Track Listing 1. Why Women Go Wrong 2. Nothing But a Rat 3. Jersey Belle Blues 4. Loveless Blues, The 5. I'm Just Dumb 6. Get Yourself Together 7. Crowing Rooster Blues 8. That's Love 9. Somebody's Got to Go 10. Lazy Woman Blues 11. Chicago Blues 12. I Did All I Could 13. In Love Again 14. Last Call, The 15. Rambler's Blues 16. Baby, Remember Me 17. He's a Jelly Roll Baker 18. When You Feel Low Down 19. Victim of Love, The 20. Watch Shorty
Recorded at RCA Recording Studios, Chicago from 1939 to 1944. Includes liner notes by Billy Altman.
Digitally remastered by Jay Newland (June 1992, BMG Studios, New York City).
All songs written by Lonnie Johnson.
Personnel: Lonnie Johnson (vocals, guitar); Joshua Altheimer, Lil Armstrong, Blind John Davis (piano).
Liner Note Author: Billy Altman.
Recording information: 11/02/1939-12/14/1944.
Illustrator: Jacqueline Murphy.
This 20-song collection covers 1930s and '40s material in which Johnson primarily performs blues tunes, doing salty, sassy, mournful, and suggestive numbers in a distinctive, memorable fashion. His vocals on "Rambler's Blues," "In Love Again," the title cut, and several others, are framed by brilliant, creative playing and excellent support from such pianists as Blind John Davis, Lil Hardin Armstrong, and Joshua Altheimer. This is tight, intuitive music in which Johnson set the tone and dominated the songs. If you're unaware of Lonnie Johnson's brilliant blues material, here's an excellent introduction.
