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Lonnie Johnson

Blues
Delta Blues
Acoustic blues
Lonnie Johnson played a key role not only in the history of the blues, but also in that of the guitar. He was one of the very first, perhaps the very first, to conceive of the guitar as a solo instrument played note by note with a plectrum. He contributed to making the guitar as noble an instrument as the violin or the piano. In fact, it was as a violinist and pianist that the young Lonnie Johnson entertained the taverns and brothels of the Storyville district of New Orleans. The influence of New Orleans jazz will always be felt in his music. Sent to the European front during the...
Songs
Idle Hours
Idle HoursVictoria Spivey and Lonnie Johnson

A Good Happy Home (1926)
A Good Happy Home (1926)Lonnie Johnson

Another Night to Cry
Another Night to CryLonnie Johnson

Another Night to Cry

3:19

Careless Love
Careless Love 

Previously Unreleased Track

Lonnie Johnson and Elmer Snowden

The Complete Folkways Recordings

3:33

Haunted House (1960)
Haunted House (1960)Lonnie Johnson

Deep Blue Sea Blues (1928)
Deep Blue Sea Blues (1928)Lonnie Johnson

Steppin' On The Blues

Albums