From Modern Drummer: Brooklyn-based drummer Matt Johnson has kept busy the past fifteen years with a succession of fulfilling gigs that have seen him playing European stadiums, Lower East Side bars, and every kind of venue in between.

"After arriving on the New York City music scene from his native [Houston] Texas in the early 90's, Johnson hooked up with Jeff Buckley and was a member of the revered singer's band on the Grace album and tour. The years since Buckley's untimely 1997 death have found Johnson backing John Mayer, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Duncan Sheik, Beth Orton, and others in the studio and on stage, as well as moving forward with his own projects, like his new solo album Cagefighter."