SUPERB LONNIE JOHNSON 78 ROCKS IN MY BED / SOLID BLUES UK MELODISC 1138 E+ NICE

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July 20, 2019 - 02:37:17 PM GMT (over 4 years ago)
gregsgreats
A REALLY EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS RARE UK MELODISC 78 FROM LONNIE JOHNSONROCKS IN MY BEDb/w SOLID BLUES Johnson was a pioneering Blues and Jazz guitarist and banjoist. He started playing in cafes in New Orleans and in 1917 he traveled in Europe, playing in revues and briefly with Will Marion Cook's Southern Syncopated Orchestra. When he returned home to New Orleans in 1918 he discovered that his entire family had been killed by a flu epidemic except for one brother. He and his surviving brother, James "Steady Roll" Johnson moved to St. Louis in 1920 where Lonnie played with Charlie Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs and with Fate Marable in their Mississippi riverboat bands. In 1925 Johnson married Blues singer Mary Johnson and won a Blues contest sponsored by the Okeh record company. Part of the prize was a recording deal with the company. Throughout the rest of the 1920s he recorded with a variety of bands and musicians, including Eddie Lang, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five and the Duke Ellington Orchestra. In the 1930s Johnson moved to Cleveland, Ohio and worked with the Putney Dandridge Orchestra, and then in a tire factory and steel mill. In 1937 he moved back to Chicago and played with Johnny Dodds, and Jimmie Noone. Johnson continued to play for the rest of his life, but was often forced to leave the music business for periods to make a living. In 1963 he once again appeared briefly with Duke Ellington. DISC DETAILS ROCKS IN MY BED b/w SOLID BLUES UK MELODISC 1138 10" 78rpm SHELLAC LONNIE JOHNSON - GUITAR & VOCALS ; JOHN DAVIS - PIANO CONDITION - E/E+ TWO GREAT SIDES FROM THE GREAT LONNIE JOHNSON IN EXCELLENT CONDITIONSO DON'T MISS OUT ! BID NOW!
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July 13, 2019 - 02:37:17 PM GMT (over 4 years ago)
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10"
78 RPM

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