Rogue Johnsen learned his craft as a blues piano player, singer, and songwriter backing up blues recording artists out of Oakland, CA and Austin, TX. He has had some amazing teachers and has toured nationally and internationally with Archie Bell & the Drells, The W.C. Clark Blues Review, and Miss Lavelle White.

He has also performed professionally with Bo Diddley, Catfish Hodge, Big Jessie Yawn, and a number of other artists, and has opened for an impressive number of Blues legends, including B.B. King, Albert King, Buddy Guy, and others.

In 2016, he released two CDs of his music, Way Back (a previously unreleased recording of his band work from Austin) and Trouble Blues (recorded live in the studio in early 2016).

And more recently, the 2024 release of HOME (recorded as the Rogue Johnsen Project).