Yesterday, the funeral took place in Chicago of Paul Leighton Johnson - one of the city’s most famous names when it came to house music. A man who, in his own words, “never let anything hold me back, never let any type of experience let me down or put me…
Yesterday evening, I had a chat online with one of my sources in Chicago. Not surprisingly, the subject of Paul Johnson's death at the hands of Covid-19 was soon brought up - and they became quite animated when this happened. They noted that a number of the big name DJs,…
There's always one, isn't there? Whilst the dance music world mourned the loss of Paul Johnson yesterday, someone posted a message on his Facebook fan page for a supposed fundraiser for a memorial fund. Eyebrows were raised straight away owing it to being called the "Dj Paul Johnson Memorial Fund"…
It's with a deep sense of sadness I bring you the news tonight that the Chicago based house DJ Paul Johnson has died. He was aged just 50 years old. Johnson had been in hospital over the past few weeks after catching Covid-19 in early July. The news was officially…
I have no further news about Paul Johnson at the time of publishing this post. But I do think it's important to mention a few things that have been happening online which really worry me. First of all, utterly vicious rumours have been circulating on social media that Johnson has…
I'm sorry to have to report the news that Paul Johnson - he of "She Got Me On", "Get Get Down, "I'm Alone Until You Show Me" and heaps of others fame - has contracted Covid-19. Johnson is currently at the OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Centre and posted…