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DESCRIPTION:\nAlvon Johnson: Bay Area Blues Society's 2005 Guitar Player of
  the Year\, Former vocalist with the Rock and Roll Hall of fame group &quo
 t\;The Coasters&quot\;\, Regional winner of the Guitar Centers &quot\;King
  of the Blues&quot\; national contest in 2006 and 2007\, his CD &ldquo\;Th
 e Blues Grew up was nominated for Outstanding Blues Album 2004 and Voted i
 n top ten CD in Japan in 2005. His latest CD Guitars and Cars was voted in
  top ten CD&rsquo\;s of 2008 by the prestigious Blues magazine &ldquo\;Rea
 l Blues &rdquo\;.\nHis early influences were Guitar players such as Wes Mo
 ntgomery\, Andre Segovia\, Charlie Christian\, and of course Jimi Hendrix.
  His vocalist influences were Joe Williams\, Johnny Hartman\, Nat King Col
 e\, and Frank Sinatra.\nThroughout his career he has performed with many w
 ell known artists\, including The Drifters\, The Shirelles\, Bobby Day of 
 Rocking&rsquo\; Robin fame\, Otis Day and the Knights\, and Jimmie Rodgers
  of Country and Western fame. Alvon sought out\, and learned\, at the feet
  of many icons of the blues\, including: John Lee Hooker\, Pee Wee Crayton
 \, Little Joe Blue\, Harmonica Fats\, Sonny Green\, Frankie Lee\, Guitar S
 horty\, Lowell Folsom\, and Buddy Ace.\nAlvon worked with comedians such a
 s Renaldo Rey\, Robin Harris\, Skillet and Leroy\, and Lawanda Paige (Aunt
  Ester)\, from the Redd Foxx show. Having the opportunity to learn from th
 ese outstanding comedians helped to develop Alvon&lsquo\;s own special sen
 se of humor. Alvon has performed on the international level as well as nat
 ionally in such places as Malaysia\, Russia\, China\, France\, Italy\, Jap
 an\, Singapore\, New Zealand\, Europe\, Canada\, The Bahamas\, Australia\,
  Las Vegas\, Lake Tahoe\, Atlantic City and many other cities all across t
 he United States.
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SUMMARY:Alvon Johnson
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