I was so lucky to see Lonnie Johnson play in Gerdes New York in the sixties, I was a bit sniffy because He played electric guitar , he was so gracious and gentle also,thank you for your wonderful video…. Rod in London
such a great video and delivery! I love Lonnie Johnson's playing and was forever haunted by 'Tomorrow Night' the moment I first heard it. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talent! I look forward to the rest of your videos! cheers!
This is GREAT ! Thank you for introducing me to Lonnie Johnson. I am going to explore his techniques for sure. Please keep these episodes going 🙏 they are really significant and helpful!
Lonnie Johnson was brilliant. I have adored him since I was a teenager. You can hear his influence on BB King and, songs like Too late to Cry or Tomorrow Night have a deep melancholy but are also tinged with sophisticated phrasings and passages. Thanks for this Jordan.
I must leave a comment - you knocked me out with your playing : such ease ! You would make a great teacher. I saw Lonnie Johnson once in one of the UK Blues Festivals in the 60s along with a host of the other blues greats the U.S.A. produced in the last century. It was about a month ago I discovered in my dusty collection a Mel Bay book with Tab from way-back on Lonnie Johnson with 3 CDs of a spoken tutorial by the late Woody Mann on Lonnie's technique. Since when I've been struggling, fat fingered, slack jawed - tongue-out, ploughing my way through Away Down in the Alley. Am about on the home-run. It's been fun.
That's very cool. I have never seen a book on his technique. But I definitely checked him out a lot and was very inspired by his way of playing, his sound, his way of bending, everything. I also learned a lot about Lonnie Johnson by talking about him and his music with Michael Jerome Browne, a great guitarist here in Montreal. Michael is amazing, and definitely worth checking out if you like Lonnie Johnson, and blues-roots music in general. Thanks for writing!
One thing I think I've figured out about sliding which makes it great for our technique no matter what kind of lick or scale is played, is the fact that it makes our brain learn not to over-squeeze the frets. If you're gonna slide down and back the brain is forced to weed out that over-squeezing or you just can't hardly play it. Everyone to some extent is over squeezing, it's just left over in our mind by our original trying to fret clearly with little callus as beginners. Anyway that's a thought.
i so love that guitar. the opening lick you played can be heard on a bob wills recording of "twin guitars", perhaps Elton Shamblin playing it. oh, that is the lick you're speaking of at 2:36 and beyond. i have heard Django type licks come out of the bob wills' players as well. they all come from a similar period, so who knows who was the first and it doesn't matter. you play some cool stuff that i don't. and that is a problem for me because i am at least twice your age. so kudos to u.
thing that gets me is how under rated Lonnie Johnson is in comparison to namesake Robert Johnson. People have been banging on about about how RJ magically acquired skills at the crossroads...when in reality, he was just rabid Lonnie Johnson fan..at some stage he putting records on, lifting the needle and copping Lonnies licks..which is the true nature of the blues, cop licks put your own spin on it.
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I was so lucky to see Lonnie Johnson play in Gerdes New York in the sixties, I was a bit sniffy because
He played electric guitar , he was so gracious and gentle also,thank you for your wonderful video…. Rod in London
Have to agree. Lonnie is so soothing to listen to. His voice and guitar are like milk and honey together.
Amazing.
such a great video and delivery! I love Lonnie Johnson's playing and was forever haunted by 'Tomorrow Night' the moment I first heard it. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talent! I look forward to the rest of your videos! cheers!
Muy buen trabajo sobre una de las principales características de Lonnie. Gracias por compartirla.
He was one of the pioneers!!! Great breakdown man !!!
This is GREAT ! Thank you for introducing me to Lonnie Johnson. I am going to explore his techniques for sure.
Please keep these episodes going 🙏 they are really significant and helpful!
Thanks! He is amazing, all of his music is worth checking out, and there is lots to check out!
This is a really great series Jordan. Thanks for doing it!
Lonnie Johnson was brilliant. I have adored him since I was a teenager. You can hear his influence on BB King and, songs like Too late to Cry or Tomorrow Night have a deep melancholy but are also tinged with sophisticated phrasings and passages. Thanks for this Jordan.
He sure was. And I definitely hear him in BB King's playing
I must leave a comment - you knocked me out with your playing : such ease ! You would make a great teacher. I saw Lonnie Johnson once in one of the UK Blues Festivals in the 60s along with a host of the other blues greats the U.S.A. produced in the last century. It was about a month ago I discovered in my dusty collection a Mel Bay book with Tab from way-back on Lonnie Johnson with 3 CDs of a spoken tutorial by the late Woody Mann on Lonnie's technique. Since when I've been struggling, fat fingered, slack jawed - tongue-out, ploughing my way through Away Down in the Alley. Am about on the home-run. It's been fun.
That's very cool. I have never seen a book on his technique. But I definitely checked him out a lot and was very inspired by his way of playing, his sound, his way of bending, everything. I also learned a lot about Lonnie Johnson by talking about him and his music with Michael Jerome Browne, a great guitarist here in Montreal. Michael is amazing, and definitely worth checking out if you like Lonnie Johnson, and blues-roots music in general. Thanks for writing!
One thing I think I've figured out about sliding which makes it great for our technique no matter what kind of lick or scale is played, is the fact that it makes our brain learn not to over-squeeze the frets. If you're gonna slide down and back the brain is forced to weed out that over-squeezing or you just can't hardly play it. Everyone to some extent is over squeezing, it's just left over in our mind by our original trying to fret clearly with little callus as beginners. Anyway that's a thought.
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i so love that guitar. the opening lick you played can be heard on a bob wills recording of "twin guitars", perhaps Elton Shamblin playing it. oh, that is the lick you're speaking of at 2:36 and beyond. i have heard Django type licks come out of the bob wills' players as well. they all come from a similar period, so who knows who was the first and it doesn't matter.
you play some cool stuff that i don't. and that is a problem for me because i am at least twice your age. so kudos to u.
Great stuff man ! Thank you !
Thanks and all the best to you!
this is wonderful. thanks. Something new to work up. also the barney/ freddie king's 70s slacks colored hoodie is slick
Thanks for your comment!! All the best :-)
Awesome!
Love the guitar on “That’s For Me”!
Thanks!!!!!
So great
THANK YOU!
merci
thing that gets me is how under rated Lonnie Johnson is in comparison to namesake Robert Johnson. People have been banging on about about how RJ magically acquired skills at the crossroads...when in reality, he was just rabid Lonnie Johnson fan..at some stage he putting records on, lifting the needle and copping Lonnies licks..which is the true nature of the blues, cop licks put your own spin on it.
It's true that we don't hear about Lonnie Johnson enough. He's amazing. All the best!
Lonnie had a more sophisticated, uptown thing going. I first came across him in a King R&B box set of CDs.
Great stuff Jordan ! Thanks.
Thanks Leo!
thank you
He was an incredible guitarrist
Sure was!
What kind of guitar is that? How did I get one?