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Complete Folkways Recordings (Import) (CD)

By: Lonnie Johnson

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DISC 1 for Complete Folkways Recordings (Import) (CD) Album By Lonnie Johnson
1   Raise The Window High  
2   Tears Don't Fall No More  
3   Long Road To Travel  
4   Old Rockin' Chair  
5   You Have My Life In Your Hands  
6   Lazy Mood  
7   Mister Trouble  
8   How Deep Is The Ocean  
9   Pouring Down Rain  
10   Prisoner Of Love  
11   Careless Love  
12   Juice Headed Baby  
13   Teardrops In My Eyes  
14   Looking For A Sweetie  
15   I've Been A Fool Myself  
16   What A Difference A Day Makes  
17   That Lonesome Road  
18   I Can't Believe  
19   When You Always By Yourself  
20   My Mother's Eyes  
21   Summertime  
22   CC Rider  
23   Entire Family Was Musicians  
24   Falling Rain Blues  
 

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Solo performer: Lonnie Johnson (vocals, guitar).
Includes liner notes by Sam Charters.
Fans who think the blues has little more to offer than screaming guitars and over-amplified harmonicas have obviously never heard Lonnie Johnson (1889-1970). A New Orleans native who spent much of his youth in Europe and St. Louis, Johnson saw the blues through a jazz player's eyes, incorporating jazz's complex chording and hip attitude into a genre otherwise noted for its raw, unadorned passion. As a result of his masterful playing and distinctive approach, no lesser (and diverse) greats than B.B. King, Robert Johnson, Charlie Christian, and T-Bone Walker readily and enthusiastically acknowledged Johnson's influence on their playing.
THE COMPLETE FOLKWAYS RECORDINGS, a 1967 collection of Johnson solo performances, offers a unique opportunity to hear this master outside his usual ensemble setting. On this generous 24-track offering, Johnson works his way through numerous original blues as well as a few well-chosen jazz standards ("Prisoner of Love" and Hoagy Carmichael's "Old Rocking Chair," among several others). Although recorded late in Johnson's life, the blues great's playing and singing show no signs of deterioration. On the contrary, this is the work of a man at the top of his game. A classic.

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Fans who think the blues has little more to offer than screaming guitars and over-amplified harmonicas have obviously never heard Lonnie Johnson (1889-1970). A New Orleans native who spent much of his youth in Europe and St. Louis, Johnson saw the blues through a jazz player's eyes, incorporating jazz's complex chording and hip attitude into a genre otherwise noted for its raw, unadorned passion. As a result of his masterful playing and distinctive approach, no lesser (and diverse) greats than B.B. King, Robert Johnson, Charlie Christian, and T-Bone Walker readily and enthusiastically acknowledged Johnson's influence on their playing.
THE COMPLETE FOLKWAYS RECORDINGS, a 1967 collection of Johnson solo performances, offers a unique opportunity to hear this master outside his usual ensemble setting. On this generous 24-track offering, Johnson works his way through numerous original blues as well as a few well-chosen jazz standards ("Prisoner of Love" and Hoagy Carmichael's "Old Rocking Chair", among several others). Although recorded late in Johnson's life, the blues great's playing and singing show no signs of deterioration. On the contrary, this is the work of a man at the top of his game. A classic.

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