Jack Johnson (musician)

The son of surfer Jeff Johnson,{{Cite news |last=Raz |first=Guy |date=2010-12-06 |title=Jack Johnson Celebrates His Father With 'To The Sea' |url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/127771198 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030222210/https://www.npr.org/transcripts/127771198 |archive-date=2020-10-30 |access-date=2024-03-11 |work=National Public Radio}} Jack was born and grew up on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429171313/http://music.aol.com/artist/jack-johnson/biography |archive-date=April 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |url=http://music.aol.com/artist/jack-johnson/biography |title=Jack Johnson Biography |publisher=Music.aol.com |access-date=December 6, 2015}} He began to learn how to surf at the age of 5. At 17, he became the youngest invitee to make the finals of the Pipeline Masters, one of surfing's most prestigious events, on Oahu's North Shore. One week later, however, his stint as a professional surfer ended when he suffered a surfing accident at the Pipeline. He had to have more than 100 stitches in his forehead and a few of his teeth were removed; later the incident became the inspiration for his song "Drink the Water".{{cite web|url= http://geocities.com/jackjohnsononline/interviews.htm|title=Jack Johnson Interviews|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091026224929/http://geocities.com/jackjohnsononline/interviews.htm|archive-date=October 26, 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=February 21, 2013}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/18684236/cover_story_jack_johnson__the_dude_abides|title=Cover Story: Jack Johnson – The Dude Abides|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724202220/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/18684236/cover_story_jack_johnson__the_dude_abides|archive-date=July 24, 2009|url-status=dead}}
Also at: {{closed access}} {{cite magazine|url=http://archive.rollingstone.com/Desktop?s=2008030675#/20080306/41|title=Jack Johnson – The Dude Abides|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=March 5, 2008|access-date=February 22, 2013|archive-date=January 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105132348/http://archive.rollingstone.com/Desktop?s=2008030675#/20080306/41|url-status=dead}}{{subscription required}} He appeared as a surfer in The Endless Summer II in 1994.{{cite web | title = The Endless Summer 2 (1994): cast and crew | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109729/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm | work = IMDb | access-date = December 22, 2017}}

Jack Johnson graduated from Kahuku High School on the island of Oahu. He later attended the University of California, Santa Barbara graduating in 1997{{cite web |url=http://www.ucsbalum.com/Coastlines/Spring_08.pdf |title=Surfing Singer Jack Johnson Stays Mellow |last=Kettmann |first=Matt |date=Spring 2008 |publisher=UC Santa Barbara Alumni Association |access-date=October 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018002647/http://www.ucsbalum.com/Coastlines/Spring_08.pdf |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |url-status=dead }} with a B.A. degree in film studies.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jack-johnson/bio/212097 |title=TV Guide Bio|website=Tvguide.com |access-date=October 10, 2014}} While Johnson learned the guitar at the age of 8 and started songwriting at the age of 12, his passion for music grew when he played rhythm guitar for the band Soil (not to be confused with a heavy metal band of the same name) in college.

