Aaron Johnson is a native Colorado musician that has been blessed with a long music career starting in the late 1960s.  He's been a member of numerous music groups and has enjoyed a rewarding solo career, with extensive experience in live performance and as a studio musician.  His album recordings were released in the 70s, 80s and 90s.  A short-lived retirement in 2001 ended in 2013 when Aaron was asked to play guitar for his Messianic Synagogue.  Divine circumstances led Aaron back into the transformed music industry, playing in two bands and engaging in the formidable effort of releasing his entire catalog of music in the digital age of internet streaming.  He remains busy and his musical abilities are in demand.  The AJP web site serves as the platform informing followers of his activities and upcoming releases and events.

Initially released to high acclaim in 1984, this rocking album originally featured Aaron's best song "Silver Lake," which would later become part of the San Juan Stories 20th Anniversary edition.  As a result, some unreleased material will be included in the forthcoming 2026 release of Finally.  A number of these songs were performed by Aaron's rock group Voyager and are featured on the 2022 Voyager album.

Aaron's first foray into instrumental music would become the source for numerous AJP media productions in the following decades.  In 1987, Aaron composed this 30 minute continuous piece of music in seven pieces, then performed them live by playing each instrument's part in only one take, to see if a live performance could be done by one person in the course of 10 hours.  The Experiment was a success and proved Aaron's technical musical prowess in a studio setting.

AJP collaborated with ED-IT productions serving up a soundtrack for a video presentation of diving exploits around the world.  This 1999 instrumental offering was a new direction for Aaron's solo career, featuring some new instruments, including marimbas, classical guitar and Celtic harp.  This album also marked AJP's first CD release and would be the impetus for the reissue of all AJP projects in CD format in 2000.  Music would subsequently be featured in various AJP video productions.

A recent addition to the complete release of Aaron's material is this collection of songs.  This anthology of material was composed between 1973 and 1987, but never recorded.  Based after a concept Aaron's band Stiffwater had proposed for a recording in the mid seventies entitled "When the Rains Come," this album brings that idea to fruition while also serving as an appropriate cap on Aaron's recording career.  Aaron is looking forward to finally bringing these songs to life, as they reflect on his storied past in the early days of Stiffwater, teen angst, soul searching, heartbreak and passion, all subjects not previously addressed in Aaron's other works, and certainly a refreshing and intriguing change of direction.

Production of this album will take place over the course of 2026 with a release date proposed for the fall.