Lonnie Johnson - Steppin' On the Blues
2017 Japanese CD reissue.
Groundbreaking guitar work of dazzling complexity that never fails to amaze -- and this stuff was cut in the 1920s! Lonnie Johnson's astonishingly fluid guitar work was massively influential (Robert Johnson, for one, was greatly swayed by his waxings), and his no-nonsense vocals (frequently laced with threats of violence -- "Got the Blues for Murder Only" and "She's Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight" are prime examples on this 19-cut collection) are scarcely less impressive. Johnson's torrid guitar duets with jazzman Eddie Lang retain their sense of legend over seven decades after they were cut.
Bill Dahl ~ AllMusicGuide
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| SKU | 4547366296709 |
| Barcode # | 4547366296709 |
| Brand | Sony Japan |
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