Lonnie Johnson - Another Night to Cry

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  • The wonderful Lonnie Johnson performing his jazz blues song Another Night to Cry from the year 1963.
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    Singer-songwriter-musician Alonzo “Lonnie” Johnson was born on February 8, 1899 in New Orleans. Johnson was a musical pioneer for, among other reasons, his work with the electric guitar and the electric violin.
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  • @Rory99M
    @Rory99M Pƙed 3 lety +2516

    His singing is so incredible and it is amazing how effortlessly he make it look

    • @theherbpuffer
      @theherbpuffer Pƙed 2 lety +42

      That paired with his immaculate guitar playing puts him in a league of his own.

    • @user-vz7ty2dd5g
      @user-vz7ty2dd5g Pƙed 2 lety +1

      RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.

    • @xrete
      @xrete Pƙed 2 lety +6

      @@user-vz7ty2dd5g okay

    • @user-hf2yk1vr6o
      @user-hf2yk1vr6o Pƙed 2 lety +5

      ぇ

    • @MrBBQ-si9qo
      @MrBBQ-si9qo Pƙed 2 lety +16

      Old music> new music is so bad.

  • @chynasmith5010
    @chynasmith5010 Pƙed 16 dny +15

    My Dad pass away in November if 2023 and looking this giving me sweet remembering of him play the guitar 🎾 😱he use to play like this!!!! And he play in gospel quartet music gospel. The name of the group was called the Cumberland Rivers in the other group he used to play with was called Slim and The Morning Echoes. He had a special way of playing his guitars he was like an old style playing the Blues I'm listening to how to use the play is guitar in I'm thinking now that he used to play it just like the blues players but I believe he told me that somebody when he was younger talking about to play a good time when he was younger and the way he played it is like John Lee Hooker. That's how my father used to play the guitar when I was growing up . I remember when we used to go to my uncle's house and he used to have cookouts at his house. The kids have to go down in the basement in a grown-ups be upstairs. And they used to play the blues all night long. And when my cousin was asleep they used to wake him up to see him dancing to the funky chicken or whatever it was crazy they are working out of his sleep and they would brag about their son know how to dance and they will wake him out of his sleep to make him dance do funky chicken or whatever it was crazy . Now Father's Day is coming up and I feel some type of way.😱 but listening to the Blues bring black good memories of my father.😱😱😱😱😱

  • @squarevegroundbowl
    @squarevegroundbowl Pƙed 12 lety +7308

    This is why i love youtube. So many musical gems and brilliant talented artists of the past who get little or no radio-play can be enjoyed by the many of us who crave real talent and artistry. Excellent.

    • @nickpatrick7021
      @nickpatrick7021 Pƙed 4 lety +136

      We're lucky to even have what we do. The depression killed record sales. If the blues revival hadn't happened and hadn't been helped by the English bands of the 60s, we wouldn't be able to enjoy performances like this at all

    • @marcelapontes7033
      @marcelapontes7033 Pƙed 4 lety +19

      Very very true!

    • @hadjerguerzize2011
      @hadjerguerzize2011 Pƙed 4 lety +11

      Well said.

    • @Riogi
      @Riogi Pƙed 4 lety +8

      I agree with you, Eric.

    • @3RD_WRLD
      @3RD_WRLD Pƙed 4 lety +10

      Amen

  • @limeplasterer2766
    @limeplasterer2766 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +26

    And that, ladies and gentleman, is the epitome of style, class and genuine talent.

  • @tomandaj1
    @tomandaj1 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +88

    Probably the most underrepresented father of modern guitar playing ever. He played jazz in the early 30s. He played with Eddie Lang and Joe Vanute. He played with Louis Armstrong.

    • @TheJ2effect
      @TheJ2effect Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +9

      This is my great grandfather and I’m JUST learning about him. Cool to see back in history.

    • @ruggerobelloni4743
      @ruggerobelloni4743 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci

      ​​​@@TheJ2effectOne of the true
      greats and by all accounts a
      very fine gentleman
      The much more often
      celebrated Robert Johnson, a
      more aggressive musician,
      often claimed to be related to
      him to impress people but
      though a Delta Blues icon, the
      two Lonnie imitations fall very short of the mark. The
      old Blues and Jazz cats I jammed with (b.1910/1923)
      told me : "Remember: you can't
      beat a man at his own game!"
      You must be proud to be related to such a giant. Tell
      those who don't know him to
      check out the man who inspired B.B. King. His early
      stuff like Blues for the West
      End Is sublime. đŸ˜źâ€đŸ˜Š

    • @thomasfisher5742
      @thomasfisher5742 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

      @@TheJ2effect a real pleasure to MEET HIM if only if it is on THE TUBE ,,,A VERY SAD ENDING TO HIS LIFE,,,RIP

    • @carlosescalante1080
      @carlosescalante1080 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

      He also played with Duke Ellington in The Mooche and Hot and Bothered. 12 string guitar no less!!! Not to mention his duets with Eddie Lang. Dude was a menace

  • @jasonrich4940
    @jasonrich4940 Pƙed 3 lety +1731

    I want this man announcing me every time I enter a room

    • @sheashea4622
      @sheashea4622 Pƙed 3 lety +23

      😁😁😁😁😁

    • @Fred-nt8jq
      @Fred-nt8jq Pƙed 2 lety +71

      I hope this man announcing you when you enter at the heaven ....

