Lonnie Johnson - Another Night to Cry

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]

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

[@theherbpuffer]

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

[@АлександрКовалев-ъ8ц]

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]

@@АлександрКовалев-ъ8ц okay

[@流浪の奉公人]

ぇ

[@MrBBQ-si9qo]

Old music> new music is so bad.

[@squarevegroundbowl]

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]

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]

Very very true!

[@hadjerguerzize2011]

Well said.

[@Riogi]

I agree with you, Eric.

[@3RD_WRLD]

Amen

[@winstonchurchill624]

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

[@markducharme9518]

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

[@malzzzzification25]

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

[@winstonchurchill624]

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

[@B7aug5]

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

[@ohhowsweet]

Right on Winston 😉thanks for letting me know 💜

[@lawiwis882]

Before my grandpa passed away he discovered KZbin. 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”☺️

[@missmaryjo4439]

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

[@stressbucket9846]

Aw, thanks for sharing that.

[@roostersbays95]

i often thought yt would have helped my Father thru healing

[@Kings_Cooking1]

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]

On the screen only? :(

[@tomandaj1]

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]

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

[@ruggerobelloni4743]

​​​@@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. 😮❤😊

[@thomasfisher5742]

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

[@carlosescalante1080]

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

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

He's incredible. That was a special time in music. ​@@TheJ2effect

[@heavyjohnrobbie]

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.

[@SoulOfJungle]

If Lynch did music videos...

[@Witregel]

Doesn't he though?

[@donnieblankenship9267]

Trevor Robinsonoo

[@donnieblankenship9267]

Trevor Robinson o

[@kincel]

It is a blues tour Iin England.

[@elizabethwhalen1550]

It's amazing how you can come across a gem like this when you go down the KZbin rabbit hole.

[@limeplasterer2766]

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

[@leightonwestbury92]

That is just pure sophisticated class and in my opinion a white man could sound close but never be as good as that ...........I'm a 51 year old white man for all the racists out there

[@mjsmcd]

​@@leightonwestbury92don't judge by race

[@jasonrich4940]

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

[@sheashea4622]

😁😁😁😁😁

[@Fred-nt8jq]

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

[@jasonrich4940]

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

[@aaronm.3581]

@@jasonrich4940 A blink of an eye.

[@АлександрКовалев-ъ8ц]

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.

[@joannebeauchamp1169]

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!

[@dreamsR4real]

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

[@bmoraga01]

@@dreamsR4real 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]

He's a 💎

[@steveraman7619]

his guitar is his air

[@dannyl3704]

Not a wasted move

[@NedFATTO]

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.

[@nelsenadelard802]

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]

I did hear a little BB King there...

[@peterburlin8198]

Ive heard he was one of if not the first to play single note melodic solos, realising what would be possible on the electric guitar

[@Vishangro]

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

[@levis6945]

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

[@raymondphillips7107]

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

[@clutchinson7438]

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

[@cam0mila]

he is cute

[@greenwoodmills7593]

Until Lonnie comes out silky smooth and steals the show.

[@mico6691]

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

[@thomasfisher5742]

and died flat 😒broke

[@keithmcmahon202]

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]

nice story glad you could share it thank you

[@mark_wooley001]

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

[@nobodyyouknow222]

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]

Capt Larry Kay, wow my first ever guitar was a Kay, bought it from a jumble sale for about £3 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]

+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

[@jerrywatt6813]

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]

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]

sonny boy was on the h

[@iamajackpot2810]

​@@sinkincones8130that never stopped anyone. 😎

[@muddywolfking]

Is that who I think it is on piano and bass?

[@delphinazizumbo8674]

@@muddywolfking dixon and perkins

[@earlgarcia6106]

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

[@abrahamofei1063]

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

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

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]

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

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

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

[@PragmaticDany]

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

[@lacydaniels5568]

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

[@FopaSado]

C'est pas de la simple musique mais une détresse des gens qui portent en eux une grande souffrance qu'ils essayent autant que peu de traduire avec une guitare. C'est un appel à l'aide d'homme brisé sans aucune identité culturelle quelconque et qui ont été parachuté dans un monde sans monde d'emploi pour pouvoir s'intégrer.

