Blues & Ballads (Bluesville Acoustic Sound Series)
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Lonnie JOHNSON with ELMER SNOWDEN
Blues & Ballads (Bluesville Acoustic Sound Series)
Craft US
180 gram vinyl LP with obi-strip Cat: CRF 1681701Rel: 17 Mar 25
Blues Side 1 - Track 1. Haunted House Side 1 - Track 2. Memories Of You Side 1 - Track 3. Blues For Chris Side 1 - Track 4. I Found A Dream Side 1 - Track 5. St Louis Blues Side 2 - Track 1. I'll Get Along Somehow Side 2 - Track 2. Savoy Blues Side 2 - Track 3. Back Water Blues Side 2 - Track 4. Elmer's Blues Side 2 - Track 5. Jelly Roll Baker
American jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter Lonnie Johnson is widely recognised as a pioneer of jazz guitar and jazz violin, at the storied late 1950s cutoff point where blues crossed into "jass". Known as one of the first, if not the first, blues-jazz players to ever play the electric violin, this new retrospective record, documenting his best works with fellow guitarist Elmer Snowden, sadly nonetheless does not feature this remarkable feat, although it does scout an impressive terrain through Johnson's versatility on electric guitar and vocals. Though masterful, these performances still flaunt the make-do character of the Toronto native's musical upbringing. Take 'Blues For Chris', a rather avant-garde domestic tease of a track that only faintly pulses through the blues form, as Johnson janks and picks at the guitar whilst seeming to tell a premortem joke.
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