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Article: Love of surfing leads to movie, album for Jack Johnson
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- January 29, 2004
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Angella Semons
University Wire
01-29-2004
(The Reveille) (U-WIRE) BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU Students can see musician Jack Johnson practicing his other craft at the showing of his debut surfing film called "Thicker Than Water" tonight at the Varsity. The movie's soundtrack, including songs from Johnson, G. Love and the Special Sauce and Natural Calamity, also will be showcased at the event.
The singer and songwriter had hits like "Inaudible Memories" and "Bubble Toes" from his 2001 album "Brushfire Fairytales." But before there was music Johnson was a surfer.
"He grew up in Hawaii, and so his first passion was surfing," Chris Shirer, a Universal Music College & Lifestyle marketing ...