On June 14, 2005, “Favored Nations” label released “Bloom”, the fifth Eric Johnson studio album. It was recorded in 2005, at “Saucer Sound”, “Surfland”, “One Good Ear”, “Studio B”, “No Favors”, and was produced by Eric Johnson and Richard Mullen.

Personnel:

• Eric Johnson – vocals, acoustic, classical and electric guitar,piano, pedal steel, electric sitar, bass, synth, rhodes electric piano
• Chris Maresh, Roscoe Beck- bass
• Steve Barber – vocals, acoustic piano, Moog synth
• Bill Maddox – percussion, drums
• James Fenner – percussion
• Tal Bergman, Barry “Frosty” Smith, Tom Brechtlein – drums
• Tony Phillips – drums, bass, synth
• Tommy Taylor – percussion, drums
• Salvatore Banzai La Rocca – harmonica
• Tom Burrit – percussion
• Adrian Legg- guitar
• Brad Evilsizer – percussion
• Shawn Colvin, Lisa Tingle, Jody Lazo – vocals
• Rich Harvey – acoustic piano
• Richard Mullen – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Eric Johnson, except where noted.

• Prelude

1. Bloom
2. Summer Jam
3. My Back Pages – Bob Dylan
4. Good to Me
5. Columbia
6. 12 to 12 Vibe

• Courante

7. Sea Secret
8. Sad Legacy
9. From My Heart
10. Cruise the Nile
11. Tribute to Jerry Reed
12. Your Sweet Eyes

• Allemande

13. Hesitant
14. Sunnaround You
15. Magnetized
16. Ciel