Lonnie_Johnson-The_Original_Guitar_Wizard-4CD-2005-SER

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    Lonnie  Johnson  was  best  known  for  his  tonally  beautiful guitar
    playing, but  he was  also a  fine singer  and songwriter,  and pretty
    adept on violin, piano, banjo, mandolin, harmonium, and bass as  well.
    Equally at home in the blues or the jazz world (he worked with artists
    as raw as Texas Alexander and as polished as Louis Armstrong and  Duke
    Ellington), Johnson's  life as  a professional  musician began  in the
    mid-'20s and stretched all the way into the 1960s, when his career was
    given an autumnal boost during the folk/blues revival. This  four-disc
    95-track box from Proper moves chronologically through Johnson's  peak
    years with commercial labels, beginning with his prolific OKeh  years,
    which are covered on the  first two discs (highlights include  several
    elegant  instrumentals,  a  particularly  fine  solo  version  of W.C.
    Handy's "Careless Love,"  and some amazing  duets with jazz  guitarist
    Eddie Lang) and conclude  on the third disc,  the first part of  which
    covers Johnson's last years with  the label (he was released  from his
    contract in 1932). After moving to Chicago, Johnson signed with  Decca
    in 1937,  and his  amazing solo  guitar performance  called "Swing Out
    Rhythm" is included here from the Decca stay. In 1939 Johnson moved to
    RCA Victor's  Bluebird imprint,  and those  sides round  out the third
    disc and begin the fourth.  In 1947, having switched from  acoustic to
    electric guitar, Johnson left Bluebird, and after tracking some  sides
    for Moe Asch's  Disc label, followed  by a brief  stay at Aladdin,  he
    began a  long association  with King.  One of  his first  cuts for the
    label,  "Tomorrow Night,"  included here,  topped the  R&B charts  for
    several weeks in 1948 and  touched off Johnson's R&B years,  which saw
    the guitarist moving more toward ballads and working increasingly with
    large horn sections. His association with King ended in 1951, and  his
    final commercial tracks for the label conclude disc four of this  set.
    There are several single-disc releases of Lonnie Johnson's work on the
    market and casual listeners may well want to start with one of  those,
    since there is a  lot of repetition here  (none of the musicians  from
    the  1920s  and 1930s  could  have anticipated  having  multi-disc box
    sets),  but as  an extensive  overview of  Johnson's  peak  years, The
    Original Guitar Wizard is a steal at a budget price.

    http://www.redhotjazz.com/ljohnson.html

    Tracks:

    CD #1 - Mr. Johnson's Blues

    01. Mr. Johnson's Blues (2:44)
    02. Johnson's Trio Stomp (3:00)
    03. To Do This You Got To Know How (3:09)
    04. South Bound Water (2:46)
    05. I Done Told You (3:00)
    06. Steppin' On The Blues (2:55)
    07. Steady Grind (3:26)
    08. Four Hands Are Better Than Two (3:19)
    09. Woke Up With The Blues In My Fingers (3:12)
    10. Backwater Blues (3:39)
    11. Mean Old Bedbug Blues (2:56)
    12. Roaming Rambler Blues (3:05)
    13. Stay Out Of Walnut Street Alley (3:13)
    14. St. Louis Cyclone Blues (3:06)
    15. Bedbug Blues, Pt 2 (3:03)
    16. Garter Snake Blues (3:16)
    17. 6/88 Glide (3:02)
    18. Life Saver Blues (3:07)
    19. I'm Not Rough (3:01)
    20. Sweet Potato Blues (2:59)
    21. Hotter Than That (3:03)
    22. Savoy Blues (3:30)
    23. Playing With The Strings (3:02)
    24. Stompin' Em Along Now (2:56)

    CD #2 - Hot Fingers

    01. Deep Blue Sea Blues (3:05)
    02. No More Women Blues (3:03)
    03. I'm So Tired Of Living All Alone (3:07)
    04. Crowing Rooster Blues (2:41)
    05. Broken Levee Blues (3:26)
    06. Careless Love (2:57)
    07. Toothache Blues, Pts 1 & 2 (6:10)
    08. Misty Mornin' (3:20)
    09. Two Tone Stomp (3:02)
    10. Have To Change Keys To Play These Blues (3:03)
    11. It Feels So Good, Pts 1 & 2 (6:15)
    12. Jet Black Blues (3:03)
    13. Guitar Blues (3:16)
    14. Blue Guitars (3:13)
    15. Bullfrog Moan (3:18)
    16. Sundown Blues (3:05)
    17. The New Fallin' Rain Blues (3:14)
    18. You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now, Pts 1 & 2 (6:08)
    19. Hot Fingers (3:00)
    20. Blues Room (3:07)
    21. She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight (3:12)
    22. Another Woman Booked Out And Bound To Go (3:13)

    CD #3 - Jersey Belle Blues

    01. I Got The Best Jelly Roll In Town, Pts 1 & 2 (6:54)
    02. The Dirty Dozen (3:09)
    03. I Just Can't Stand These Blues (3:31)
    04. Deep Sea Blues (3:29)
    05. Long Black Train (3:00)
    06. I Have To Do My Time (3:11)
    07. No More Troubles Now (3:16)
    08. You're Getting Old On Your Job (3:17)
    09. Don't Wear It Out (3:20)
    10. Got The Blues For Murder Only (3:24)
    11. Let All Married Women Alone (3:20)
    12. Beautiful But Dumb (3:03)
    13. Sleepy Water Blues (3:04)
    14. Uncle Red, Don't Use Your Head (3:06)
    15. I'm Nuts About That Gal (3:13)
    16. Racketeers Blues (3:14)
    17. Swing Out Rhythm (2:39)
    18. Why Women Go Wrong (2:54)
    19. Jersey Belle Blues (2:59)
    20. The Loveless Blues (3:15)
    21. I'm Just Dumb (3:00)
    22. Get Yourself Together (3:13)
    23. Crowing Rooster Blues (2:39)

    CD #4 - Tomorrow Night

    01. That's Love (2:59)
    02. Lazy Woman Blues (3:03)
    03. In Love Again (2:55)
    04. He's A Jelly-Roll Baker (3:18)
    05. When You Feel Low Down (2:57)
    06. The Victim Of Love (3:14)
    07. Watch Shorty (3:08)
    08. Keep What You Got (2:58)
    09. Love Is The Answer (2:49)
    10. Tomorrow Night (3:03)
    11. What A Real Woman (2:39)
    12. Falling Rain Blues (2:48)
    13. Working Man's Blues (2:40)
    14. Playing Around (2:44)
    15. Trouble Ain't Nothing But The Blues (2:01)
    16. Blues Stay Away From Me (2:05)
    17. Little Rocking Chair (2:53)
    18. Nothing But Trouble (2:44)
    19. Why Should I Cry (2:48)
    20. It Was All In Vain (2:41)
    21. You Only Want Me When You're Lonely (2:57)
    22. Me And My Crazy Self (2:36)
    23. I'm Guilty (2:45)
    24. Just Another Day (2:36)
    25. You Can't Buy Love (2:56)
    26. Can't Sleep Anymore (2:21)
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