    • @jasonrich4940
      @jasonrich4940 Pƙed 2 lety +62

      @@Fred-nt8jq I'm 19 so hopefully that's a while from now 😂, but yeah, that would be nice

    • @aaronm.3581
      @aaronm.3581 Pƙed 2 lety +23

      @@jasonrich4940 A blink of an eye.

    • @user-vz7ty2dd5g
      @user-vz7ty2dd5g Pƙed 2 lety

      RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.

  • @winstonchurchill624
    @winstonchurchill624 Pƙed 4 lety +2417

    You know you’re about to see something special when Sonny boy Williamson, one of the best harmonica players ever, introduces someone.

    • @markducharme9518
      @markducharme9518 Pƙed 4 lety +85

      I wouldn't have thought _you_ knew that, Mr. Churchill.

    • @malzzzzification25
      @malzzzzification25 Pƙed 4 lety +31

      If he introduces YOU then you're not going to see something special, you're gonna do something special.

    • @winstonchurchill624
      @winstonchurchill624 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      MALZZZZification Yeah the grammar didn’t make much sense but I fixed it.

    • @B7aug5
      @B7aug5 Pƙed 4 lety +22

      how about Willie Dixon on Bass!!!!!!!

    • @ohhowsweet
      @ohhowsweet Pƙed 3 lety +4

      Right on Winston 😉thanks for letting me know 💜

  • @nelsenadelard802
    @nelsenadelard802 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +36

    Lonnie paved the way for folks like BB King and Muddy Waters. Such a natural talent at both vocals and guitar. Makes it look so effortless.

    • @James-jf1sc
      @James-jf1sc Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +2

      I did hear a little BB King there...

  • @lacydaniels5568
    @lacydaniels5568 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +22

    Real music by real people. Unforgettable. Thank you Mr. Johnson and CZcams.

  • @Vishangro
    @Vishangro Pƙed 4 lety +1996

    You might be cool but you'll never be as cool as Sonny Boy Willliamson doing that intro.😎

    • @levis6945
      @levis6945 Pƙed 4 lety +82

      That is so true that cat was smooth as silk..

    • @raymondphillips7107
      @raymondphillips7107 Pƙed 4 lety +60

      Yeah you're right. That dude was cool as December wind........

    • @clutchinson7438
      @clutchinson7438 Pƙed 4 lety +31

      If you even try you'll end up being half as cool as you thought you were when you started..

    • @cam0mila
      @cam0mila Pƙed 4 lety +6

      he is cute

    • @greenwoodmills7593
      @greenwoodmills7593 Pƙed 4 lety +29

      Until Lonnie comes out silky smooth and steals the show.

  • @lawiwis882
    @lawiwis882 Pƙed rokem +983

    Before my grandpa passed away he discovered CZcams. He told me how much he loved being able to jam out to his oldies in his living room❀ he said, “can you believe I just saw Elvis and The Beatles on my screen, those younglings”â˜ș

    • @missmaryjo4439
      @missmaryjo4439 Pƙed rokem +51

      That’s so sooo sweet. What a beautiful memory to have. God bless you & I hope your week goes amazing.

    • @stressbucket9846
      @stressbucket9846 Pƙed rokem +18

      Aw, thanks for sharing that.

    • @roostersbays95
      @roostersbays95 Pƙed rokem +10

      i often thought yt would have helped my Father thru healing

    • @Kings_Cooking1
      @Kings_Cooking1 Pƙed rokem +12

      Yes
      Well, another night to cry
      Baby, just cryin' over you
      Well, I've got another night to cry
      Another night to cry over you
      You hurt me so bad and so long
      And there's nothing I can do
      I'm so in love with you
      And you know it, and I can't help myself
      Yes, I'm so in love with you
      And you know it, and I can't help myself
      You laugh at my face when I say, I love you
      And walk away with somebody else
      You can't keep on hurtin' me
      Unless you get hurt yourself
      You can't keep on hurtin' me
      Unless you get hurt yourself
      'Cause your misusin' ways, baby
      Has drove me to somebody else
      Well, go on and have your fun
      Do anything you want to do
      Yes baby, go on and have your fun
      Do anything that you want to do
      'Cause it's my last night to cry
      I'm really through with you

    • @donciubotaru2867
      @donciubotaru2867 Pƙed rokem +4

      On the screen only? :(

  • @BrianJohnson-bq9tr
    @BrianJohnson-bq9tr Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +27

    This song is as smooth as silk.
    What a wonderful voice.

  • @cuetTimmonz
    @cuetTimmonz Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +23

    a smooth cigar, a rockin chair, and some smooth lonnie music!!! 2024 blues is still one of the best sounding music, out there.

