There Is a Breeze

There Is a Breeze
Studio album by Michael Johnson
Released	1973
Genre	Folk rock
Length	41:30
Label	Atco SD-7028 (US)
Producer	Phil Ramone, Peter Yarrow, Chris Dedrick, Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson chronology
There Is a Breeze (1973) For All You Mad Musicians (1975)
Alternative cover
Cover of 1976 Sanskrit re-release
Alternative cover
Cover of 1981 EMI America re-release

There Is a Breeze is the debut album by singer-guitarist Michael Johnson. It was first released in August 1973 on Atco Records, re-released on Sanskrit Records (a record label owned by Johnson and his manager, Keith Christianson) in 1976, and released on EMI America in 1981.

It was co-produced by Phil Ramone, Peter Yarrow, Chris Dedrick and Michael Johnson; and featured Leo Kottke on guitar, Gerry Niewood on saxophone and Ralph Towner on guitar.

Track listing

Side 1:

1. "Pilot Me" (Greg Brown) – 3:14
2. "In Your Eyes" (Amy Johnson) – 2:47
3. "There Is a Breeze" (Mark Henley) – 3:39
4. "See You Soon" (Paul Johnson) – 2:24
5. "Old Folks" (Jacques Brel, Gerard Jouannest, Jean Cori, Eric Blau, Mort Shuman) – 5:12
6. "Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon" (Greg Brown) – 4:41

Side 2:

1. "My Opening Farewell" (Jackson Browne) – 4:36
2. "I Got You Covered" (Biff Rose; prologue & epilogue by Michael Johnson) – 3:38
3. "On the Road" (Carl Franzen) – 3:17
4. "Study in E Minor" (H. Villa Lobos) – 4:33
5. "Happier Days" (Michael Johnson) – 2:19
6. "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein) – 1:16

Personnel

• Michael Johnson – first guitar, vocals
• Chris Dedrick – flugelhorn, pump organ, recorder, bass, backing vocals
• Phillip Markowitz – piano
• Ted Moore – drums
• Leo Kottke – bottleneck guitar
• Gary Gauger – drums, percussion
• George Ricci – cello
• Margaret Ross – harp
• Gerry Niewood – saxophone
• Ralph Towner – second guitar, 12-string guitar
• Ron Zito – drums
• Airto – percussion

Singles

• "On the Road" (Atco Records, Atco 6895)
• "Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon" (Atco Records, Atco 6942)