number of decades now. Most recently, he was lead guitarist with the Joel Rafael Band, from its inception in 1992 until its dissolution in 2004; with credits on 5 JRB CDs.

Over the years Cej (aka Carl Johnson), was also lead guitarist and songwriter with: Small Talk (MCA), Rock Rose (Columbia), Sweet Pain (United Artists) and The Frisco Kids (unsigned, but lots of fun...he may share demos someday.

A partial list of acts Cej has shared the stage with includes: Linda Ronstadt, Doug Kershaw, Gabor Szabo, Seals and Crofts, Dave Mason, Chuck Berry, Rodney Crowell, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Odetta, Richie Havens, Judy Collins, John Hammond Jr., Tom Paxton, Arlo Guthrie, John Prine, Joni Mitchell, Leon Russell, Steve Earle, Crosby Stills and Nash, Peter Paul and Mary, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Berkley Hart, John Trudell, Ben Harper, Bruce Cockburn, Jackson Browne and Jimmy LaFave.

After many years of hiding in plain sight, Cej has hit the ground running with his debut solo recording, Sleepwalker in Paradise. The CD includes 13 tracks, 12 of which were written during a ten month period during which he was living and working in Hawaii and Germany. The 13th and final track was written in 1968, on the evening of Robert Kennedy's assassination.

Cej is currently booking shows in support of the release of Sleepwalker in Paradise. He would love to come to your town!


A more detailed Bio is available at www.cejsongs.com

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    Woody Guthrie, Mance Lipscomb, Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotton, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Burt Jansch, John Coltrane, Mose Allison, Merle Travis, Doc Watson, The Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Mark Spoelstra, Bob Dylan and ma
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