However, despite achieving considerable success as a gun-for-hire guitarist, Johnson’s session career wasn’t immune to the odd disaster – nor was it absent of a particularly harsh sacking. Speaking in a new interview with Guitar World, Johnson looks back on his oft-underappreciated session days, and recalls a disaster encounter that took place while working with an anonymous country singer. “And I just got fired from the session because I couldn’t get it.”It wasn't the only time that the studio’s on-the-spot nature caught Johnson cold. During a separate experience, the Cliffs of Dover virtuoso found himself struggling to deliver for Steely Dan’s lead singer. Eric Johnson’s full interview with Guitar World – in which he discusses his session days – and how he ended up working with Christopher Cross after Ritchie Blackmore got food poisoning – will be published in the coming weeks.