  • @TheJofrica
    @TheJofrica Pƙed 4 lety +588

    The man in the beginning has the coolest walk

    • @BenderElduce
      @BenderElduce Pƙed 4 lety +56

      The man in the beginning is the coolest guy I've ever seen

    • @nikolakovacevic9359
      @nikolakovacevic9359 Pƙed 4 lety +13

      And the bigest hand😂

    • @thedandywarhol5729
      @thedandywarhol5729 Pƙed 4 lety +20

      Man makes ice melt just by a simple 'hello how are ya?'....

    • @listener6505
      @listener6505 Pƙed 4 lety +4

      Great. What ist the name of this man in the beginning?

    • @missywhippy
      @missywhippy Pƙed 4 lety +25

      Sonny Boy Williamson

  • @NedFATTO
    @NedFATTO Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +30

    I'm impressed by the quality of the footage. Those are the wrinkles of a man who been hurt and has become wiser for it.

  • @jerrywatt6813
    @jerrywatt6813 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +43

    That's sonny boy doing the introductions and the amazing Lonnie Johnson on guitar jeeeezzzz I'm in Heaven music History Right Here ! Thank You !!😊

    • @BenDover-zg2bj
      @BenDover-zg2bj Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +2

      I thought that was Sonny Boy. I was just listening to this incredible song and it hit me, that sounded like Sonny doing the intro!😂

    • @sinkincones8130
      @sinkincones8130 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

      sonny boy was on the h

    • @iamajackpot2810
      @iamajackpot2810 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

      ​@@sinkincones8130that never stopped anyone. 😎

  • @pezdelviento
    @pezdelviento Pƙed 8 lety +1353

    "When I mean Soul, I mean Soul"

  • @antoniorodriguez8530
    @antoniorodriguez8530 Pƙed rokem +19

    What a starry night, Willy Dixon, Ottis Spann, and the real one and only Sonny boy Williamson to introduce Lonnie... WOW ❀!

  • @jade7602
    @jade7602 Pƙed 9 dny +1

    The raw beauty of the real deal when music was pure!

  • @bushra_13
    @bushra_13 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +6

    Don't let me forget this music...

  • @PabloVestory
    @PabloVestory Pƙed 3 lety +51

    Lonnie Johnson was the father of virtually all modern blues, rock and jazz guitar, way of soloing, single lines and all. He recorded With Louis Armstrong in the twenties, toured with Bessie Smith and a lot of other stars, influenced Django, Charlie Christian, T-bne Walker, Robert Johnson... in his early records Elvis Presley imitated his way of singing and took a lot of his gestures, inflections, vibrato...
    Respect.

    • @Alltoofinite
      @Alltoofinite Pƙed rokem +2

      First to use a pick too.I think
      That might be Eddie land.. not sure

    • @Alltoofinite
      @Alltoofinite Pƙed rokem +2

      Lang

    • @cguzelli1
      @cguzelli1 Pƙed rokem +2

      One of the songs Elvis recorded at SUN records but never released was a version of Lonnie Johnson's original "Tomorrow Night" - you could tell that Elvis heard Johnson's version when he lived in the Lauderdale Courts in Memphis as a young man.

  • @joannebeauchamp1169
    @joannebeauchamp1169 Pƙed 4 lety +573

    Lonnie Johnson is not just an incredible singer & songwriter, but watch how he plays his guitar... smooth and flawless. The mark of a true artist!

    • @wheninroamful
      @wheninroamful Pƙed 2 lety +8

      When he was soloing; i was wondering if Jimi really listened to him and was influenced; i see some similar tricks/style...

    • @bmoraga01
      @bmoraga01 Pƙed 2 lety +10

      @@wheninroamful Jimi WAS influenced by him...at least indirectly through Albert King. When I interviewed Albert I asked him who his influences were. Lonnie Johnson was the first name he mentioned.

    • @tinalocklear5356
      @tinalocklear5356 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      He's a 💎

    • @steveraman7619
      @steveraman7619 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      his guitar is his air

    • @dannyl3704
      @dannyl3704 Pƙed rokem

      Not a wasted move

  • @andrewlowe9969
    @andrewlowe9969 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +18

    Sonny Boy is an amazing artist in his own right on harmonica, love his voice too, unique and unforgettable! God bless these amazing Blues players gone but not forgotten. Our broken world needs them to return and teach today's lost youth what real music and artistry truly is.

  • @mariemccormick8520
    @mariemccormick8520 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +8

    Gosh damn !!!! Those were the days!!!! Absolutely Beautiful!!!!

    • @gregnormal4
      @gregnormal4 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

      Hello!!! How are you doing today! Please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you're a fan... Stay Safe!

  • @keithmcmahon202
    @keithmcmahon202 Pƙed 10 lety +2065

    Lonnie was my first houseguest in London Ontario ( I bought a nice yellow brick home at 177 Central Av in 1966 $ 13,000 bucks) I think it was 1968 and Lonnie was the darling of the folk music set in Toronto. He was playing a very odd gig at a fleabitten old country/Western Bar. The audience was very unsure of what was happening on stage as Lonnie obviously had nothing in his repetoire to suit their tastes. The closest he could come was a number called "My Mother's Arms" (which he performed in every other set,I think. Noone there had any idea that this fellow was a living legend of the Jazz Guitar,having virtually invented it along with his friend Eddie Lang. Lonnie played with The Duke way back in '27

    • @mectron63
      @mectron63 Pƙed 9 lety +70

      nice story glad you could share it thank you

    • @mark_wooley001
      @mark_wooley001 Pƙed 9 lety +27

      mectron63 ... I agree ... I wish I could have been there for breakfast ... and hang out with a legend ...

