Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson may refer to:
Lonnie Johnson (musician)
Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 – June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer/guitarist, violinist and songwriter who pioneered the role of jazz guitar and jazz violin, and is recognized as the first to play an electrically-amplified violin.
Biography
Early career
Johnson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in a family of musicians. He studied violin, piano and guitar as a child, and learned to play various other instruments including the mandolin, but concentrated on the guitar throughout his professional career. "There was music all around us," he recalled, "and in my family you'd better play something, even if you just banged on a tin can."
Lonnie Johnson pioneered the single-string solo guitar styles that have become custom in modern rock, blues and jazz music.
By his late teens, he played guitar and violin in his father's family band at banquets and weddings, alongside his brother James "Steady Roll" Johnson. He also worked with jazz trumpeter Punch Miller in the city's Storyville district.
Lonnie Johnson (inventor)
Lonnie George Johnson (born October 6, 1949 in Mobile, Alabama) is an African American inventor and engineer who holds more than 80 patents. Johnson is most known for inventing the Super Soaker water gun, which has ranked among the world's top 20 best-selling toys every year since its release.
Biography
Johnson attended the all-black "Williamson High School". He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Tuskegee University.
Career
After college, Johnson joined the U.S. Air Force, where he worked on the stealth bomber program. Later, he worked at NASA on Galileo's mission to Jupiter. More recently, he teamed up with scientists from Tulane University and Tuskegee University to develop a method of transforming heat into electricity with the goal of making green energy more affordable.
Two of Johnson’s companies, Excellatron Solid State and Johnson Electro-Mechanical Systems (JEMS), are developing technology. Excellatron is introducing thin film batteries, a new generation of rechargeable battery technology. JEMS has developed the Johnson Thermo-Electrochemical Converter System (JTEC), listed by Popular Mechanics as one of the top 10 inventions of 2009. This system has potential applications in solar power plants and ocean thermal power generation. It converts thermal energy to electrical energy using a non-steam process which works by pushing hydrogen ions through two membranes, with claimed advantages over alternative systems. The companies operate a research laboratory in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood of Atlanta.
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ALBUMS
- Johnson Junction released: 2011
- Me and My Crazy Self released: 1996
- Blues in My Fingers: The Essential Recordings of Lonnie Johnson released: 1994
- He's a Jelly Roll Baker released: 1992
- Losing Game released: 1991
- Steppin' on the Blues released: 1990
- Portraits In Blues, Volume 6: Lonnie Johnson released: 1963
- Playing With The Strings released:
- Another Night to Cry released:
- Tomorrow Night released:
- The Complete Folkways Recordings released:
- Hot Fingers released:
- Complete Recorded Works, Volume 7 (1925-32) released:
- Blue Guitars - Volumes I & II released:
- Blues by Lonnie Johnson released:
- The Rose Grew Round the Briar: Rural Love Songs: Classic Recordings From the 1920's and 30's, Volume 2 released:
Blues in My Fingers: The Essential Recordings of Lonnie Johnson
Released 1994- Mr Johnson's Swing
- Mr. Johnson's Blues
- Four Hands Are Better Than Two
- Woke Up With the Blues in My Fingers
- Tin Can Alley Blues
- Blue Ghost Blues
- Playing With the Strings
- Away Down in the Alley Blues
- Careless Love
- Blues in G
- Two Tone Stomp
- Have to Change Key (To Play These Blues)
- Guitar Blues
- She's Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight
- A Handful of Riffs
- Blue Guitars
- Uncle Ned, Don't Use Your Head
- Winnie the Wailer
- Go Back to Your No Good Man
- Hard Times Ain't Gone No Where
- Got the Blues for the West End
- Swing Out Rhythm
He's a Jelly Roll Baker
Released 1992- Why Women Go Wrong
- Nothing but a Rat
- Jersey Belle Blues
- The Loveless Blues
- I'm Just Dumb
- Get Yourself Together
- Crowing Rooster Blues
- That's Love
- Somebody's Got to Go
- Lazy Woman Blues
- Chicago Blues
- I Did All I Could
- In Love Again
- The Last Call
- Rambler's Blues
- Baby Remember Me
- He's a Jelly Roll Baker
- When You Feel Low Down
- The Victim of Love
- Watch Shorty
Steppin' on the Blues
Released 1990- Mr. Johnson's Blues
- Sweet Potato Blues
- Steppin' on the Blues
