Johnny Schober is a singer/songwriter out of northern Colorado. Primarily known as the guitarist from the super group, Queso Ra. He has played in and written music with many bands, and is known for his eclectic songwriting, odd meter, and catchy, often short, hooks.
Notable Live Performances - solo
Longmont Public Media’s Tiny Desk Concert 2025
Pelo’s Deli and Provisions Residency
first Sunday's each month 2026
Cellar West Brewery’s Songwriter Showcase 2025
Left Hand Artist’s Fall Festival 2023
Notable Live Performances - with Queso Ra
The Shrimp and Petroleum Festival-Bossier City, LA
The Stage at Bricks on Main-Longmont, CO
Bootstrap Brewing Benefit Events-Longmont, CO
Oskar Blues-Longmont and Lyons, CO
The Gold Hill Store and Pub, CO
Recordings
Johnny quietly released his first EP, Today, in 2018 after moving from Wisconsin to Colorado with the love his life, Sam. After years of playing in punk/ska bands this odd collection of music marked a departure from the safety of his previous musical endeavors as he and Sam ventured into the unknown.
Johnny on the process of recording Today.
“It was frantic, we were recording in my buddies living room - in the house Sam and I had been living in the last 6 months. I remember we had packed up boxes underneath the marimba, stacked near the door, there was just stuff everywhere. As the moving date approached we got worried we wouldn’t finish, we packed all day, and recorded all night.”
Johnny released his second EP, The Weight of the World, in 2022. WOTW was written after the passing of his younger brother, Ryan. It is written to reflect the 5 stages of grieving.
“I had taken some time away from music. After my time in the Denver music scene had ended with the band I had played with for 3 years folding up — just before the world closed down — I decided I needed a break. When Sam and I moved to Longmont, my instruments had been sitting for a awhile, I was already unhappy when I got the call that Ryan had passed. I wept, my heart physically hurt for months, and these songs, as well as others just kind of fell out me. I wrote them as a way to process my grief and recognize it as something that doesn’t go away. I went out into the world with these songs, and found a beautiful community of creative people ready to support me for no reason other than music.”
After WOTW Johnny joined up with Queso Ra and he spent the next couple years collaborating on the release of their self titled album, as well as co-engineering, producing, and playing on Queso Ra’s 2025 EP Don’t You Want to Be Friends.
Work has begun on Johnny’s first full length album and it is expected to be released fall of 2026.
All of Johnny’s solo work has been in collaboration with Nic Tassone, of Attic Studios