A lot has changed for Jack Johnson since he was a college student writing songs for his first album, 2001’s “Brushfire Fairytales.” Far from living with six college roommates, he has been married for more than 20 years to his wife, Kim, and they have three kids.
A one-time professional surfer — at age 17, he was the youngest invitee to make the finals of the Pipeline Masters — Johnson now searches out big waves near his home in Haleiwa, on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, purely for recreation.
He’s left behind his early ventures in filmmaking to become a highly successful musician. His seven previous albums have sold a combined 25 million copies and he commonly headlines major outdoor amphitheaters.
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But the ambition he has for each album he makes hasn’t changed.
“When I made my first one, my wife and I were driving, and I have this memory where we’re listening to it, and it was the first time I listened to a final mix and thought I want to change this, that and the other, but I had to let it go,” Johnson said during a phone interview, ahead of playing a special Sunday night set at the three-day Cali Vibes Music Festival taking place Feb. 17-19 at Marina Green Park in Long Beach.
“I remember saying to her, it’s like well, it’s not the best record ever, but I hope it’s somebody’s favorite,” he continued. “I’m not trying to get more numbers or anything like that. I hope somebody still holds this one and says ‘Hey, this is my favorite one so far.’ So that would be the only thing I have an ambition to beat on every album, that it’s somebody’s favorite.”
The “this one” Johnson mentions is his eighth album, “Meet The Moonlight,” and chances are that some fans will consider it their favorite Johnson album.
“Meet The Moonlight,” which came out in June, introduces a…
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