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Into Music: Johnny Iguana

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Johnny Iguana
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Johnny Iguana

Johnny Iguana is a keyboardist/pianist and composer based in Chicago, Illinois. He is currently a member of the band the Claudettes and, in 2020, released the blues album Johnny Iguana’s Chicago Spectacular via Delmark Records. Iguana is currently working on a new album for that label as he continues to write, record, and tour with the Claudettes. Additionally, he has composed original music for the award-winning series The Bear.

In this conversation, Iguana discusses his early years as a musician and his time spent playing with blues legends Junior Wells and Otis Rush.


Host, producer, editor: Jedd Beaudoin
Theme music: Torin Andersen
Digital editors: Karlee Cooper, Beth Golay, Hugo Phan
Production Assistance: Fletcher Powell

Jedd Beaudoin is host/producer of the nationally syndicated program Strange Currency. He created and host the podcast Into Music, which examines musical mentorship and creative approaches to the composition, recording and performance of songs. As a music journalist, his work has appeared in PopMatters, Vox, No Depression and Keyboard Magazine.