{"product_id":"9780986869648","title":"Way Down That Lonesome Road: Lonnie Johnson in Toronto, 1965-1970 (Trade Paper)","description":"Toronto was Lonnie Johnson's last stop in a career of stops, at least the eighth city in which he lived for any length of time. The influential African-American singer and guitarist, a formative figure in the history of blues and jazz dating back to the 1920s, travelled north for a brief appearance at the New Gate of Cleve in May 1965 and returned for a longer engagement at the Penny Farthing in June. Over the next five years - the last five years of his life - he rarely left the city again.\u003cbr\u003e Way Down That Lonesome Road: Lonnie Johnson in Toronto, 1965-1970, the tenth book from noted Canadian jazz historian Mark Miller, reclaims Johnson from the realm of legend and brings him back to life.\u003cbr\u003e In part a biographical study and in part a social history, Way Down That Lonesome Road follows Johnson from the generous welcome that he received from Toronto's critics on his arrival and the successes and failures that followed.","brand":"The Mercury Press \u0026 Teksteditions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024100278512,"sku":"9780986869648","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780986869648_p0.jpg?v=1763892351","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780986869648","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}