Complete Folkways Recordings, The

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Total Tracks: 24   Total Length: 72:39

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sweet and saucy

redbecca

This is a wonderful record - all Lonnie Johnson accompanying himself on guitar: beautiful singing, great guitar picking, an all around lovely album. From the funnier, funkier songs to the love ballads and blues laments, the emotions ring true, the blues guitar is a partner in his well-told tales.

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The two-dozen solo performances on The Complete Folkways Recordings are from late (1967) in legendary guitarist Lonnie Johnson’s amazing career, but they are chock-full of stellar moments all the same. Artists of Johnson’s versatility were rare even then — he brings a multitude of shadings to “My Mother’s Eyes” and “How Deep Is the Ocean?,” then delivers a saucy “Juice Headed Baby” with the same stunning complexity. – Bill Dahl