    • @nobodyyouknow222
      @nobodyyouknow222 Pƙed 9 lety +41

      Keith McMahon Stories like this are gold ! Thanks... you can see he is playing a really cheap Kay guitar.. which would probably shred the fingers of most of the players watching this !

    • @zacharysmith1853
      @zacharysmith1853 Pƙed 9 lety +26

      Capt Larry
      Kay, wow my first ever guitar was a Kay, bought it from a jumble sale for about ÂŁ3 back in about 1985, I remember being surprised when I went to buy strings and they were more than I paid for the guitar :) it was an utter piece of shit, but I was so happy to have it :)

    • @nobodyyouknow222
      @nobodyyouknow222 Pƙed 8 lety +31

      +zachary smith that is what Kay was famous for... utter POS.. but like all cheap guitars, if you work them over, and most poor players had to do it themselves... you got something you could play.. that was yours, and like nothing else. I had a string of Harmony guitars.. a cut up from silvertone or kay.. but not much... but we made those old boxes play... and damn if we didn't love 'em

  • @heavyjohnrobbie
    @heavyjohnrobbie Pƙed 7 lety +1183

    This is downright surreal. The intro, the phantom vocal start, his playing, the camera cutting to the band, his abrupt finish, the all white audience in formal attire, the thank yous... I am baffled in the best possible way.

  • @cigancrni2630
    @cigancrni2630 Pƙed rokem +11

    When this dude announces you ... you must be a legend!

  • @gilbertlopez3544
    @gilbertlopez3544 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +3

    They say Jazz is the Route of all music, so True!!❀

  • @mico6691
    @mico6691 Pƙed 2 lety +14

    This man is more talented than 99% of main streem music today.

  • @acousticshadow4032
    @acousticshadow4032 Pƙed 3 lety +799

    Audience has no idea it's Willie Dixon on bass, Otis Spann at the piano...man!!!

  • @fagneralexandre1637
    @fagneralexandre1637 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +4

    Que mistura de sensaçÔes senhores, fino, fino, finođŸ‘ŒđŸ·đŸ—ż

  • @louisevad6091
    @louisevad6091 Pƙed rokem +6

    Rock and roll owes its legacy to pioneers like this

  • @earlgarcia6106
    @earlgarcia6106 Pƙed 4 lety +166

    Holy shit the reverb on the vocals!!!! Way ahead of it’s time!

    • @abrahamofei1063
      @abrahamofei1063 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Glad you noticed it; quality reverb over a beautiful voice.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      This is an analog verb. Either spring 'verb or possibly a plate reverb. I know the plate verbs are usually used in a recording studio...springs are portable. They can be now, I don't know about then.
      Can't get around that nice analog sound.

    • @delboyoelmundo4718
      @delboyoelmundo4718 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      America turned a blind eye to this heritage, took brits to awake interest in it.

    • @voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885
      @voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885 Pƙed 2 lety

      That's why I like listening to Indian old is gold pop music - same reverb vocal secret

    • @PragmaticDany
      @PragmaticDany Pƙed 2 lety

      @@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 100% thats a spring reverb no doubt. I'm so used to that sound.

  • @snaggletooth7031
    @snaggletooth7031 Pƙed 4 lety +325

    That anouncer is the smoothest cat around

  • @Aluminata
    @Aluminata Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +7

    Moon landing? Sure. But of all human achievements, without a doubt, CZcams is the greatest, by far and away.

  • @joestephan1111
    @joestephan1111 Pƙed rokem +9

    This is REAL Blues done the right way. REAL BLUES POWER!!! LIKE the immortal Brownie McGhee once said, BLUES IS TRUTH!!! YOU JUST HEARD SOME!!!đŸŽžđŸŽ¶đŸ’™

  • @nestormejia2692
    @nestormejia2692 Pƙed 2 lety +10

    I from El Salvador đŸ‡žđŸ‡» but I really love classic music for USA! I’m 36 years old but I really like this music

  • @withgoddess7164
    @withgoddess7164 Pƙed 4 lety +97

    Had surgery 3 days ago..hearing this...I KNOW IM STILL ALIVE..and so happy now toi

  • @BrutalizeURf4ce
    @BrutalizeURf4ce Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +9

    Legend. Another Night to Cry. Hot damn what a song. Love the way he approaches the instrument.