[@BrianJohnson-bq9tr]

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

[@bestgreystar35]

I absolutely love this era of black culture.

[@Lets_Go_Canes]

What does color have to do with it? The is pure Americana.

[@evilbert82]

​@@Lets_Go_CanesC'mon

[@Derrty-DANCE]

@@Lets_Go_Canes it’s more than just a color. it’s black American pride.

[@Lets_Go_Canes]

@@Derrty-DANCE sorry. My perspective is different. It is American Pride. Lonnie was a great musician. No more adjectives needed.

[@Sloposaurus_Rex]

Back when blacks didn’t bring each other down

[@cuetTimmonz]

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

[@TonyS-i1e]

54 years old and still blown away by how much American music is rooted in songs by poor Black folk about just trying to survive. Yet, at the same time, the songs speak to a universal human experience.

[@GardenofEdens]

Music has been always the universal connection between humans.

[@zarathustraowens771]

Thank God for the state of Kentucky: the origin of all blues, jazz and rap music. Ernest Hogan.

[@Valetta1981]

❤ hence the term music soothes the Savage beast

[@triciadailly8974]

@TonyS-i1e when you have nothing , a guitar and and honest heart can bring you millions , sadly back in the day these superstars gigged just 2 pay rent I'm 50yr old and never went hungry because of my beautiful dad and his side job It should have been his main job such a talented musician with a voice that could reach the heaven's and a childhood worthy of the blue's xxx He was offered a scholarship in music in the 60's but chose too help out at home on the farms too feed his sibling's I miss him so much , but my love for all music is thanks to him xxx

[@RatherCrunchyMuffin]

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]

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]

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]

love it too

[@SirAlexOfTheGuitar]

​@Eimalokoeto Sonny Boy Williamson

[@Besfa69420]

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

[@RUNNOFT71]

Man, when Lonnie first opened his mouth to sing..that voice is something else.

[@michaelsheridan2748]

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

[@benwhitebluesmusic]

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

[@jamest.byrnes8142]

Clifton James on drums, not Fred Below

[@JoeMode213]

Damn what a lineup!

[@promerops]

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

[@johnbrowne2173]

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

[@PabloVestory]

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]

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

[@Alltoofinite]

Lang

[@cguzelli1]

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.

[@acousticshadow4032]

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

[@tkohl]

Got to see Willie perform back in the 80's.

[@andyzehner3347]

Well spotted! Love me some Otis.

[@shailendrasingh2016]

Myshelf on the silver hammer organ

[@acousticshadow4032]

@@shailendrasingh2016 ~ Put down the bottle, SS.

[@georgefromgreece4119]

How come you re sure they had no idea?

[@LouiseBrandt-d3h]

Beautiful! Loved listening to the Gayle's family singing when they lived across the street from me in Buffalo, NY. Would love to see you again Edna.

[@GALAXY-fm4sv]

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

[@АлександрКовалев-ъ8ц]

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]

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

[@BaldwinFanonGarveyTureShakurX]

@@АлександрКовалев-ъ8ц is this where you think the Muricans are hanging out? Lol In the comment section of Bluesmen? 🤣🤣 Try Ben Shapiros channel...you'll find what you're looking for there.

[@scrapiron]

@@АлександрКовалев-ъ8ц you are a troll and a fool.

[@ChandlerTV100]

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

[@somnilomusic3769]

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

[@patcoughlin3104]

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

[@stephaniecarr6984]

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]

@@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]

Nothing drips better than bad choices rung out over 40 years

[@Lyricalhil]

today is not yesterday you my sir need to self educate

[@SP-mf9sh]

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

[@SP-mf9sh]

also the boring crowd doesnt deseve him.

[@jakoblaurens7738]

Hello nice meeting you

[@FestiFesti31]

​@@SP-mf9sh absolutely❤❤😊

[@andrewlowe9969]

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

[@andrewlowe9969]

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.

[@spiritofseventysix1155]

Forever young listening in on another night to cry and you know I can't help myself.

