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Alonzo Johnson is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He will find fame as urban blues and jazz guitarist Lonnie Johnson, credited with being the first musician to play a guitar solo note for note with a pick, which subsequently became an integral element in blues and rock. Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian, T-Bone Walker and B.B. King are all said to have been influenced by Johnson's style.