In 1994, Zach Gill's band, Django Reinhardt, released a CD that quickly made Django a favorite band of the Isla Vista, California party scene at UCSB. Django was the rival of Jack Johnson's band Soil, but Gill and Johnson developed a strong friendship, eventually becoming bandmates in later years.{{cite news | last = Comingore | first = Aly | title = Zach Gill Interviews Jack Johnson: The Longtime Friends Talk Love Songs and Soul Carving | url = http://www.independent.com/news/2014/aug/28/wh-zach-gill-interviews-jack-johnson/ | work = Santa Barbara Independent | location = Santa Barbara, California | date = August 28, 2014 | access-date = June 15, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190308002922/http://www.independent.com/news/2014/aug/28/wh-zach-gill-interviews-jack-johnson/ | archive-date = March 8, 2019 | url-status = dead }}{{cite news | last = Bachelder | first = Audrey | title = It's Better When They're Together: Kim and Jack Johnson Share UCSB Stories | url = http://dailynexus.com/2015-04-30/its-better-when-theyre-together-kim-and-jack-johnson-share-ucsb-stories/ | work = Daily Nexus | location = University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) | date = April 30, 2015 | access-date = June 15, 2017}} While part of Soil at UCSB, Johnson opened for acts such as Sublime and Dave Matthews who were then relatively unknown bands.Johnson credits his songwriting influences as Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Radiohead, Otis Redding, G. Love and Special Sauce, Ben Harper, Sublime, the Beatles, Bob Marley, Neil Young, and A Tribe Called Quest.{{cite web|url= http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/band/jack_johnson|title=Jack Johnson Music – Band |publisher=Jackjohnsonmusic.com|access-date=September 22, 2010}} Johnson names Jimi Hendrix as his all-time favorite guitarist.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jack-johnson-plugs-in-for-electric-new-disc-to-the-sea-20100524|title=Jack Johnson Plugs in for Electric New Disc 'To the Sea'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=May 24, 2010|access-date=June 13, 2013|archive-date=February 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203025316/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jack-johnson-plugs-in-for-electric-new-disc-to-the-sea-20100524|url-status=dead}}

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Jack Johnson's big break was writing and contributing vocals for the song "Rodeo Clowns" which was featured on G. Love's 1999 album Philadelphonic. Johnson was introduced to G. Love by a mutual friend who was shooting surf films with him then. After hearing "Rodeo Clowns", G. Love saw Johnson's potential and effortless style and invited him to record with him. That led to the now-famous "Rodeo Clowns" recording, launching Johnson's career.{{Cite web|url=https://maryjaneexperience.com/garrett-dutton-aka-g-love-of-g-love-and-special-sauce-shares-cannabis-stories/|title=Garrett Dutton AKA G.Love (of G.Love and Special Sauce) Shares Cannabis Stories|website=Maryjaneexperience.com|date=March 5, 2020|access-date=April 3, 2020}}

In addition to his later success as a musician, Johnson is an accomplished filmmaker. He directed the surf films Thicker Than Water (2000) and The September Sessions (2002), in which he also starred. He recorded both movie soundtracks and starred in the 2004 surf film A Brokedown Melody.

Suela released a four-track demo that caught the attention of Ben Harper's producer, J. P. Plunier, who worked with Johnson to produce his debut album Brushfire Fairytales during December 2000 with Harper and his Weissenborn lap steel guitar making a guest appearance.{{cite news|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Apr/21/en/FP604210305.html |title=Harper takes both sides | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper |newspaper=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=April 21, 2006 |access-date=September 7, 2015}} Brushfire Fairytales was released on February 1, 2001, and led to Johnson becoming the opening act in late February 2001 for the last twenty-three cities of Harper's "Innocent Criminals" tour of the United States.

Johnson as well as Adam Topol (drums, percussion) and Merlo Podlewski (bass), who played on Brushfire Fairytales to record his second full-length album On and On; Mario Caldato Jr. was the producer. It was the first album to be recorded at Johnson's Mango Tree Studio in his hometown of North Shore, Oahu as well as the first to be released through The Moonshine Conspiracy Records. On and On was released on May 6, 2003. The Moonshine Conspiracy Records became Brushfire Records; Johnson turned the offices and studios of his Los Angeles based record company into a model of eco-friendliness, with solar power, recyclable CD packaging, and power-saving air conditioners.{{cite magazine|last1=Serpick|first1=Evan|title=Rock & Roll: Tours – Tour Industry's Green Revolution|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 14, 2007|issue=1028|pages=13–14}}

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On April 3, 2004, Johnson and Ben Harper performed with Toots and the Maytals on Saturday Night Live (season 29, episode 16).{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0694854/plotsummary|title="Saturday Night Live" Donald Trump/Toots and the Maytals (TV Episode 2004) |website=IMDb.com|access-date=April 3, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/saturday-night-live/episode-16-season-29/donald-trump-toots-and-the-maytals/100385|title=Saturday Night Live | TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com|access-date=April 3, 2020}}