  • @RatherCrunchyMuffin
    @RatherCrunchyMuffin Pƙed rokem +260

    01:50 that vocal opening is so chilling and perfectly delivered. What artist wouldn't kill to open every set with an effect like that

    • @Kings_Cooking1
      @Kings_Cooking1 Pƙed rokem +2

      Yes
      Well, another night to cry
      Baby, just cryin' over you
      Well, I've got another night to cry
      Another night to cry over you
      You hurt me so bad and so long
      And there's nothing I can do
      I'm so in love with you
      And you know it, and I can't help myself
      Yes, I'm so in love with you
      And you know it, and I can't help myself
      You laugh at my face when I say, I love you
      And walk away with somebody else
      You can't keep on hurtin' me
      Unless you get hurt yourself
      You can't keep on hurtin' me
      Unless you get hurt yourself
      'Cause your misusin' ways, baby
      Has drove me to somebody else
      Well, go on and have your fun
      Do anything you want to do
      Yes baby, go on and have your fun
      Do anything that you want to do
      'Cause it's my last night to cry
      I'm really through with you

    • @gnattydreadz
      @gnattydreadz Pƙed rokem +27

      Dude no kidding I had to repeat that a couple time. I like to think it was a happy accident that the engineer had the EMT 140 reverb tank cranked and quickly cut it down with perfect execution

    • @infowazz
      @infowazz Pƙed rokem +1

      love it too

    • @SirAlexOfTheGuitar
      @SirAlexOfTheGuitar Pƙed rokem +2

      ​@Eimalokoeto Sonny Boy Williamson

    • @Besfa69420
      @Besfa69420 Pƙed rokem +5

      😂I can't believe I really thought am the only one who fell in love with this opening,

  • @jamesyanks7460
    @jamesyanks7460 Pƙed 3 lety +18

    Listen to that snare accent after he sings "I'm so in love with you" the second time. Floors me.

  • @joaopaul0500
    @joaopaul0500 Pƙed 4 lety +89

    His face looks so peaceful while a powerful and strong voice comes from his mouth, amazing.

  • @tfajsh
    @tfajsh Pƙed rokem +14

    60 years later and we are all still working that 1-4-5 . Awesome performance

  • @jimmycain8669
    @jimmycain8669 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +2

    They are in the groove.

  • @fathergascoigne4609
    @fathergascoigne4609 Pƙed 4 lety +135

    Sonny Boy Williamson is the definition of cool. And there's nothing, absolutely nothing you can do about it.

  • @FORO1705
    @FORO1705 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    This whole video looks like a scene from the best movie about blues ever made

  • @paulamitchell1653
    @paulamitchell1653 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci +1

    He makes it appear effortless with a surprise ending-->😼

  • @Stephanie-bn1dh
    @Stephanie-bn1dh Pƙed 18 dny

    Thank you kind sir ❀. I feel this every single day, and every night. All soul.

  • @SP-mf9sh
    @SP-mf9sh Pƙed 2 lety +224

    his voice sounds just as beautiful and smooth as his guitar playing. Lonnie, guitar and soul all melt together.

    • @SP-mf9sh
      @SP-mf9sh Pƙed 2 lety +5

      also the boring crowd doesnt deseve him.

    • @jakoblaurens7738
      @jakoblaurens7738 Pƙed rokem +2

      Hello nice meeting you

    • @FestiFesti31
      @FestiFesti31 Pƙed rokem

      ​@@SP-mf9sh absolutelyâ€â€đŸ˜Š

    • @andrewlowe9969
      @andrewlowe9969 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +1

      An amazing smooth voice and great guitar playing too = awesome!

    • @andrewlowe9969
      @andrewlowe9969 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +1

      A truly amazing artist and showman. It was so stragic he was hit by a car in my town Toronto, was badly injured and his life was cut short by it. Can hear Chuck Berry in his playing who got it from T-Bone Walker who was a disciple of Lonnie.

  • @user-nr2fp2zs5v
    @user-nr2fp2zs5v Pƙed 5 lety +1012

    Yes
    Well, another night to cry
    Baby, just cryin' over you
    Well, I've got another night to cry
    Another night to cry over you
    You hurt me so bad and so long
    And there's nothing I can do
    I'm so in love with you
    And you know it, and I can't help myself
    Yes, I'm so in love with you
    And you know it, and I can't help myself
    You laugh at my face when I say, I love you
    And walk away with somebody else
    You can't keep on hurtin' me
    Unless you get hurt yourself
    You can't keep on hurtin' me
    Unless you get hurt yourself
    'Cause your misusin' ways, baby
    Has drove me to somebody else
    Well, go on and have your fun
    Do anything you want to do
    Yes baby, go on and have your fun
    Do anything that you want to do
    'Cause it's my last night to cry
    I'm really through with you

    • @marimyasser7854
      @marimyasser7854 Pƙed 5 lety +14

      I think he said "I'm really true with you" not "through"

    • @coreycox2345
      @coreycox2345 Pƙed 5 lety +6

      @@marimyasser7854 Right? "I'm so in love with you, "I'm through with you?" WTF? Maybe a person who has been messed with.

    • @coreycox2345
      @coreycox2345 Pƙed 5 lety +4

      @@marimyasser7854 Thank you. That makes a lot more sense.

    • @thehiphopprophet
      @thehiphopprophet Pƙed 4 lety +7

      @@marimyasser7854 Nah he said "I'm through with you"

    • @rh3426
      @rh3426 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      Good, but you spelled 'hurt' wrong. It is clearly spelled 'hoyt'.

