Quincy Jones hired them to play on his LP Mellow Madness, and recorded four of their songs, including "Is It Love That We're Missing?" It needed to be something else. But now I'm down with George.". Johnson began working shining shoes at the age of eight while attending Doolittle Elementary School. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The songs lyrics, with their repeated promise to be good to the listener, are full of warmth and sincerity, and the Brothers Johnsons smooth vocal delivery adds an extra layer of emotional depth to the mix. They/Them. Im the most rare bass player in the whole world, Johnson told Rolling Stone contributing writer Steve Knopper in 2013 for the upcoming bookMJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson. Brothers Johnson | Discography | Discogs Brothers Johnson More Images Profile: American soul/funk/jazz/disco band. JOHNSON POND LLC in Old Saybrook, CT | Company Info & Reviews A: To give you a little prehistory, Alex came from New Orleans. Johnson Brothers | Collectors Weekly Johnson's nephew, Troy, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, though a cause of death has yet to be revealed. After the war ended George, now in his early twenties, worked as a laborer in the area for a few years, and may have been briefly employed as a schoolteacher. Vandoliers Play Tennessee Concert in Dresses to Protest State's New Drag Bill, I had access to all musicians and artists, from Barbra Streisand to Paul McCartney to Michael Jackson, Johnson told Rolling Stone. Prolific funk and R&B bassist Louis Johnson died at 60 yesterday (May 21). Thank you for blessing me and the world with your original #funk. Your father was a policeman. If were going to start to change the narrative, we have to tell those stories to the generation who will be making decisions next. Michael Jackson came because he was a big fan of ours. In 1971 George met the soul musician Billy Preston, who asked him to tour Europe with him as a guitarist; when Prestons bassist left the band, Louis then joined the group at his brothers suggestion.