Jane' s Alley Lyrics Page 4

Lonnie Johnson was a guitarist of exceptional talent, he was born in New Orleans and during the 1930s made scores of records. He has long been a favourite of ours .We initially came across this photo of him  which prompted us to write the words

" Lonnie's just a faded photograph, dog-eared sepia toned and brown

But he lived in the days when the ragtime craze just stomped its crazy foot in town"

We never managed to incorporate the words into the song but often use them as a spoken introduction to the song.

Sweet Lonnie J

copyrighted by Derek Greenacre and Louise Matthews Sept 14th 2003

1) He's a New Orleans boy, old guitar for a toy. Lonnie J's the man I adore

Sweet and lowdown, playing around that man sure knows the score

2)Nights playing the blues wearing gator skin shoes. Lonnie J's the man I adore

Handsome and brown ,hardly a frown, with him life's never a bore

3) It's a difficult job, staying ahead of the mob, Lonnie J's the man I adore

Got pretty mean in old Abilene, one step ahead of the law

4)His guitar was the craze in the Charleston days, Lonnie J's the man I adore

Never played rough , just cool enough, had a style it was hard to ignore

5)Never stayed around long, played some lovely old songs, Lonnie J's the man I adore

Drifts into town, won't settle down, leaves me just wanting him more

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