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In October 2004, Johnson returned to the Mango Tree Studio with Topol and Podlewski along with Zach Gill (of Animal Liberation Orchestra) playing accordion, melodica, and piano recording his follow-up to 2003's On and On. In Between Dreams was released on March 1, 2005. Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George is a soundtrack album by Johnson, released on February 7, 2006. The album also features Harper, G. Love, Merlo Podlewski and Zach Gill. It was the first soundtrack to be number 1 on the chart since the Bad Boys II soundtrack in August 2003; it was the first soundtrack for an animated film to top the Billboard 200 since the Pocahontas soundtrack in July 1995. Johnson enlisted J.P. Plunier to produce his fourth full-length studio album, Sleep Through the Static. It was recorded using 100% solar energy at the Solar-Powered Plastic Plant studio in Los Angeles. The album featured Gill (keys), Podlewski (bass), and Topol (drums, percussion). Sleep Through the Static was released on February 1, 2008, followed by a world tour. A live album and DVD of Johnson's 2008 world tour titled En Concert, was released on October 27, 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.brushfirerecords.com/home/archive/jack_johnson_en_concert |title=Jack Johnson En Concert – Brushfire Records |publisher=Brushfirerecords.com |date=July 8, 2009 |access-date=September 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206101817/http://www.brushfirerecords.com/home/archive/jack_johnson_en_concert/ |archive-date=December 6, 2010 }} The DVD was directed by Emmett Malloy. Johnson was the headliner for the Friday night of the 2008 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.{{Cite web |date=2008-04-24 |title=Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2008 schedule - Las Vegas Weekly |url=https://lasvegasweekly.com/news/archive/2008/apr/24/coachella-valley-music-and-arts-festival-2008-sche/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=lasvegasweekly.com}}

Johnson spearheaded the Kōkua Festivals (2004–2008 and 2010). Often occurring around Earth Day, the six years of festivals supported the Kōkua Hawai'i Foundation, a charitable organization supporting environmental education in the schools and communities of Hawaii. Kōkua Festival 2004/2005 was a DVD released by Jack Johnson Music showcasing the early Kōkua Festivals. He participated along with Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder, and others in the documentary Kōkua 2008: 5 Years of Change (2009).{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1710578/|title=Kōkua 2008: 5 Years of Change|year=2009 |website=IMDb|access-date=June 4, 2011}} It was produced by Brushfire and Three Foot Giant Productions and shown on Sundance Channel.{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1710578/companycredits|title=Kōkua 2008 company credits page|website=IMDb|access-date=June 4, 2011}} On April 17, 2012, preceding his 2012 Hawaiian Islands tour, he released the live Kōkua Festival compilation Best of Kōkua Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/Jack-Johnson-Friends-Kokua-Festival/dp/B007NFPGR2/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1334145628&sr=1-2|title=Jack Johnson & Friends: Best of Kokua Festival: Amazon.de: Musik|website=Amazon Germany|access-date=August 30, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Jack|title=Best of Kōkua Festival|publisher=Brushfire Records|date=February 22, 2012|url=http://kokuafestival.com/best/|access-date=April 19, 2012|archive-date=May 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524050052/http://kokuafestival.com/best/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Jack|title=Kōkua Hawaii Foundation|publisher=Kōkua Hawaii Foundation|date=February 22, 2012|url= http://kokuahawaiifoundation.org/|access-date=April 19, 2012}} He produced Animal Liberation Orchestra's fifth studio album, Man of the World, which was released on February 9, 2010. The album also features vocals from Johnson.