  • @rdeye-rb1pe
    @rdeye-rb1pe Pƙed 2 lety +2

    The mic is backed perfect!

  • @metinemare
    @metinemare Pƙed rokem +11

    the host's movements and facial expressions impressed me as much as the beauty of the song. I felt like I was at the Oscar ceremony.

    • @harryduck1
      @harryduck1 Pƙed rokem +2

      Mr. Sonny Boy Williamson II !

    • @metinemare
      @metinemare Pƙed rokem

      @@harryduck1 thanks bro for information

  • @sunfish55
    @sunfish55 Pƙed 3 lety +11

    whatever focus I choose to take in life, I could only hope I have this premium of a hype nan...that intro was ART, a pedestal...a golden frame leading the ear to a masterpiece. *finger kiss* MUAH

    • @sunfish55
      @sunfish55 Pƙed 3 lety

      HYPE **MAN yooooou know what I mean. be the HYPEMAN for your local purveyors of harmonious artistic decadence.
      B u y A r t

  • @marcoevans2155
    @marcoevans2155 Pƙed 3 lety +11

    And then came fuzz and distortion.
    Those Old Gee licks set the blue print for both Rock and Metal.

  • @jwonderfulsuccess
    @jwonderfulsuccess Pƙed rokem +5

    The announcer : What a voice and smooth the the bones. Great good ol song and performance 🙏✹

  • @halfnotes_
    @halfnotes_ Pƙed 3 lety +33

    "You hoit me" yes. You know it's gonna be excellent blues when someone hoits you.

  • @lindareynolds2431
    @lindareynolds2431 Pƙed 4 lety +20

    Jesus. Lonnie Johnson. What a voice!

  • @yogsenforfoth5948
    @yogsenforfoth5948 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +9

    One pioneering legend of the blues introducing another original pioneer of the blues. Absolutely amazing. ❀

  • @edwinbolanos7627
    @edwinbolanos7627 Pƙed rokem +2

    What a Gem 💎
    New generations pay attention

  • @somnilomusic3769
    @somnilomusic3769 Pƙed 8 lety +219

    man i love the way Sonny Boy talks!!! :D he is fackin drippin with swag :D

    • @patcoughlin3104
      @patcoughlin3104 Pƙed 8 lety +12

      it helps when ya drink moonshine at 900am,,Rice played rough and it worked him over

    • @stephaniecarr6984
      @stephaniecarr6984 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      I love the cat too, but he's dripping all right... From hard( and I do mean HARD...) liquor and drugs.. but how can ya blame the cat, man..he lived a hard life and went through/ put up with things it we could never imagine...

    • @TheMichaelseymour
      @TheMichaelseymour Pƙed 4 lety +3

      @@stephaniecarr6984 yah ....slavery and segregation a life in servitude will do that to ya ! ..i myself a 53 yr old australian ..just realized that i could NOT have made the music i make today in my 20s as i had not lived enough ...the sad part is that its the kicks a musician gets that can make him more profound .
      Yet , its the kicks that destroy us .
      Whilst i had none of his problems ...its all relative..when i see people half as competent / kind / respectful as me getting so much more ....i try not to be bitter , but its hard to take sometimes ...till i realize, hell yeh , ..i have been abandoned as a child , physically abused (all the ways ) ripped off and suffered ...i finally realized a white boy down the end of the earth can be just as much a bluesman ...which i define as !@#$ you....keep beating me - i"m gettin up everytime ...and come back harder at you (metaphor you understand )

    • @mdb60
      @mdb60 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Nothing drips better than bad choices rung out over 40 years

    • @1yricalhill
      @1yricalhill Pƙed 4 lety

      today is not yesterday you my sir need to self educate

  • @christopherhelton6999
    @christopherhelton6999 Pƙed 3 lety +7

    Lonnie Johnson was a true maestro and a peerless gentleman, for whom clarity was everything. Observe the guitar licks, sharp and clean as a straight razor, and his precise enunciation. He wasn't a howler or jive-talker. He was a stylist to the bone, and would not pander to any audience.

  • @humblehandsome
    @humblehandsome Pƙed rokem +2

    look his blues scales really authentic on his style ... what an artist

  • @broadcasttttable
    @broadcasttttable Pƙed 2 lety +37

    Incredibly clean vocal performance. The tone, the diction, love the way he caressed each syllable without dwelling on them, yet totally effortless.

  • @kikayei
    @kikayei Pƙed 3 lety +6

    The one thing I like about CZcams is all the gems you might discover as you mindlessly search around. This video is a perfect example.

  • @sunlion8866
    @sunlion8866 Pƙed 3 lety +7

    Guys like Lonnie Johnson lived the blues. Nowadays musicians just play the blues.

  • @bravebear6975
    @bravebear6975 Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci +2

    I hate YT at times and most of the content is ripping the world apart for clicks and a check. But when I do come on here, more than usual as I am recovering from bad hiking accident and bored lol, videos like this make me happy we have a place to data dump all these old clips.

  • @Etzih
    @Etzih Pƙed rokem +4

    The man radiates love towards what he does.

