A very early record by Lonnie Johnson documenting a lovely piano and guitar duet between Messrs Johnson and Johnson. This session was recorded by Okeh’s “TrueTone” process – and it is unclear whether this session was acoustically or electrically recorded.
At 1:20, you can hear an unidentified voice in the background (James Johnson?) shout out “How you gonna (unclear)?”, to which Lonnie replies, “I’m gonna kick (keep?) that thing!”
The last lyric beautifully articulates the risks of love: “Love feels very light, but it drives like a weight of iron. Sometimes it drives so heavy, you can’t help from crying.”
Recorded in New York, New York on January 19, 1926.
Released as Okeh 8291
Credits
Lonnie Johnson – guitar, vocals
James Johnson – piano
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