Smilin' Johnnie is not your average country singer. He was never mesmerized by Nashville. 'New country' sounds of Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson and Shania Twain never turned him on. Consequently, big bucks never flowed into his bankbook.
However, he's made a living from country music all his life. He's over 80 and has been on the road for more than 60 years. And he's still traveling, having covered more than seven million miles back and forth across Canada from his Saskatchewan home Eight Miles North and One Mile East of Wroxton. He's played most Indian reserves and many Inuit communities...

Country singer Smilin' Johnnie has traveled seven million miles in cars, airplanes, boats, an oil truck, snowmachines, and dog team, entertaining Canadians for 60 years. He's still on the road.