Lonnie Johnson
- MatchLonnie Johnson
- 100%Big Bill Broonzy
- 97%Tampa Red
- 75%Roosevelt Sykes
- 73%Memphis Minnie
- 71%Lightnin' Hopkins
- 68%Johnny Shines
- 63%Blind Blake
- 60%Elmore James
- 60%Lowell Fulson
- 59%T-Bone Walker
Biography
Alonzo Johnson, 8 February 1889, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, d. 16 June 1970, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A hugely influential and original blues musicians, in the early 1900s Johnson played guitar and violin in saloons in his home town, performing mainly around the red-light district of Storyville. Shortly before the outbreak of war he visited Europe, returning to New Orleans in 1919. During his absence most of his closest relatives died in an influenza epidemic and upon his return, Johnson... Read more