The Wild Hare podcast – Morgan Johnstone Jr, a homeless “musical beggar”

by Brian Bahouth and Maribel Cuervo
By ● Arts, Community, Culture, Economy, Housing, News, Voices ●
Morgan Johnstone Jr. - image - Maribel Cuervo

Morgan Johnstone Jr. is a fixture on the Truckee River trail in downtown Reno, but many who pass the hard-working musical artist on the busy trail may not know he is homeless. Nevada Capital News correspondent Maribel Cuervo spoke with Johnstone recently. In this sound-rich edition of the Wild Hare, Johnstone describes his music as something of a spiritual sanctuary he lives to share with others.

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Music credits in order of appearance:

Song: Greenland
Artist: Emancipator
Album: Safe in the Steep Cliffs
Label: Loci Records
Year: 2010
Duration: 1:25

All guitar music was performed by Morgan Johnstone Jr and recorded on the Truckee River trail near downtown Reno.

Song: Vines
Artist: Emancipator
Album: Safe in the Steep Cliffs
Label: Loci Records
Year: 2010
Duration: 1:55

Author

Brian has been a public media producer for the better part of 25 years. He has been news director at three public radio stations, KRZA serving Alamosa, Colorado and Taos, New Mexico, KUNR in Reno, KVMR in Nevada City, California, and Brian was a co-founder of KNVC community radio in Carson City, 95.1 FM. He has reported for Capital Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio, and has filed numerous reports for the Pacifica Network News and National Public Radio. He holds a BA in English from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York, and an MA in English from the University of Nevada Reno. Brian is a veteran of the sea-going US Navy, ‘79-’85. He and his wife have lived in Reno since 1999.

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