On February 1, 2010, Johnson's official website announced that his fifth studio album, To the Sea, was in the recording process at the Mango Tree Studio, with a planned worldwide release during the first week of June 2010.{{cite news |url=http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/new_album_and_world_tour/ |title=New Album and World Tour|date=February 1, 2010|publisher=www.jackjohnsonmusic.com |access-date=February 3, 2010}}{{cite news|url= http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/jacks_new_album_into_the_sea_best_of_bonnaroo_cd_and_haiti_relief_cd/|title=New album, 'To The Sea'|website=Jackjohnsonmusic.com|date=March 3, 2010|access-date=March 24, 2010}} The website also announced an accompanying European, Australian and New Zealand tour to coincide with the album's release on midnight May 31. The first single from To the Sea was "You and Your Heart", released on April 6, 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.myspace.com/jackjohnsonmusic|title=Jack Johnson op MySpace Music – Gratis gestreamde MP3's, foto's en Videoclips|website=Myspace.com |access-date=September 22, 2010}}

While speaking with the New Zealand radio station ZM, Johnson said that he constantly aiming to build relationships with local pro-environment, non-profit groups. "We try to raise money for a lot of these groups who are doing positive things in the community. We try to focus mostly on environmental education, just trying to get kids out into nature, supporting local farms... "{{cite web|url=http://www.zmonline.com/WhosOn/MorningCrew/Highlights/Detail.aspx?id=15060|title=Interview with ZM's Polly Gillesipe|date=May 2010|access-date=June 15, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524032713/http://www.zmonline.com/WhosOn/MorningCrew/Highlights/Detail.aspx?id=15060|archive-date=May 24, 2010}} He embarked on a world tour in 2010 with Paula Fuga, a Hawaiian vocalist and ukulele player, performing at a range of venues across the world including Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the U.S., and Japan. On November 1, 2011, Johnson released a stand-alone single called "In The Morning" featuring Paula Fuga and John Cruz.

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On February 22, 2012, Johnson with John Cruz and Paula Fuga announced a 7-show acoustic tour of the Hawaiian islands during April.{{cite web|work=News Archives|title=Jack Johnson announces new live album & Hawaiian Islands tour| publisher=Jack Johnson Music website|url= http://jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/jack_johnson_announces_new_live_album_hawaiian_islands_tour/|access-date=March 13, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Tour Archive|title=Jack Johnson Tour Archive|publisher=Jack Johnson Music website|url=http://jackjohnsonmusic.com/tourarchive/|access-date=June 19, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619191323/http://jackjohnsonmusic.com/tourarchive/|archive-date=June 19, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Brushfire Records|title=Jack Johnson Hawaiian Island Tour 2012|publisher=Vimeo|url=http://vimeo.com/69285421|access-date=September 11, 2013}} At the Stan Sheriff Center on April 14, 2012, during the Pillars of Peace Hawai'i: Building Peace on a Foundation of Aloha, he performed introductory music before Nobel Peace Laureate Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, gave the speech "Educating the Heart". Better Together was one of several songs Johnson performed.{{cite web|last = News Archives|title=April 03, 2012, The Dalai Lama visits Hawaii, Jack to Perform at Pillars of Peace Event|publisher=Jack Johnson Music website|url= http://jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/the_dalai_lama_visits_hawaii_jack_to_perform_at_pillars_of_peace_event/|access-date=April 20, 2012}}{{cite news|work=News Archives|title=April 18, 2012, Jack Honored to perform for His Holiness the Dalai Lama|publisher=Jack Johnson Music website|url= http://jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/jack_honored_to_perform_for_his_holiness_the_dalai_lama/|access-date=April 20, 2012}}{{cite web|work=Media|title=April 2, 2012, Media – Pillars of Peace|publisher=Pillars of Peace|url=http://www.pillarsofpeacehawaii.org/media|access-date=April 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422051810/http://www.pillarsofpeacehawaii.org/media|archive-date=April 22, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|work=Pillars of Peace video|title = Kamehameha Schools students welcoming the Dalai Lama to Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 13th, 2012.wmv| date=April 15, 2012 |publisher=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Vl-mcS_vg| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/Q8Vl-mcS_vg| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=April 20, 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|work=Archives|date=April 15, 2012|title=Dalai Lama share message of peace in Hawaii|publisher=Tibetan Sun website|url= http://www.tibetsun.com/archive/2012/04/15/dalai-lama-shares-message-of-peace-in-hawaii/ | access-date=April 20, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Kerr|first=Keoki | date = April 16, 2012|title=On first full day in Hawaii, Dalai Lama shares message of peace with students|publisher=Hawaii News Now (KHNL, KGMB, KFVE) website|url=http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/17453976/dalai-lama|access-date=April 20, 2012}}

