Lonnie Johnson - Swingin' The Blues - 1966

[kurtcomeback]

a truely gifted man !

[MrRawdoc]

Lonnie Johnson was doing this in the early 1920's. By the way, rock & roll came out of a cereal box, along with a decoder ring

[santana26491]

Lonnie was in a class of his own.

[H34DCRUSH]

I play guitar and mostly bass, and seeing these masters as Loonie Johnson, way ahead of their time, makes me wonder what is talent - such a word cannot be understood under the references of nowadays artists. Talent is to be a visionary, and this man was the Colombo of Blues: despised by some and love by others. Long live his work.

[brucedickey]

Where Rock and Roll came from...

[lupine22]

@brucedickey -- I think you'll find that Rock 'n' Roll had been around for more than a decade by 1966.

[joriszsz]

@lupine22 however, rock n roll came from out the blues...

[lupine22]

@joriszsz -- and from country, and doo-wop, and jazz, and all much earlier than this 1966 recording by Lonnie Johnson.

[joriszsz]

@lupine22 of course, just saying...

[bluesloverfr]

I love Lonnie - this is the real Blues.

[beowulf3075]

This is also new to me, the photos are superb, he has such a soulful lovely face.

Tks for the upload.

[eraffel]

No Nonsense Jamming.

[bibielele]

It´s so cool!!! I had never heard that!!!

Amábille:-)

[busessuck1]

Deserves way more views... jazz guitarist charlie christian did a pretty ace version as well

[SIRONEDRAGON]

What a legend in Jazz/ Blues guitar ! : )

[Kerouac4fan]

Nice sequence of photos, if I may say so. Fantastic playing!

[JesseMathews]

Thanks for uploading this, never heard this before, fantastic playing of course !