Johnny Irion

In 2016, I embarked on the journey of creating a studio after inheriting a 24-track Studer tape machine from Jackson Browne's Groovemasters Studio. Throughout my thirty-year tenure in the music industry, I have recorded albums of my own and with various other artists both here at Camp Irion & other incredible studios around the world. 

In 2013, following the recording of Wassaic Way at The Loft with Jeff Tweedy & Patrick Sansone, we ended up using some home demos that made the album and stood up sonically. With the ever-changing landscape of the so-called "music industry," The writing was on the wall. If I wanted to create classic-sounding albums, I would need to learn how to do it myself. 

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Johnny has been seen on stages around the world such as Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Newport Folk Festival, the Winnipeg Folk festival, Royce Hall, and the Byron Bay Blues Festival. 

In addition to his music Johnny has appeared in Twin Peaks, Ghost World, The Job & The new indie Short LOUIE. His songs have also been heard in shows such as, Astronaut Wives Club, Archer & Empire Records.

Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Irion grew up in the restaurant business hearing the sweet songs of his grandfather, a singer-pizzaiolo and first-generation American who crooned as he cooked. As a teen, he cut his teeth on bass in a punk group with Zeke Hutchins (Sharon Van Etten, Leon Bridges) before going on to develop a unique voice all his own.