Blind Dog Radio

Blues by Lonnie Johnson

Label: Prestige Bluesville Records / Original Blues Classics.
Release Date: 1984, 1991.
Recording Time: 39 minutes.
Recording Date: March 8, 1960.
Release Info: Studio Recording (OBCCD-502-2/BV-1007) LP.
Recording Location: Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Digital remastering, 1991 - Phil De Lancie (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley).

Styles: Country Blues, Jazz Blues, Piedmont Blues, Regional Blues.

After four years off records and in obscurity, Lonnie Johnson launched his final comeback with this release, which has been reissued on CD. Teamed with tenor saxophonist Hal Singer, pianist Claude Hopkins, bassist Wendell Marshall and drummer Bobby Donaldson, Johnson sings and plays guitar on a variety of blues, showing that the layoff (he was working at the time as a janitor) had not hurt his abilities in the slightest. ~ Scott Yanow

Credits: Chris Albertson - supervision; Phil De Lancie - remastering; Bobby Donaldson - drums; Claude Hopkins - piano; Lonnie Johnson - composer, guitar, keyboards, primary artist, vocals; Wendell Marshall - bass; Don Robertson - composer; Hal Singer - sax (tenor); Rudy Van Gelder - recording engineer.

Tracks: 1. Don't Ever Love; 2. No Love for Sale; 3. There's No Love; 4. I Don't Hurt Anymore; 5. She Devil; 6. One Sided Love Affair; 7. Big Leg Woman; 8. There Must Be a Way; 9. She's Drunk Again; 10. Blues 'Round My Door; 11. You Don't Move Me; 12. You Will Need Me.