⬇️ JOHNNIE JOHNSON ⬇️
DISCOGRAPHY 1991-2025 (10CD/DVD)
BIOGRAPHY
Johnnie Clyde Johnson (July 8, 1924 – April 13, 2005) was an American
pianist who played jazz, blues and rock and roll. His work with Chuck
Berry led to his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was
posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for breaking racial
barriers in the military, as he was a Montford Point Marine - where the
African-American unit endured racism and inspired social change while
integrating the previously all-white Marine Corps during World War
II.Johnson was born in Fairmont, West Virginia. He began playing the piano in 1928. He joined the United States Marine Corps during World War II and became a member of Bobby Troup's all-serviceman jazz orchestra, the Barracudas. After his service, he moved to Detroit, Illinois and then Chicago, where he sat in with many notable artists, including Muddy Waters and Little Walter.
He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1952 and immediately assembled a jazz
and blues group, the Sir John Trio, with the drummer Ebby Hardy and the
saxophonist Alvin Bennett. The three had a regular engagement at the
Cosmopolitan Club, in East St. Louis. On New Year's Eve 1952, Bennett had
a stroke and could not perform. Johnson, searching for a last-minute
replacement, called a young man named Chuck Berry, the only musician
Johnson knew who, because of his inexperience, would likely not be playing
on New Year's Eve. Although then a limited guitarist, Berry added vocals
and showmanship to the group. Bennett was not able to play after his
stroke, so Johnson hired Berry as a permanent member of the trio.
Berry took one of their tunes, a reworking of Bob Wills's version of "Ida
Red", to Chess Records in 1955. The Chess brothers liked the song, and
soon the trio were in Chicago recording "Maybellene" and "Wee Wee Hours" –
a song Johnson had been playing as an instrumental for years, for which
Berry quickly wrote some lyrics. Berry got signed as a solo act, and
Johnson and Hardy became part of Berry's band. Said Johnson, "I figured we
could get better jobs with Chuck running the band. He had a car and rubber
wheels beat rubber heels any day." ..... (Wikipedia)
NEW!
2025-I'm Just Johnnie @FLAC
Rockin 88's
Johnnie B. Bad
(with Jimmie Vaughan & Clayton Love)
JOJO-1991-Rockin Eighty-Eights @FLAC
(Thanks to Denis)
JOJO-1991-Johnnie B. Bad @FLAC
Blue Hand Johnnie
JOJO-1993-Blue Hand Johnnie @ALAC
That'll Work
(with The Headhunters)
JOJO-1993-That_ll Work @ALAC
Johnnie Be Back
JOJO-1995-Johnnie Be Back @FLAC
Johnnie B. Live
JOJO-1997-Johnnie B. Live @320
Live At The Basement
(DVD)
JOJO-2003-Live At The Basement (DVD) @AVI
(Thanks to Rippin' Frog)
Johnnie Be Eighty
And Still Bad
JOJO-2005-Johnnie Be Eighty And Still Bad @FLAC
(Thanks to Denis)
I'm Just Johnnie
2025-I'm Just Johnnie @FLAC
(Thanks to Albert)
COLLABORATION
⬇️THE HEADHUNTERS⬇️
Meet Me In Bluesland
TKHH-2015-Meet Me In Bluesland @FLAC
3 comments:
Thank you so much for Live At The Basement! I have been searching for this for a very long time. Thanks to Rippin' Frog and everyone else who made it happen.
muy agradecido, saludos
Great post, thank you!
Destroyer85
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