Blues by Lonnie Johnson

by Lonnie Johnson

Blues by Lonnie Johnson cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1960
  • Label: Bluesville
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:15
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Rediscovered working as a hotel janitor after years of obscurity, the pioneering jazz and blues guitarist makes a triumphant return to the studio. His highly sophisticated, single-string picking style remains intact, perfectly accompanying his smooth, urbane vocal delivery in a stripped-down, acoustic setting.

Genres

Descriptors: breakup, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Don't Ever Love (3:33)
  2. No Love For Sale (3:02)
  3. There's No Love (2:25)
  4. I Don't Hurt Anymore (3:53)
  5. She Devil (2:55)
  6. One Sided Love Affair (3:13)
  7. Big Leg Woman (3:12)
  8. There Must Be A Way (3:22)
  9. She's Drunk Again (3:22)
  10. Blues 'Round My Door (3:34)
  11. You Don't Move Me (2:13)
  12. You Will Need Me (3:25)

Credits

  • Lonnie Johnson - primary artist, guitar, vocals
  • Wendell Marshall - bass
  • Bobby Donaldson - drums
  • Claude Hopkins - piano
  • Hal Singer - tenor saxophone

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