Johnson released From Here to Now to You with his band on September 17, 2013. On June 15, 2013, they performed as headliners at the 2013 Bonnaroo in Tennessee.{{cite news|work=News Archives|title=Jack and the Band Last Minute Headliners at Bonnaroo|publisher=Jack Johnson Music website|url= http://jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/jack_and_the_band_last_minute_headliners_at_bonnaroo/|access-date=June 19, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Crothers|first=C. Taylor|title=2013 Bonnaroo Photos, Saturday: Jack Johnson – Bonnaroo 2013|publisher=Bonnaroo website|url=http://www.bonnaroo.com/photos/|access-date=June 19, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426040216/http://www.bonnaroo.com/photos/|archive-date=April 26, 2013}} He played two acoustic concerts, one at London's Tabernacle in Notting Hill and the other at New York City's Allen Room at Lincoln Center overlooking Central Park, featuring songs from his upcoming album.{{cite news|work=News Archives|title=Win a Chance to See an Acoustic Evening with Jack in London & NYC!|publisher=Jack Johnson Music website|url=http://jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/win_a_chance_to_see_an_acoustic_evening_with_jack_in_london_nyc/|access-date=June 11, 2013 }}{{cite web | last = News Archives|title=New Album out September 17th|publisher=Jack Johnson Music website|url=http://jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/new_album_out_september_17th/| access-date=June 11, 2013}}{{cite web|work=News Archives|title =New Single, I Got You|publisher=Jack Johnson Music website|url= http://jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/new_single_i_got_you/|access-date=June 11, 2013}} The From Here to Now to You Tour ran from March through September 2014.

In February 2017, Johnson announced a U.S. tour beginning in Chicago at the Huntington Bank Pavilion on Northerly Island on June 1 and ending with two Kōkua Hawai'i Foundation benefit concerts at the Waikiki Shell on August 4 & 5. He revealed plans to release an album in the summer of 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/londonnewsdesk/view/163917/|title=Jack Johnson announces U.S. tour and talks forthcoming new album: Pressparty|website=Pressparty|language=en|access-date=February 10, 2017}}{{cite news | url = https://jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/jack_johnson_summer_tour_kickoff | title = Jack Johnson Summer Tour Kickoff! | work = News Archives | publisher = Jack Johnson Music website | date = May 31, 2017 | access-date = June 15, 2017}}{{cite news | title = Johnson to perform two Waikiki Shell concerts | url = http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/04/14/features/jack-johnson-to-perform-two-concerts-at-waikiki-shell/ | work = Honolulu Star-Advertiser | date = April 14, 2017 | access-date = June 15, 2017}} Later, he added a September 10 concert for the 2017 Ohana Fest at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California.{{cite web | title = 2017 Ohana Dana Point | url = http://www.theohanafest.com/|website=Theohanafest.ocm | access-date = June 15, 2017}} On September 8, 2017, he released his seventh studio album All the Light Above It Too, which peaked at number 13 on the Billboard chart's "Artist 100."{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/artist-100|title=Top 100 Artists Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921191253/https://www.billboard.com/charts/artist-100/}} In July 2018, Johnson released his greatest hits album "Jack Johnson: The Essentials" only in Japan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.universal-music.co.jp/jack-johnson/products/uicu-1299/|title=ザ・エッセンシャルズ – ジャック・ジョンソン|website=ジャック・ジョンソン|language=ja-JP|access-date=September 3, 2018}}

