by Andy Langer
How the Centro-Matic front man’s knack for making friends and introductions helped turn Denton into “the new Austin.”
Will Johnson. Musician. Yes, sir, I do.Earlier this year, those were the answers Will Johnson gave to a U.S. Customs official as he returned from a European tour. The first two questions were standard: Name? Occupation? The third was clearly off-script: Do you make a living doing that? Not a question the official would have likely bothered asking Steven Tyler. “I suspect he was a little disappointed he wasn’t meeting a rock star,” Johnson says. “And if you’re not a recognizable rock star, you can’t be making a living, right?”