[@withgoddess7164]

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

[@matt_Kw]

With Goddess speedy recovery

[@ΑΝΤΙ-ρ9τ]

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]

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

[@coreycox2345]

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

[@coreycox2345]

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

[@thehiphopprophet]

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

[@rh3426]

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

[@fathergascoigne4609]

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

[@sixtobuschiazzo8391]

El presentador quien es?. El abuelo de Eric Gale??

[@charlesshepherd2004]

Damn right

[@oscareduardolopezsanchez1730]

​@@sixtobuschiazzo8391 , hermano el presentador es el gran Sony Boy Williamson, maestro de la armónica, busca sus videos es formidable!

[@aundraywildman2029]

Sonny boy one of the greatest

[@Mark70609]

Thanks, I was wondering who the presenter was.

[@jade7602]

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

[@TheJofrica]

The man in the beginning has the coolest walk

[@BenderElduce]

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

[@nikolakovacevic9359]

And the bigest hand😂

[@thedandywarhol5729]

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

[@listener6505]

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

[@missywhippy]

Sonny Boy Williamson

[@joaopaul0500]

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

[@soupbonep]

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]

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]

WHO,S DRUMMIN ?

[@soupbonep]

@@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]

@@soupbonep Bill Stepney

[@soupbonep]

@@fredfinley4231 How did u find that info?

[@jesusalonsoguevarasanchez9578]

Un grande del Blues presentando con humildad a otro grande, sin alardes ni protagonismos. Aplauso Sony Boy II y Lonnie J., gran legado que dejarin!!!

[@antoniorodriguez8530]

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

[@adamrichards3174]

Who's on the drums?

[@andrewlowe9969]

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.

[@DianaRichard-vo1mc]

Good morning 🌞 Wishing you a blessed day.

[@louisevad6091]

Rock and roll owes its legacy to pioneers like this

[@DougBrowning-r5y]

It seems like only a blind man could play music so much in tune with his voice, such amazing slide guitar

[@elainemachado6073]

WOW, MAN, THIS IS MUSIC FOR REAL!

[@nestormejia2692]

I from El Salvador 🇸🇻 but I really love classic music for USA! I’m 36 years old but I really like this music

[@mariemccormick8520]

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

[@jimx1169]

I'm stunned at the quality of the video here. A very nice performance as well! Thanks for posting!

[@joannebeauchamp1169]

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]

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

[@АлександрКовалев-ъ8ц]

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.

[@josephchukwugoziri4976]

Who is here in 2024 🥺❤️

[@alexh1048]

Y muchos años mas que vendran, tenlo asegurado amigo.

[@pedrodito9056]

Me🔥🔥🔥🎧❣️

[@dersteppenwolf5458]

Here we are!

[@sewak423]

Check

[@Славагор-ц7б]

I am!!!!! From Russia

[@practicalintuition4030]

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.

[@jonathanhandsome6985]

sHUT UP MORON MY SCROTE HAIRS NEED PLUCKING

[@MimiLutkemeier-jq9te]

I must join the rows, appreciating the looking at a performance of this true god father of modern blues. Been listening to it for years, now there's more than the sleeve of a LP record..

[@ironpirites]

This is simple guitar playing for today's fretboard wizards. They can copy the licks easily. The only thing they can't do is play them with conviction, and that is why people still listen to Lonnie Johnson.

[@shayanchoudhury5764]

I know what you mean is a positive response to the music but I just wanted to reiterate that making people feel an emotion is not as easy as copying licks and running all around the fretboard. It is to choose notes which have relevance to the mood and the message you're trying to push through. Also nowadays, if you look at pop music, it isn't as musically rich as this. There are changes, movements, a simple story, and man hear that piano in the background and the walking bassline. For a songwriter today to make this music, well I think they would have to hear his music. This is seamless integration of so many different elements, and also musically different stuff on the different instruments.

[@Aplustradomus]

BINGO

[@MrSkeeja]

This was simple guitar playing for Lonnie Johnson. He was an accomplished jazz guitarist who played with Duke Ellington Eddie Lang Louis Armstrong and King Oliver. Remember each generation of musicians can draw upon the knowledge of previous generations.

