Jesse Woods Johnson (born June 1, 1960) is an American funk musician best known as the guitarist in the original 1981 lineup of The Time (known since 2011 as Original 7ven). == Life and career == Johnson was born in Rock Island, Illinois. He moved to East St. Louis, Illinois, at the age of nine and was raised by foster parents after his parents split up. At the age of 16, he moved back to Rock Island to live with... [more on Wikipedia]