Johnny Vernazza Discography 2026 (Compiled By Bart Mendoza)
Solo albums
2002 - Johnny "V" Vernazza - Feel Like Goin’ Home
2013 – Johnny “V” Vernazza - Lions & Thieves
2025 – Johnny Vernazza – Home By Christmas
Various Artist Compilations with solo tracks
2015 – Staring at the Sun VI - Jungle
2017 – Staring at the Sun VII – Jungle
As Session Guitarist (with Billboard Top 200 Chart Positions + Foreign Chart)
1974 - The Marshall Tucker Band – Where We All Belong - #54 (#91 Canada)
1976 - Mickey Thomas – As Long As You Love Me
1992 - Bob Brozman - Truck Load of Blues
1994 - The Marshall Tucker Band – The Best Of The Capricorn Years
1995 - Ron Hacker - I Got Tattooed
1996 - Annie Sampson -Under the Moon
1997- Scarlett Theory - Circus Sized Peanuts
2000 - Merle Brandon - Sweet Molina
2000 - Norton Buffalo & the Knockouts - King of the Highway
2000 - Andrej Sifrer - Muza Moj'ga Bluza - (aka Muse of My Blues)
2002 - S.E. Willis - Luckiest Man Alive
2003 - Yoshinobu Takeda - A Boy from Lion Street
2003 - S.E. Willis - Cold Hand in Mine
2004 - Michele Lundeen - Song Inside Me
2012 - Felsen – Breaking Up with Loneliness
2012 – Patrick Ellis – Under The Influence
2025 – Lee Ann Atherton – Good God
With True Stories (Various Artists Compilations)
2024 – Staring at the Sun XIV - Can’t Seem To Make You Mine
2025 – Discover The Artists Making A Splash - Can’t Seem To Make You Mine
With Fox (bass)
Album
2011 – The San Francisco Sessions (1970 Recordings)
Single
1970 - Sun City Part I / Sun City Part II
With Elvin Bishop (guitar) (Plus Billboard Top 200 Chart Positions + Foreign Chart)
1974 – Elvin Bishop - Let It Flow - #100
1975 - Elvin Bishop - Juke Joint Jump - #46
1975 - Elvin Bishop - Struttin' My Stuff - #18 (#30 New Zealand)
1976 - Elvin Bishop - Hometown Boy Makes Good! - #70
1977 - Elvin Bishop - Raisin' Hell - #38
1978 - Elvin Bishop - Hog Heaven
2001 - Elvin Bishop - King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents in Concert (KBFH Records)*
2001 – Elvin Bishop – Encore Collection Extended Versions (BMG Special Products)*
2003 – Elvin Bishop – Live From the Front Row (DVD Audio) *
2008 - Elvin Bishop - The Blues Rolls On - #5 Billboard Blues Chart
*these are the same recordings, taped at The Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California on April 3, 1976
Unofficial Album with Elvin Bishop
2007 – Returned To The Bay Area (Live at the Record Plant California December 11, 1975) – officially released in 2015 as a digital only album, Struttin’.
Elvin Bishop Compilations with Johnny Vernazza
1979 – Elvin Bishop - The Best of (Capricorn)
1989 – Elvin Bishop – Let It Flow (Polydor) Cassette / Not the album of the same name
1992 – Elvin Bishop – Back to Back (K-Tel) split CD with Wet Willie
1992 – Elvin Bishop - Sure Feels Good: The Best of Elvin Bishop (Polygram)
1997 – Elvin Bishop - Best of (Polygram Special Markets)
2002 – Elvin Bishop - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best of (Island / Mercury)
2009 – Elvin Bishop - Juke Joint Jump / Struttin My Stuff (Raven) - Both albums on one disc
Additionally, the song “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” appears on well over one hundred various artist compilation albums. Most of Vernazza’s other singles with Elvin Bishop also showing up on various compilations.
Elvin Bishop chart singles featuring Johnny Vernazza (With Billboard Top 200 Chart Positions + Foreign Charts. Promo copies exist of all titles, featuring mono / stereo versions of the A-side. All Titles on Capricorn Records.)
