Wild Heart

Eagle Johnson is the founder/frontman of Clean Machine, a Nashville-based band. Once known as Christopher Nanney, he emerged from the swamps of Florida with a name upgrade and a guitar—fresh out of nine months in state custody. Raised between Greenpeace dreams and rattlesnake hunts, he bounced from marimba bands to rock & roll, writing songs and reinventing himself as a psychedelic soul troubadour. After mentorship from Delta bluesman Zeke Johnson, Eagle drifted to Nashville, built Clean Machine, and launched Young World Records. With nods from Wilco and Lee Scratch Perry, he’s recently founded Juniper—a fair-trade streaming platform designed to treat artists with respect.