
Lonnie Johnson was the father of all the early blues guitarists. Everyone listened to him. He played and sang like a minister, with a very spiritual feeling that went right through me and that I could immediately relate to and understand... Lonnie would play with people from other musical styles like jazz and gospel, which inspired me to stretch as a player." – B.B. King
A jaw-dropping arrangement by Lonnie Johnson in the key of D of what is basically "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead", recorded by Louis Armstrong as "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You". Lonnie recorded this in 1931.