Trey Johnson, Dallas musician and State Fair Records co-founder, is dead at 53

By Preston Jones, February 1, 2022 

“Trey Johnson, a long-time fixture on the Dallas music scene, died Jan. 31. He was 53 years old.

Johnson, an accomplished solo artist who also earned acclaim as a member of Sorta (with the late Carter Albrecht), was one of the founders of the taste-making local label State Fair Records, which confirmed his death Tuesday. Johnson is survived by his wife Jen, his son and his daughter, as well as his mother and siblings. The cause of death was not immediately known, but CultureMap Dallas reported Johnson had “experienced heart problems within the past year.”

Read KXT’s full article HERE.