{{short description|American songwriter}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Johnny Hiland | image = Johnny Hiland.jpg | alt = | caption = | image_size = | birth_date = {{ birth date and age |1975|1|18}} | birth_place = Woodland, Maine, U.S. | genre = Country, rock | occupation = Musician, songwriter, session guitarist, clinician, guitar instructor | years_active = 1996-present | label = Favored Nations, Shrapnel, Independent, Provogue | associated_acts = Toby Keith, Hank Williams III, Albert Lee, Danny Gatton | website = [http://www.johnnyhiland.net johnnyhiland.net] }}
'''Johnny Hiland''' is an American guitarist.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perlmutter |first1=Adam |title=Johnny Hiland: Going for the Big Grin |url=https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/26954-johnny-hiland-going-for-the-big-grin |website=Premier Guitar |accessdate=8 October 2020 |language=en |date=1 March 2018}}</ref>
==Early life== Hiland grew up in Maine, with an eye disease called nystagmus, leaving him legally blind. He started playing guitar at age 2, played his first talent show at age 5, performed on Dick Stacey's Country Jamboree on local TV at age 7, and won Talent America at age 10, with sister Jodi and brother Jerry, "The 3 J's," playing bluegrass country. The 3 J's broke up when Johnny turned 15, due to his voice changing. Having picked up electric guitar at the age of 12, Johnny switched over to playing country, rock, and blues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boowiki.info/art/musiciens-pays/johnny-hiland.html|title = Johnny Hiland. Biographie, discographie, bibliographie, liens}}</ref>
==Career== In 1996, Hiland moved to Nashville and worked as a session musician for country artists including Toby Keith, Ricky Skaggs, Janie Fricke, and Hank Williams III. Meanwhile, he played with the Don Kelley Band at Robert's Western World. Hiland signed with Steve Vai's Favored Nations label as a solo artist.
==Discography== *2002 "Lovesick, Broke and Driftin," Hank Williams III, Curb *2002 "Forgive," Jesus and Bartenders, Rebecca Lynn Howard MCA *2004 ''Johnny Hiland'' (Favored Nations) *2004 "The Bluegrass Sessions," Lynn Anderson, DM Nashville *2004 "The Bluegrass Sessions," Janie Fricke, DM Nashville *2004 "Passing Through," Angels, Randy Travis, Word Records *2005 "R.I.D.E.," Trick Pony, Curb *2005 "Honky Tonk University," She Left Me, Toby Keith, DreamWorks Records Nashville *2006 ''Straight to Hell'', Hank Williams III, Curb *2007 "Brand New Strings," Brand New Strings, Ricky Skaggs, Skaggs Family Records, Inc *2007 ''Jennifer Brantley'', Breakdown, Mountainside Productions *2008 ''Damn Right, Rebel Proud'', Hank Williams III, Curb *2009 ''Loud And Proud'' (O.I.E. Records) *2010 "Rebel Within," Hank Williams III, Sidewalk Records Inc. *2011 ''All Fired Up'' (Shrapnel Records) *2011 ''Rebel Within Audio'', Hank Williams III, Curb *2011 ''Ghost to a Ghost/Gutter Town'', Hank Williams III, Megaforce Records *2013 "Brothers of the 4x4," Hank 3, Hank 3 Records *2013 ''Higher To Go – A tribute To Forrest Lee, Sr.'', Out West Records *2015 "80 and Pickin' with my Friends," Nokie Edwards
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.johnnyhiland.net Official website]
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