  • @piptar
    @piptar Pƙed 4 lety +9

    every note is REAL

  • @practicalintuition4030
    @practicalintuition4030 Pƙed 4 lety +118

    I'm throroughly surprised at how awesome this quality is. I've never heard a live performance be better than a recorded performance. This is top tier.

  • @ButternoteBackingTracks
    @ButternoteBackingTracks Pƙed rokem +8

    Criminally underrated, both as a singer and guitarist!

  • @quietplace7600
    @quietplace7600 Pƙed 24 dny +1

    So thankful my father taught me to listen and love the blues! I’ve been going through some hard times. As a Veteran, they uplift my spirit..

  • @GALAXY-fm4sv
    @GALAXY-fm4sv Pƙed 2 lety +293

    I'm Brazilian and I love this musical style, I would love to play guitar like him

    • @user-vz7ty2dd5g
      @user-vz7ty2dd5g Pƙed 2 lety

      RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.

    • @FRDOMFGTHR
      @FRDOMFGTHR Pƙed 2 lety +18

      grab a guitar and check out some blues licks on youtube i bet youll find they are easier than you think!

    • @BaldwinFanonGarveyTureShakurX
      @BaldwinFanonGarveyTureShakurX Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@user-vz7ty2dd5g is this where you think the Muricans are hanging out? Lol In the comment section of Bluesmen? đŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł Try Ben Shapiros channel...you'll find what you're looking for there.

    • @scrapiron
      @scrapiron Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@user-vz7ty2dd5g you are a troll and a fool.

    • @ChandlerTV100
      @ChandlerTV100 Pƙed 2 lety +9

      Blues is simultaneously super easy and unbelievably complex, there’s no way any one person could master all of the styles of blues. Don't let that discourage you though, look up some basic tutorials, you'll get a good starting point, but it's up to you to make it your own

  • @rickkkj174
    @rickkkj174 Pƙed 4 lety +7

    when he said "Another night to cry" I feel that

  • @ryankelly3605
    @ryankelly3605 Pƙed rokem +2

    I’m just discovering this guy! Just wow! Listen to how ahead of his time he was! I’m hooked

  • @HollyBelle53
    @HollyBelle53 Pƙed rokem +1

    Wow! Listening to this at dusk gazing across my pastures watching the deer and now, singing this song!

  • @simran750
    @simran750 Pƙed 2 lety +19

    sonny boys voice is so calming, peaceful and comforting omg

  • @michaelsheridan2748
    @michaelsheridan2748 Pƙed 7 lety +511

    Otis Spann on Piano, Willie Dixon on Bass, Fred Below on Drums- Some of the best in the Chess Records Stable!

    • @benwhite4815
      @benwhite4815 Pƙed 7 lety +17

      Actually it's Billy Stepney I think on drums. Still top drum work though!

    • @jamest.byrnes8142
      @jamest.byrnes8142 Pƙed 6 lety +7

      Clifton James on drums, not Fred Below

    • @JoeMode213
      @JoeMode213 Pƙed 6 lety

      Damn what a lineup!

    • @promerops
      @promerops Pƙed 6 lety +9

      Blues royalty! Lonnie Johnson is one of those artists that bridge blues and jazz, I believe.

    • @johnbrowne2173
      @johnbrowne2173 Pƙed 6 lety +4

      I think that the first recording I heard from him was blues FIDDLE... from the 1920s ^..^

  • @ighsight
    @ighsight Pƙed rokem +11

    Such a rich, full voice. Also the sound system sounds AMAZING.

  • @akingboyeobe
    @akingboyeobe Pƙed rokem +3

    This is a pure talent from the oldskool,
    What a pure soul music.

  • @jamesnjoroge1794
    @jamesnjoroge1794 Pƙed 4 lety +4

    And then I discovered blues..... I weep for all the lost years!

  • @wiseman007100
    @wiseman007100 Pƙed 4 lety +17

    One of the most underrated guitar players ever lived the great Lonnie Johnson a forgotten bluesmaster!!

  • @raymondmaynard2438
    @raymondmaynard2438 Pƙed rokem +1

    Wow đŸ€© thanks 🙏 just thanks 🙏 Mr LG

  • @rossriver75yukon27
    @rossriver75yukon27 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    What an intro! Just kept repeating it even before Lonnie Johnson came on.

  • @PaulGreen11
    @PaulGreen11 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    Damn, I felt that.
    "You can't keep on hurting me
    unless you get hurt yourself."

  • @nomchompsky2883
    @nomchompsky2883 Pƙed 2 lety +32

    i love the blues, but i go long periods sometimes between listening... and then i hear something like this and it strikes me inside like it's a new revelation of beauty... damn i love the blues.

    • @DeezeTheMACMAN
      @DeezeTheMACMAN Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Man fuckin same âœŠđŸœ

    • @user-vz7ty2dd5g
      @user-vz7ty2dd5g Pƙed 2 lety

      RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.

    • @christinebolly3034
      @christinebolly3034 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      me too !

    • @WhenHariMetKari
      @WhenHariMetKari Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci

  • @stoicnotsad
    @stoicnotsad Pƙed rokem +1

    What a host he stole the show with just his presence

  • @Mr195357
    @Mr195357 Pƙed rokem +2

    Okay- this man is awesome!

