Musician Profile: Justin Fox

“I grew up among the Redwoods…”

It’s the opening line on Seabright, Justin Fox’s ninth album, and it’s all true, starting way back in the upper reaches of the Golden State. Justin grew up in Arcata; a college town nestled in the Redwood Forest, where he found little to do but skateboard, play guitar, and write songs. At age 18, he toured high schools across the nation, performing over 500 school assemblies for half a million teenagers in just ten months! He not only survived, but excelled during that whirlwind year, and things became quite clear that Justin was destined for a life on the road.

A few years and a college degree later, 1993, still before the age of the Internet, email, cell phones, or the widespread popularity “indie music”… Justin began the adventure of his life, touring full-time with just a batch of original songs, a trunk full of cassette tapes, and his acoustic guitar. He was on a brand new road to where music was going, and logging thousands of lonely miles up and down California, at odd hours of the day and night, joining the rushing current of 18 wheelers – it felt like he had finally achieved his childhood dream; of being a truck driver.

Thankfully, so much more than that was happening, and it’s now been 25 years since those formative days. Keeping the pace of over 130 concerts a year, every year…crisscrossing America and nine other countries, recording ten albums – yielding several Top 10 singles, and producing a concert DVD, Justin has in many ways seen it all, yet still has a keen sense of wonder and openness. Fox has sold over 30,000 CDs in all, making him one of the most successful independent artists of the modern era.