In late 2019, Johnson released a single "New Axe", featured on the This Warm December Vol. 3 album.{{Cite web|title=This Warm December, a Brushfire Holiday, Vol. 3|url=https://jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/this_warm_december_a_brushfire_holiday_vol._3|website=Jack Johnson Music|language=en|access-date=May 1, 2020}} He did a "Together at Home" Instagram Live stream concert on March 28, 2020. His concert was the third most watched on the Global Citizen YouTube.{{Cite web|title=Global Citizen: Together at Home with Jack Johnson| website=YouTube | date=March 29, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJHHLU_-lz8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/SJHHLU_-lz8| archive-date=November 2, 2021 | url-status=live}}{{cbignore}} He also performed at the "One World: Together at Home" special; a live version of "Better Together" was featured on the One World: Together at Home album.{{Cite magazine|title='One World: Together at Home' Album: Stream|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9361591/one-world-together-at-home-album-stream|date=April 19, 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 1, 2020}} On May 1, 2020, he was featured on Milky Chance's new single "Don't Let Me Down".{{Cite web|title=Get millions of songs. All ad-free.|url=https://music.apple.com/album/1509557361?app=itunes&cId=none&ign-itscg=30440&ign-itsct=catchall_p3&lId=21734405&sr=3&src=Linkfire|website=Apple Music|language=en-us|access-date=May 1, 2020}} On September 26, 2020, Johnson performed the opening set at Farm Aid: On the Road.

On December 4, 2020, Johnson released a new single titled "The Captain Is Drunk".{{Cite magazine|last=Martoccio|first=Angie|date=December 3, 2020|title=Jack Johnson Navigates the Storm of 2020 With 'The Captain Is Drunk'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jack-johnson-captain-is-drunk-1097583/|access-date=December 6, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} On April 16, 2021, he released a song titled "If Ever" with Paula Fuga and Ben Harper.{{Citation|title=If Ever – Single by Paula Fuga, Jack Johnson & Ben Harper|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/if-ever-single/1561379119|language=en-us|access-date=April 18, 2021}} The song appeared on Fuga's new album Rain on Sunday, which is featured on Johnson's record label. On June 24, 2022, Johnson released his eighth studio album, Meet the Moonlight, his first full-length record in five years. It was produced by Blake Mills, engineered by Joseph Lorge, and recorded both in Los Angeles (at Sound City Studios and EastWest Studios) and at The Mango Tree (Johnson's home studio) in Hawaii. The album's lead single is titled "One Step Ahead".{{cite web|title=Meet the Moonlight Album Announcement|url=https://jackjohnsonmusic.com/|website=jackjohnson.com|access-date=April 8, 2022}}

Coinciding with his new album release, Johnson embarked on the Meet the Moonlight Tour with 35 stops at major venues across the United States (including Hawaii) and Canada. He was accompanied by various artists including Grammy Award winner (and personal friend) Ziggy Marley.{{Cite web |title=Meet The Moonlight Tour |url=https://jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/meet_the_moonlight_tour |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Jack Johnson Music |language=en}} In November 2021, Johnson toured Australia and New Zealand, his first overseas concerts since 2019.{{Cite web |last=Brereton |first=Greta |date=2022-06-27 |title=Jack Johnson announces 'Meet The Moonlight' 2022 Australian and New Zealand tour |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jack-johnson-announces-meet-the-moonlight-2022-australian-and-new-zealand-tour-3256741 |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}