[@carlosescalante1080]

@@MrSkeeja He was certainly ahead of his time. His sessions with the hot fives and sevens are amazing. A true prototype to modern day soloing. Would’ve loved to see Louis And Lonnie make a blues only record.

[@MrSkeeja]

@@carlosescalante1080 kzbin.info/www/bejne/epqxq4upodSpjM0 This is what you want.

[@walacefeital917]

I love that he can't help himself to play...he just starts right away.

[@cigancrni2630]

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

[@harvdog5669]

WOW, this is one cool cat 😊😊😊 Love this fella... Lonnie Johnson, way to go...😊😊😊

[@SabineJustus]

Hallo, diese Stimme habe ich vorher noch nicht gehört. Absolut. Ganz toll. Soll in die Welt getragen werden.❤❤❤

[@metinemare]

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]

Mr. Sonny Boy Williamson II !

[@metinemare]

@@harryduck1 thanks bro for information

[@tfajsh]

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

[@rayobey]

I had to leave a comment because boy could he play. 👏🏽🎸

[@jamesyanks7460]

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

[@michaelwilson569]

Awesome ❤❤❤

[@AlbelRodriguez]

No autotune , that is what makes this a gem masterpiece

[@myfaveyoutube]

It was a masterpiece before autotune was a twinkle in the oil finding software designers eye

[@Kings_Cooking1]

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

[@stevejeffrey11]

singers like BB King & Little Richard would stand a foot or two back from the microphone real skill

[@JohnnyNowhere]

Holy cow, the sound is freaking killer! Dude is living proof that a sterile guitar sounds fantastic if the guy behind it knows how to play!

[@whawkins8636]

preach

[@Kinkle_Z]

Well...it was Lonnie Johnson...

[@stevebatt1211]

Nothing sterile about it. It's warm and pure, sounds like a real guitar.

[@anthonypioppi273]

Exactly! Sterile? Did you mean, clean?

[@SonofGodly]

The sound man back than knew what they were doin.

[@pezdelviento]

"When I mean Soul, I mean Soul"

[@kateritekawidtha6465]

😈

[@AlessandroRienzo]

Ahah lol not everyone can afford to be introduced by Sir Sonny Boy Williamson II :D

[@jordanshakur9699]

It's right

[@azoresplayah]

Tha ol’ G’s soul was hiiiiigggghhhhhhhhh

[@ustheserfs]

Not to be confused with uhm soul music

[@AdrianoPedrasPreciosas]

Isto é uma obra de arte ,que voz maravilhosa 🤙👏

[@anotherhuman5767]

Just discovered sister Rosetta from a book my 4 year old daughter picked out at our local library “little Rosetta and the talking guitar” what a powerhouse of a woman! So happy to discover this little piece of history ❤️

[@dannywhipple358]

I love these old blues guys.everyday was a challenge and they still kept american music alive

[@kikayei]

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

[@sincerespeed7779]

Who’s here 2025? ❤

[@Johnnycdrums]

Yet once again.

[@IndrajitGhosh-e9k]

I am Sir from India with Love and Regards.

[@silverperryhobart6560]

This, and Tiny Tim's "Brotha, can you spare a dime" were remakes of earlier tunes that are completely worthy of the original and then some! Fantastic ✌️🫶🌬✨️

[@BrutalizeURf4ce]

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

[@nomchompsky2883]

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]

Man fuckin same ✊🏽

[@АлександрКовалев-ъ8ц]

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]

me too !

[@WhenHariMetKari]

[@Stephanie-bn1dh]

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

[@jeminiany222]

Sounds beautiful, his voice is too good

[@relaxationmusicc892]

It's nice to be in the company of people who appreciate real music.

[@andrewlowe9969]

These classic blues players were/still are real musicians. Such a joy to hear them play music that is genuine and not garbage like way too much they plan on the air today. We need to bring an era back that respects and remembers music like this.

