From Rockesasteria: The album by Mariani called "Perpetuum Mobile" was released in 1970 featuring Eric Johnson. Two thoughts come to mind, either "1970" was a typo and was mrant to say"1980", or this was a different Eric Johnson than the Austin based guitar virtuoso known and worshiped by guitarists all over the globe.
After all, EJ didn't record as a leader until 1985, and he was barely 30 at the time. Ten years earlier he was the guitarist for the rock-fusion group Electromagnets. Something doesn't compute. But it was quickly confirmed that it did. This was the same Eric Johnson that gave the world "Ah Via Musicom." If you do the math, you'll conclude that he was only 15 or 16 at the time he laid down the tracks as a side man For a psychedelic blues band led by it's drummer.
Vince Mariani was a good enough drummer to seriously audition to take Mitch Mitchel's place for the Jimi Hendrix band. Instead, he was persuaded by record label owner and Austin producer Bil Posey to start his own band. Since he had jammed with Johnson previously, he enlisted young Eric to be his guitar player, along with singer/bassist Jay Podolnick. The band was somewhat like cream, and gave Eric plenty of room to shine, however, this was Vince's band and he was mainly in the spotlight. The band went on to tour to promote their album with the likes of Deep Purple, but the album din't make much of an impact. After a few years. the band broke up and the players went on to other projects. Eric especially, did very well for himself.
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