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Lonnie Johnson

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Through Rain And Snow

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Jet Black Blues

Another Night To Cry

Broken Levee Blues

Me and My Crazy Self

Albums

Essential Classics, Vol. 669: Lonnie Johnson

Blues & Ballads (Remastered 2025)

Through Rain And Snow

Essential Classics, Vol. 669: Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson & Essential Classics

Four Classic Albums Plus (Blues / Lonesome Road / Woman Blues / Another Night to Cry) (2018 Digitally Remastered)

Lonnie Johnson & Victoria Spivey

Play Those Strings!

The Blues Collective - Lonnie Johnson

The Complete Folkways Recordings

Singles & EPs

This Is the Blues, Vol. 3 (Recordings of 1937 + 1938)

Mr. Johnson's Blues

There's No Use of Lovin'

Falling Rain Blues

Live performances

Knockin' On Your Door (Live Germany '63)

Appearances

Halloween Classics: Hellbent For Halloween

Various Artists

A Collection Of Everybody's Favorite Songs

Various Artists

Too Soon to Know - Timeless Classics Shaped by the Pioneers of Early R&B

Various Artists

The Best Classic Jazz, Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson

Matchbox Bluesmaster Series, Vol. 11: Black Diamond Express

Various Artists

100% Pure Blues V5

Various Artists

Various Artists

Candy Man Blues

Various Artists

Dope Head Blues

Various Artists

Jack O' Diamond Blues

Various Artists

Compilations

Blues Elite: Best Of Lonnie Johnson

Blues In My Soul 1937-1946 (Blues Collection Historic Recordings)

Lonnie Johnson (The Big Blues Collection)

Majestic R&B - Vol 4

Lula Reed, Sonny Thompson, Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Syd Nathan, Lonnie Johnson, Hank Ballard, Little Willie John, Billy Ward & The Dominoes, Earl Bostic, Lucky Millinder, Bull Moose Jackson, Roy Brown, Professor Longhair, Jack Dupree, Mr Bear, The Dominoes, Tiny Bradshaw, Lil Greenwood & Four

Boogie & The Blue - Part 1

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, Roy Brown, Pee Wee Crayton, Wynonie Harris, Roy Milton, Lonnie Johnson, Bull Moose Jackson, Joe Lutcher, B.B.King, Ivory Joe Hunter, John Lee Hooker, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, Lowell Fulson, Howlin Wolf, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Boy Williamson, Son

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Biography

Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 – June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer/guitarist, violinist and songwriter who pioneered the role of jazz guitar and jazz violin, and is recognized as the first to play an electrically-amplified violin.

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