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Lonnie Johnson - Complete Recorded Works (1925-1932), Vol. 7: 11.02.1931 to 12.08.32 (1932)

Track listing:
  1. Low Down St. Louis Blues 3:05
  2. Beautiful But Dumb 3:03
  3. From A Wash Woman On Up 2:55
  4. Hell Is A Name For All Sinners 2:55
  5. Home Wreckers Blues 3:07
  6. Not The Chump I Used To Be 3:17
  7. Best Jockey In Town 2:57
  8. Sleepy Water Blues 3:04
  9. Uncle Ned, Don't Use Your Head 3:06
  10. Cat You Been Messin' Aroun' 2:58
  11. She's Dangerous With That Thing 2:55
  12. Men, Get Wise To Yourself 3:22
  13. Sam, You're Just A Rat 3:21
  14. Winnie The Wailer 3:12
  15. There Is No Justice 2:43
  16. I'm Nuts About That Gal 3:13
  17. Racketeers Blues 3:14
  18. Unselfish Love 3:37
  19. My Love Don't Belong To You 2:58
  20. Love Is A Song (Your Love Is Cold) 2:59
  21. Go Back To Your No Good Man 2:53

Notes


Lonnie Johnson, who had played both creative blues and advanced jazz in the 1920s, was sticking exclusively to blues (with some good-time hokum) by 1931. These 21 performances ended his classic period with OKeh before Johnson disappeared from records for five years. All of the selections are solo vocal/guitar numbers with the exception of three cuts, where he switches to piano and one duet with pianist Fred Longshaw. Johnson is in excellent form on such numbers as "Low Down St. Louis Blues," "Hell Is a Name for Sinners," "Best Jockey in Town," "She's Dangerous With the Thing," and "Racketeers Blues." True blues collectors will want all seven Lonnie Johnson CDs in this valuable series.