Lonnie Johnson
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About
Jazz guitarist who invented the single-string solo and who was also was the first musician to play an electrically-amplified violin.
Before fame
He was on a tour of England with his musical revue and returned to the U.S. find his family wiped out by a flu epidemic.
Trivia
He toured with Bessie Smith in 1929.
Family life
He was born into a musical family in New Orleans.
Associated with
He influenced a generation of great jazz musicians, like Louis Armstrong.
