Johnny Hiland is an American musician. He began as a bluegrass player, and then went on to play jazz, blues and heavy metal.
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Hiland grew up in Woodland, Maine. He was born with nystagmus, a condition of involuntary eye movement. 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. Hiland signed with Steve Vai’s Favored Nations label as a solo artist. The Johnny Hiland Band has released two studio albums on the Favored Nations label. Hiland also works as a motivational speaker as well as a children's author. Hiland's first children's book. Tuff the Special Bear, which he wrote and illustrated, was published in 2006. In December of 2010, Hiland became partners with Jason Macedo (guitarist) as magazine partner in The Sound Guitar Magazine. In, 2011 Johnny signed with Mike Varney's Shrapnel Records. |