    • @edithbannerman4
      @edithbannerman4 Pƙed rokem

      @Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

  • @joannebeauchamp1169
    @joannebeauchamp1169 Pƙed 4 lety +116

    By now, I must have watched this video of the legendary Lonnie Johnson over 100 times, and STILL learn some new guitar licks with each viewing. Lonnie has no equal when it comes to the real, deep blues. He influenced everyone from T-Bone Walker to B.B. King in both his singing AND guitar style! There will never be another one like him...a true blues man!

    • @yankeehearse5582
      @yankeehearse5582 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Third artist today that ive never heard kf anf the onkynine worth the listen really

    • @user-vz7ty2dd5g
      @user-vz7ty2dd5g Pƙed 2 lety

      RUSSIAN GRAVE. YOU STILL WANT TO FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, THEN DIG YOUR GRAVE IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WILL DEFINITELY COME FOR YOU.REMEMBER, NEVER FIGHT WITH THE RUSSIANS, WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED.

  • @triciab1343
    @triciab1343 Pƙed 4 lety +5

    This is real blues...no auto tune here!

  • @ellaella2826
    @ellaella2826 Pƙed 15 dny +1

    Best place to listen to music

  • @risboturbide9396
    @risboturbide9396 Pƙed rokem +3

    Glad almost 7 millions views for this video... Glad for the greatness of Lonnie Johnson. RIP đŸ»đŸ»

  • @EsaShaheed
    @EsaShaheed Pƙed 4 lety +6

    people of this age were so damn golden, in music, speech, attire and everything.

  • @soupbonep
    @soupbonep Pƙed 3 lety +167

    Lonnie Johnson was not only a virtuoso guitar player, who could play blues, ballads, and Jazz, but he was a wonderful singer. What a great voice! Notice that the many clips from this broadcast have the great Willie Dixon playing bass with most of these performers.

    • @amccolgan1
      @amccolgan1 Pƙed 2 lety

      I love that comment about how good a singer Lonnie Johnson was. I read a jazz book that claimed he was some king of weak singer and I couldn't disagree with that more.

    • @fredfinley4231
      @fredfinley4231 Pƙed rokem

      WHO,S DRUMMIN ?

    • @soupbonep
      @soupbonep Pƙed rokem

      @@fredfinley4231 I did some research and there were two drummers listed for these blues festivals in Germany. One was Clifton James, and the other is Armand "Jump" Jackson. Pictures of either drummer do not look like the guy in the video. But his sunglasses make it hard to match him, plus he is only shown in profile.

    • @fredfinley4231
      @fredfinley4231 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@soupbonep Bill Stepney

    • @soupbonep
      @soupbonep Pƙed rokem

      @@fredfinley4231 How did u find that info?

  • @AdrianoPedrasPreciosas
    @AdrianoPedrasPreciosas Pƙed 2 lety +212

    Isto Ă© uma obra de arte ,que voz maravilhosa đŸ€™đŸ‘

  • @aureliobrighton1871
    @aureliobrighton1871 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +1

    Rolling and heaving like some soft Appalachian foothills, a steady powerful stream like the big river. All done with the same subtle dignity. And one can almost hear many of his stringing descendants through all of it. This is home for us trying to inhale the Blues brew. Thank you so much đŸŒ»:)

  •  Pƙed 10 lety +31

    Alonzo Johnson AKA Lonnie Johnson: 2/8/1899
    - With a career that spanned nearly fifty years, this pioneer guitarist, as well as singer, songwriter, and violinist, revolutionized the role of the guitar in both the genres of jazz and the blues. His music marked the beginning of an unprecidented style of single-note soloing which used string bending and vibrato when he first began recording in 1925. He worked with a number of the greatest musicians of his time, performing with Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, and Louis Armstrong. Django Reinhardt, T-Bone Walker, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and even Robert Johnson drew inspiration from this genius of a guitarist.

  • @TondiPap
    @TondiPap Pƙed 4 lety +8

    Thanks to this lockdown, i'm kinda discovering real music!!

  • @BoloBijoy
    @BoloBijoy Pƙed rokem +6

    Proof that music never has an expiration date

  • @miguelantonioarauzabril7648
    @miguelantonioarauzabril7648 Pƙed 2 lety +7

    SO cool... The most fantastic...
    Me agrada el blues, el jazz, el Bossa Nova... Lo que de verdad es mĂșsica y se llama mĂșsica...notas, acordes, tonadas y todo el pentagrama ... Genios...

    • @donjohnson7550
      @donjohnson7550 Pƙed 2 lety

      Igual bro. Estos eran verdadero artistas. Hasta hace poco la mĂșsica se convirtiĂł en una cocina de idiotas alimentando una nueva generaciĂłn de idiotas, una peor que la otra

    • @myfaveyoutube
      @myfaveyoutube Pƙed rokem

      You said it!

  • @fozziebear26
    @fozziebear26 Pƙed 5 lety +5

    Wow....I'm discovering new music all the timeâ€đŸ™ŒđŸœ