1977 - #93 Spend Some Time / Sugar Dumplin’
1976 – #3 Fooled Around and Fell In Love / Slick Titty Boom (#3 New Zealand, #11 Netherlands, #16 Australia, #22 Canada, #29 Belgium, #34 UK + #82 U.S. R&B, #3 Cashbox, # 8 Canada A/C). This A-side has been reissued numerous times around the world. The song was also simultaneously released in the U.S. with an alternate B-side, “Have A Good Time”
1975 - #68 Struttin' My Stuff / Grab All The Love
1975 - #83 Sure Feels Good / Arkansas Line
1974 - #61 Travelin Shoes / Fishin’
Elvin Bishop additional singles featuring Johnny Vernazza (Promo copies of all 1975-1978 titles exist featuring mono / stereo versions. Titles marked with * are promo only. All titles are on Capricorn Records unless noted otherwise. All title U.S. unless otherwise noted.)
1992 – Fooled Around and Fell in Love / Travelin’ Shoes (Collectables) - Reissue
1989 – Fooled Around and Fell In Love / Travelin’ Shoes (Polydor) - Reissue
1986 – Fooled Around And Fell In Love / Heard It In A Love Song (Marshall Tucker Band) (Eric Records) - Reissue
1978 – Oh Babe / Arkansas – non U.S. released in the Netherlands
1978 – It’s A Feelin’ / Right Now Is The Hour
1977 – Rock My Soul / Sugar Dumplin’
1976 – Keep It Cool / Yes Sir
1976 – Twist and Shout / Keep It Cool – non U.S. released in U.K., South Africa
1975 – Silent Night (Vocal Version) / Silent Night (Instrumental Version) *
1975 – Calling All Cows (stereo) / Calling All Cows (mono) *
1974 – Let It Flow / Can’t Go Back
Elvin Bishop Radio Jingles featuring Johnny Vernazza
Budweiser - “When You Say Bud”
Pioneer Stereo
There is also a Capricorn Records radio ad for the album Struttin’ My Stuff
Selected National TV Appearances
With Gideon and Power
08/15/1971 The Sonny and Cher Show (S1EP03)
“In The Upper Room”
With The Elvin Bishop Group
08/09/1974 Midnight Special
“Travelin Shoes,” “Sunshine Special,” “Groundhog”
09/14/1974 Midnight Special
“Stealin’ Watermelons,” “Calling All Cows”, “Sunshine Special”
11/08/1974 In Concert (ABC-TV)
"Struttin' My Stuff," “Calling All Cows”
05/03/1975 American Bandstand (S18EP30)
“Sure Feels Good,” “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”
08/27/1976 Midnight Special (S4EP42)
10/21/1977 Midnight Special (S6EP06)
"Struttin' My Stuff," "Fooled Around and Fell in Love," "Birthday Cake," "Another Mule" & "Rock My Soul" -- Elvin Bishop and Van Morrison - "Help Me" “Domino” - Elvin Bishop (solo) and Crystal Gayle - "Green Door” + ELO, Thin Lizzy, Ronnie McDowell
11/07/77 Rock Concert (S5EP11)
Movie Soundtrack Appearances (With Elvin Bishop (all “Fooled Around and Fell in Love”)
1991 – Queens Logic – (7 Arts / New Line Cinema)
1997 - Boogie Nights (New Line Cinema)
1999 - Summer of Sam (Buena Vista Pictures)
1999 - Big Daddy (Coulmbia Pictures)
2001 – According to Spencer
2005 – Entourage
2005 – The Devil’s Rejects
2005 - The Family Stone (20th Century Fox)
2006 – Invincible (Walt Disney Pictures)
2006 - Brotherhood
2007 - The Education of Charlie Banks
2008 - Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
2010 – Broken Hearts
2012 – Stand Up Guys
2013 – Lovelace (Alchemy)
2014 - Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Studios)
2017 – Handsome (Netflix)
2025 – Here (Netflix)
2025 – Keeper
TV Soundtrack Appearances (With Elvin Bishop (all “Fooled Around and Fell in Love”)
2002/2003 - Malcolm in the Middle (20th Century Fox)
2004/2005 - LAX (Universal Studios)
2005 – Entourage
2005 – Canadian Idol
2005 - The Family Stone
2006 - Brotherhood
2009 – Friday Night Lights (NBC)
2016 – Mysteries of Laura (NBC)
2023 – Titans (HBO MAX)
2026 – Esperanza District
Solo Works:
10/11/2007 - My Name is Earl: "The Frank Factor" – S3EP4 (NBC) "Albert Shuffle "
05/11/2010 – Justified: "Hatless" – S1EP9 (FX) - "Why Did Ya"