Johnson's style reached both the Delta bluesmen and urban players who would adapt and develop his one-string solos into the modern electric blues style. According to the blues historian Gérard Herzhaft, Johnson was "undeniably the creator of the guitar solo played note by note with a pick, which has become the standard in jazz, blues, country, and rock". Many, many cuts on this collection attest to his great skill with the guitar.Much of Johnson's music featured experimental improvisations that would now be categorized as jazz rather than blues. "A guitarist admired and respected by even Robert Johnson, Lonnie Johnson was one of the earliest recorded blues artists, and definitely one of the first, if not first, guitar hero of the 20th century.
Lonnie was one of the first great blues-jazz players: So, Strat-Talk community, what do you consider the 10 greatest blues albums of all time? The reason for that isn't that I don't like they're music (because I do), but that I can't find any of their records, and I can't put albums on my list that I haven't listened to. Some may notice I'm missing the original blues greats such as B.B., Freddie and Albert King, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush etc. Fleetwood Mac - S/T (aka Dog and Dustbin) John Mayall - Bluesbreakers with Eric ClaptonĤ. I actually managed to put these in order of preference, although that got quite hard towards the end!ģ. It occurred to me when posting in the Greatest Rock Albums thread that a lot of the albums on my list (Led Zep, Tres Hombres, Are You Experienced, Cream's back catalogue) were as much blues as they were rock so I thought I'd start a blues version of the thread.
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