Johnson married his college girlfriend, Kim Baker on July 22, 2000;{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2009/10/21/Jack_Johnson_Hawaii_DVD_CD_concerts_album|title=Jack Johnson on his upcoming Hawaii shows |publisher=Hawai'i Magazine|date=October 21, 2009|access-date=September 22, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://media.independent.com/pdf/matt_k/Jack%20Johnson%20Profile%202003.pdf|title=Backstage with Jack Johnson|last=Kettmann|first=Matt|work=Santa Barbara Independent|date=2003|access-date=October 8, 2020}} they have two sons and a daughter. The couple lives on the North Shore of the island of Oahu in Hawaii. In an interview with Johnson, Ann Donahue from Billboard described Johnson's family life by saying "There is often trouble in balancing the life of an artist, environmentalist, and family man, but Johnson seems to have the niche for such a challenge. This time around, he's found a pace that agrees with him... bringing his family along so he can spend mornings with them sightseeing."{{cite magazine | last1 = Donahue | first1 = Ann | year = 2010 | title = You Don't Know Jack Johnson | magazine = Billboard | volume = 122 | issue = 19| pages = 12–14 }} Jack and Kim declined to talk about or release information about their children.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.mensjournal.com/jack-johnson|title=It Ain't Easy Being This Mellow|magazine=Men's Journal|date=June 30, 2008 |first1=Daniel |last1=Duane |access-date=August 30, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520130336/http://www.mensjournal.com/jack-johnson|archive-date=May 20, 2012}}

In 2008, Johnson and his wife Kim created the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation, a non-profit public charity supporting environmental, art, and music education worldwide. Jack and Kim Johnson also founded the Kokua Hawaii Foundation in 2003. Jack and his family work hard every year at festivals and concerts to raise money for causes they feel are most important.

Jack Johnson recorded a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" for the 2007 benefit album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur, which was also included on the 2009 benefit album Rhythms del Mundo Classics. Rolling Stone wrote: "It is a typically generous move from Johnson, who has used his multi-platinum success to support causes he cares about." Although the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation is a non-profit organization that "focuses on environmental, arts and music education", it has raised more than $750,000 from 2009 to 2010 to give away.{{cite magazine | last1 = Edwards | first1 = Gavin | year = 2010 | title = Jack Johnson's L. A. Beach Party | magazine = Rolling Stone | volume = 1107 | page = 19 }} Johnson was in Osaka, Japan on his To the Sea 2010 World Tour at the time of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan. He was in a hotel with his family when it struck. After postponing the rest of his tour, he donated $50,000 to GlobalGiving's Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund.

Johnson's Ohana Charitable Foundation has supported Little Kids Rock, a national nonprofit that works to restore and revitalize music education in disadvantaged U.S. public schools. Johnson decorated a guitar for Little Kids Rock to auction raising funds for its program.{{cite web|url=http://www.littlekidsrock.org/friends/our-big-fans/jack-johnson/|title=Jack Johnson|publisher=Little Kids Rock|access-date=January 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114081022/http://www.littlekidsrock.org/friends/our-big-fans/jack-johnson/|archive-date=January 14, 2014}} On September 22, 2012, he donated his time to play a few songs at Farm Aid 2012 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Later in 2012, Jack donated $50,000 for Hurricane Sandy relief and added links on his website for others to donate:{{cite web |title=JACK JOHNSON SUPPORTS RELIEF & RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR HURRICANE SANDY |publisher = Jack Johnson Music website |url=http://jackjohnsonmusic.com/archive/news/jack_johnson_supports_relief_amp_recovery_efforts_for_hurricane_sandy/ |access-date=June 11, 2013}}

{{cquote|After years of touring and surfing along the East Coast, I have made so many great friends. It is heartbreaking to see the images and hear their stories. I just made donations to help recover and relief efforts for Hurricane Sandy. Below is a list of groups you can support. If you can't donate money, you can donate food, supplies or your time. Our East Coast family, friends and neighbors need our help. Aloha{{snd}}Jack}}

{{Main|Jack Johnson discography}}

• Brushfire Fairytales (2001)
• On and On (2003)
• In Between Dreams (2005)
• Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George (2006)
• Sleep Through the Static (2008)
• To the Sea (2010)
• From Here to Now to You (2013)
• All the Light Above It Too (2017)
• Meet the Moonlight (2022)

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