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Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson has been played on NTS shows including Death Is Not The End, with Careless Love first played on 30 July 2016.

Alfonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1894 – June 6, 1970) was a pioneering blues and jazz singer/guitarist born in New Orleans, Louisiana. There is some dispute over the year of his birth, but 1894 is what appears on his passport. Lonnie Johnson's early recordings are the first guitar recordings that display a single-note soloing style with use of string bending and vibrato. While it cannot be proven that this contains the influence of earlier players who did not record, it is the…

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Raise The Window High
Lonnie Johnson
Smithsonian Folkways1993
Raise The Window High
Lonnie JohnsonSmithsonian Folkways1993
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Savoy Blues
Lonnie Johnson, Elmer Snowden
Prestige Bluesville1960
Savoy Blues
Lonnie Johnson, Elmer SnowdenPrestige Bluesville1960
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What A Difference A Day Makes
Lonnie Johnson
Prestige Bluesville1961
What A Difference A Day Makes
Lonnie JohnsonPrestige Bluesville1961
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She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight
Lonnie Johnson
Columbia1990
She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight
Lonnie JohnsonColumbia1990
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Devil's Got The Blues
Lonnie Johnson
Swaggie Records0
Devil's Got The Blues
Lonnie JohnsonSwaggie Records0
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Lazy Mood
Lonnie Johnson
Smithsonian Folkways1993
Lazy Mood
Lonnie JohnsonSmithsonian Folkways1993
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Love Is The Answer
Lonnie Johnson
Blues Boy1980
Love Is The Answer
Lonnie JohnsonBlues Boy1980
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Careless Love
Lonnie Johnson
King Records1970
Careless Love
Lonnie JohnsonKing Records1970
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Tomorrow Night
Lonnie Johnson
King Records1970
Tomorrow Night
Lonnie JohnsonKing Records1970
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Swing Out Rhythm
Lonnie Johnson
Decca1937
Swing Out Rhythm
Lonnie JohnsonDecca1937
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