Way Down That Lonesome Road: Lonnie Johnson in Toronto, 1965-1970 (Trade Paper) - Softcover

Miller, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0986869643 ISBN 13: 9780986869648

Publisher: The Mercury Press & Teksteditions, 2012

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Mercury Press & Teksteditions
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0986869643
• ISBN 13: 9780986869648
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160