Lonnie Johnson
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American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter (1899–1970)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1952
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Vienna
- Faith Came Now What?
- God's Affirmative Action Plan for Man
- Thomas Hobbes
- Central Europe
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Film & TV
Known for
- The Story Of The Blues — Self2004
- The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 — Himself2003
- Blues like Showers of Rain — Himself (voice)1970
- I Hear The Blues1963
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1899-02-08
- Active to
- 1970-06-16
acoustic bluesbluescountry bluesjazzpiedmont blues
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 125,239
- Total plays
- 772,744
Tags
bluesjazzClassic Bluesguitarmississippi blues
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 origin of Bl
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Place of death
- Toronto
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- OKeh Records
- Image
- LonnieJohnsonByRussellLee1941Crop.jpg
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- start of work period
- 1925-00-00
- date of birth
- 1894-02-08
- date of death
- 1970-06-16
- name in native language
- Alonzo Johnson
- Commons category
- Lonnie Johnson (musician)
- ethnic group
- African Americans
Sources (1)
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