F Alex Johnson lives and breathes music.

Whether he is performing on national daytime and late night TV, filling 2,000 seat theaters around the globe and appearing in major studio feature films with the Young at Heart Chorus, earning Independent Music Awards with his instrumental and spoken word contributions to charitable organizations, recording and performing with his rock trio, Colorway, or playing live solo electric or acoustic, nothing seems to get in the way of the man and his love of music.

The music Alex makes with Colorway is born from a steady diet of 1970s gritty guitar rock and pop, combining smart, sharp hooks with melodic, inventive and exciting lead guitar playing. With steady and sure vocals he sings about love, loss, redemption, acceptance, joy and why it’s probably for the best that we don’t know what’s right around the corner.

Alex—originally from Southeastern Massachusetts, co-founded the Western Mass alt-country sextet, Drunk Stuntmen in 1993 and played upwards of 250 shows a year until parting ways in 2008. He continues to perform on guitar with the senior singing sensations, The Young at Heart Chorus. With the chorus Alex has toured five continents and performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as well as Ellen. With his current band, Colorway, (featuring Riley Godleski on drums and Matt Clegg on bass) he’s released three full-length CDs. Colorway’s most recent album “These Are The Days” is receiving rave reviews. The Valley Advocate’s Chris Goudreau said the nine song effort “. . . will give you hope for humanity.”

Alex and Colorway tour up and down the east coast regularly, sharing stages with artists such as Television’s Richard Lloyd (who called the band “amazing and inspiring”), Quinn Sullivan, David Byrne, The Yardbirds, Ian Hunter and even Foreigner among many others.

Whether he’s performing solo electric or acoustic—crafting loops that allow him to sing, solo and build complex sonic soundscapes with just his voice and guitar—or with his trio, Alex believes that deep down we all want to enjoy ourselves and connect somehow even for an evening in this short life we are given.