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Born: February 08, 1899 in New Orleans, LA
Years Active: 20 's, 30 's, 40 's, 50 's, 60 's, 70 's
Died: June 16, 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre: Blues

Biography:
Blues guitar simply would not have developed in the manner that it did if not for the prolific brilliance of Lonnie Johnson. He was there to help define the instrument's future within the genre and the genre's future itself at the very beginning, his melodic conception so far advanced from most of his pre-war peers as to inhabit a plane all h... Continue Bio >>

Discography:
1974 Lonnie Johnson
196z Woman Blues
1965 Stompin' at the Penny
1962 Another Night to Cry
1961 Idle Hours
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