- I Done Told You
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues
- Toothache Blues, Part I
- Toothache Blues, Part II
- Have to Change Keys
- Guitar Blues
- She's Making Whoopee Tonight
- Playing With the Strings
- No More Women Blues
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- No More Troubles Now
- Got the Blues for Murder Only
- [untitled]
- 5/88 Glide
- Racketeer's Blues
- I'm Nuts About That Gal
Playing With The Strings
- Won't Don't Blues
- Mr. Johnson's Blues 2
- Falling Rain Blues 1
- Now Good Blues 1
- Newport Blues 2
- Nile of Genago
- To Do This You Gotta Know How
- Four Hands Are Better Than Two
- I'm Not Rough
- Hotter Than That-vLA
- Savoy Blues
- Playing With the Strings
- Stompin’ ’Em Along Slow
- The Mooche
- Move Over
- Hot and Bothered
- Paducah
- Star Dust
- Jet Black Blues
- Blue Blood Blues
- Sitting on Top of the World
- Kansas City Man Blues
- I1m Nuts About the Gal
- Racketeers Blues
Tomorrow Night
- You Will Need Me
- I Don't Hurt Anymore
- She's Drunk Again
- Nothing but Trouble
- She Devil
- Little Rocking Chair
- Trouble Ain't Nothing but the Blues
- Leave Me or Love Me
- Tomorrow Night
- Blues 'round My Door
- Working Man's Blues
- Jelly Roll Baker
- End It All
- Blues Stay Away From Me
- Careless Love
- C.C. Rider
- Clementine Blues
- Backwater Blues
- Jelly Jelly
- Love Is the Answer
- Keep What You Got
The Complete Folkways Recordings
- Raise the Window High
- Tears Don't Fall No More
- Long Road to Travel
- Old Rocking Chair
- You Have My Life in Your Hands
- Lazy Mood
- Mister Trouble
- How Deep Is the Ocean
- Pouring Down Rain
- Prisoner of Love
- Careless Love
- Juice Headed Baby
- Teardrops in My Eyes
- Looking for a Sweetie
- I've Been a Fool Myself
- What a Difference a Day Makes
- That Lonesome Road
- I Can't Believe
- When You Always by Yourself
- My Mother's Eyes
- Summertime
- C.C. Rider
- The Entire Family Was Musicians
- Falling Rain Blues
Hot Fingers
- Hot Fingers
- South Bound Water
- Roamin' Rambler Blues
- Rocks in My Bed
- I Love You Mary Lou
- Untitles
- Deep Minor Rhythm Stomp
- Life Saver Blues
- Swing Out Rhythm
- To Do This You Got to Know How
- Love Story Blues
- 6/8 Glide
- Stompin' 'em Along Slow
- Bullfrog Moan
- Blue Room Blues
- Playing With the Strings
- Two Tone Stomp
- Jet Black Blues
- Four Hands Are Better Than Two
- Winnie the Wailer
- Away Down in the Alley Blues
- A Handfull of Riffs
- In Love Again
- Blue Blood Blues
- Uncle Ned, Don't Use Your Head
Complete Recorded Works, Volume 7 (1925-32)
- Low Down St. Louis Blues
- Beautiful but Dumb
- From a Wash Woman on Up
- Hell Is a Name for All Sinners
- Home Wreckers Blues
- Not the Chump I Used to Be
- Best Jockey in Town
- Sleepy Water Blues
- Uncle Ned, Don't Use Your Head
- Cat You Been Messin' Aroun'
- She's Dangerous With That Thing
- Men, Get Wise to Yourself
- Sam, You're Just a Rat
- Winnie the Wailer
- There Is No Justice
- I'm Nuts About That Gal
- Racketeers Blues
- Unselfish Love
- My Love Don't Belong to You
- Love Is a Song (Your Love Is Cold)
- Go Back to Your No Good Man
Blue Guitars - Volumes I & II
- Hot Fingers
- Eddie's Twister
- Playing With the Strings
- Have to Change Keys to Play These Blues
- A Little Love, a Little Kiss (Un Peu D'Amour)
- Stompin' 'Em Along Slow
- Midnight Call Blues
- Knockin' a Jug
- Blue Room Blues
- Add a Little Wiggle
- Away Down in the Alley, Blues
- Blue Guitars
- Rainbow Dreams
- Blues in G
- Deep Minor Rhythm
- Mahogany Hall Blues Stomp
The Rose Grew Round the Briar: Rural Love Songs: Classic Recordings From the 1920's and 30's, Volume 2
- Old Time Rider
- Handsome Molly
- Last Gold Dollar
- Built Right on the Ground
- George Collins
- It's Hard to Leave You Sweet Love
- Cheatin Women
- Little Sweetheart Pal of Mine
- Grave in the Pines
- Tired of You Driving Me
- Little Bunch of Roses
- You'll Miss Me
- Experience Blues
- Once I Loved a Railroad Flagman
- I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers
- Saro
- Teasin' Brown Blues
- Lost Love Blues
- Look on and Cry
- My Man Left Me
- Tombigbee River Farewell
- Baby Will You Please Come Home
- You Are My Sunshine
Born: 1899-02-08
Died: 1970-06-16
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I Ain't Gonna Be Your Fool
by: Lonnie JohnsonI work all day long for you : until the sun go down
And you take all my money and drink it up : and come home
and wants to fuss and clown
It hurts to love a person : that don't belong to you
Because when they find out that you really love them :
and they don't care what they do
They'll take your heart and they'll use it : like a
football on a football ground
And when they get through playing with your heart : and
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