Lonnie Johnson - Swingin' The Blues - 1966 video free download

Andrea Valkovic-Moceri

Swingin' The BluesLonnie Johnson#lonniejohnson 

Mad Fabe

Swingin' The BluesLonnie Johnson#lonniejohnson 

Joe Nania

Here is what the real blues - swing - jazz guitar sound and feel was - No big amps - or pedals- no sound effect units - LONNIE JOHNSON - started it all - and it led to Eddie lang - Charlie Christian - Django Reinhardt - T-Bone walker - and of course to Chuck Berry and Scotty Moore which is where WE ALL get it from - They ALL heard him and were influenced - Joe Nania a.k.a. Hollywood Joe 

jazzgtrplayer

Everything that needs to be said about blues guitar is in this one recording.

MrSteamhammer100

very good stuff !!

mectron63

do ya reckon this guy was a big influence on hendrix id like to think so he is awesome 

Johnny Wade

BB King got his violinlike vibrato from lonnie

peanutpeanut123

whoa, unbelievable, so much good stuff

lupine22

Absolutely, Drew. No question! I've heard them all. That's why it's curious that this 1966 recording has been cited as where rock 'n' roll came from, instead of the many 1920s recordings by Lonnie which are readily available on YouTube.

Drew Hines

I think YOU'll find Lonnie John had been developing these licks since the's 1920's...

lupine22

You might find you will fare better by enjoying this fine music instead of arguing. Just a hint :-)

Xenithal

In which case it was a superior and uncalled for comment. You might find you will fare better by giving folk the benefit of the doubt and taking things in the spirit they were clearly intended. Just a hint.

fomomoto3

You are taking the comment way too literally. The comment I believe was meant to indicate that Lonnie Johnson's playing was one of the many roots from which rock and roll grew. Johnson had been doing this style since the 1920's long before rock and roll. He was just among the few who lived long enough to be around and still playing up a storm in 1966 and until a (very) few years later.

afinefred

30k plays...not one dislike. good job!!!

Gerry Hector

Tell them Stan then man who is the Guitar Daddy.

ksharpe10

This is the 1966 competitor for the Guitar Center King(Battle) of the Blues Guitar.

benthemiester

This guy goes back to the twenties.

lupine22

Of course! But I was answering the comment of the person who stated that this 1966 recording was where rock 'n' roll came from. It came from recordings much, much earlier than that!

eddy67

Everything comes from something else

swacbro

Rock & Roll had been around way before 1956...it just wasn't called Rock & Roll...they had to name it something other than R & B so they could sell it to white people

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