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Fledgling modern rocker; successful restaurateur; adviser to one of Detroit’s hottest young bands; husband and proud father of two. Ferndale resident Chris Johnston has worn so many hats that he’s probably got permanent hat-head. But he probably doesn’t mind showing off…at least a little bit.
As co-owner of Ferndale’s Woodward Avenue Brewers (or the WAB, as it’s known on the streets), sister bar/restaurant the Emory, ex-member of Lansing area coulda-been-huge alt.rockers 19 Wheels, owner of Redspot Management – home to Detroit-rock powerhouses the Hard Lessons — and most recently a co-conspirator in opening the Fern’s fancy new pool hall in the Loving Touch, the man sure does have a lot to crow about.
But Johnston is hardly the bragging, hard partying, wheeling-and-dealing, expensive-shirt-unbuttoned-to-the-middle-of-his-chest type of entrepreneur. Self-described as a quiet guy, Johnston’s mornings rarely start with him nursing a hangover and applying the spray-on tan. Instead, he’s up and at-em early, tending to his two daughters, Ruby, 6, and Mabel, just only five-months-old, and off to work by 8 a.m. Doesn’t sound like the kind of guy you’d expect to own a bunch of bars with a six-string strapped to his back, does it?
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