[@YiolMac]

⁠@@andrewlowe9969whats so sad is i see so many musicians who are still doing this music being ignored because people assume they don’t exist anymore. Even though they are right on KZbin. Some people get very caught up on what’s playing on the air thinking that’s all there is or that somehow that music erases the appreciation for this music. Music tastes change and many people have a habit of hating newer music. I remember some of my Grandparents not liking THIS music because it was different than what they grew up with. Fortunately, you can find hundreds of genres now and pick whatever you want as someone is always playing the type of music people like from all eras of music. I met a 17 year old years ago who only liked music from the 1700s. Luckily you can find that too. It’s all out there and it’s still being played or influencing new music.

[@snaggletooth7031]

That anouncer is the smoothest cat around

[@LeonidasSthlm]

Sonny Boy Williamson

[@KieraQ0323]

II

[@bassreeves2410]

he was a crook

[@PASSWORD323]

@@bassreeves2410 damn straight, he steals my attention whenever he hits that harmonica

[@zillafact]

moon cat lol

[@VisionaryofMirage]

Ladies & gents, the man who all but invented the guitar solo. Got chills when he started singing.

[@GarlandFloyd]

Yes...the most unsung of all the masters.

[@haloskater24]

I thought it was Charlie Christian

[@GarlandFloyd]

no Charlie Christian's Idol!!

[@GeorgiaBoy1961]

Charlie Christian and a small handful of others created the idiom of electric guitar in jazz. Aaron "T-Bone" Walker and Lonnie Johnson helped create the electric blues side of the house. The man - Johnson - was a real pioneer who probably didn't get recognized during his lifetime as the real giant of music he was.

[@Eamananan]

And Eddie Lang of course.

[@MichaelAlexander1967]

What a voice! 1st tenor for sure. He got that Ray Charles sound and vocal range.

[@YogsenForfoth]

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

[@dreamtimej]

The DEFINITION OF COOL. Everywhere you look and listen here, from start to finish.

[@fredwallin815]

dreamtimej he probably invented cool. Born 1899.

[@broadcasttttable]

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

[@stevespyder]

long before mumble rap.

[@franktaconelli9095]

ok kids this is how it’s done…undeniable talent backed by an upright bass & a drummer swingin’ brushes

[@joestephan1111]

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!!!🎸🎶💙

[@sunfish55]

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]

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

[@angelmaree]

I was born in the wrong era. What I wouldn’t give to listen to this live. But thankfully this masterpiece has blessed my ears, heart and soul. God bless you Lonnie ❤️🙏❤️

[@monikatimmons7338]

Same here definitely born in the wrong era.

[@plenaryverbalist]

I was born in the right place - Louisiana - but the wrong decade and the wrong color. 😂😂

[@angelmaree]

@@plenaryverbalist well 1 out of three isn’t bad 🤣

[@javirodriguez8379]

It's so nice and amazing wearing your headphones and listen to these amazing blues guitarrists 🫵🏻

[@wiseman007100]

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

[@galacticpills]

Jeez I have been having a baddd, bad year. This song just absorbed EVERYTHING. What a beaut!

[@troybaldwin8107]

You have just summed up why I love the blues. It doesn't make me more sad, it does the opposite. Hard to explain to someone that doesn't "get it"

[@ighsight]

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

[@zarureti]

Ustat cok guzel bir radyo kaydi ile ruhunuzu onurlandirdin . Elin dert gormesin . Saglik dolu gunler dileriz .

[@chynasmith5010]

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.😢😢😢😢😢

[@liecht]

There are no words to praise this jewel...art in it's most purest expression. God bless Lonnie Johnson

[@charliemcleod764]

What a treat. Lonnie Johnson was a class act. Beautiful guitar sound. Best from Scotland

[@borjewahlen6917]

You don't need a lot of distortion. You only need a lot feeling In your play. It doesn't get better than this ! ❤😊

[@jwonderfulsuccess]

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

[@ap81695]

Always a treat when you find a clip like this that was well preserved in both its audio and video recordings. Top notch.

[@jeremycline9542]

Transformation of this guy over the years is one of the most amazing journeys in American music. From blues, to jazz, to helping invent R&B--and back to blues to earn a living later in life. Lonnie is one of the greatest.

[@macmckenzie4128]

Wow! Stumbled into this clip and blown away. Thank goodness for KZbin and the people who post these treasures.

[@christopherhelton6999]

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.