Boswell Sisters @thesistasdotcom together @ home again in jazzy new #NOLA exhibit http://nola.tw/QS
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Boswell Sisters @thesistasdotcom together @ home again in jazzy new #NOLA exhibit http://nola.tw/QS
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by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
by blueorleansradio · Published 06/05/2012
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1970 - Alonzo (Lonnie) Johnson passed away on this day. A guitarist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He began playing jazz and blues solo guitar in the brothels of the Storyville red light district. He played on the riverboats with Charlie Creath and Fate Marable. He was one of the most recorded of New Orleans jazzmen and made his first cuts in 1927. Once he left New Orleans, he never returned, spending his lifetime on tour. He passed away in Philadelphia, PA. |