| Way Down That Lonesome Road: Lonnie Johnson in Toronto, 1965-1970 (Trade Paper) Contributor(s): Miller, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0986869643 ISBN-13: 9780986869648 Publisher: Mercury Press &Teksteditions OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Genres & Styles - Jazz |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6" W x 9" (0.54 lbs) 162 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Toronto was Lonnie Johnson's last stop in a career of stops, at least the eighth city in which he lived for any length of time. The influential African-American singer and guitarist, a formative figure in the history of blues and jazz dating back to the 1920s, travelled north for a brief appearance at the New Gate of Cleve in May 1965 and returned for a longer engagement at the Penny Farthing in June. Over the next five years - the last five years of his life - he rarely left the city again. Way Down That Lonesome Road: Lonnie Johnson in Toronto, 1965-1970, the tenth book from noted Canadian jazz historian Mark Miller, reclaims Johnson from the realm of legend and brings him back to life. In part a biographical study and in part a social history, Way Down That Lonesome Road follows Johnson from the generous welcome that he received from Toronto's critics on his arrival and the successes and failures that followed. |