Bluesape Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 OMG! They're droppin' like flies! He was a great V man! Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 RIP Lonnie Mack...At least he made it to 74. The 1st two this week only made it to 57 (way too young)... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 RIP Lonnie Mac. He was one of the famous ones in the 1960's with Memphis and Suzy Q, and of course others..... dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocPate Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Lonnie Mack, definitely one of the great Rock and Roll Guitar players. www.lonniemack.com/Bio.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Damn! Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Just...wow. What a week. Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 He was also the 5th member of The Doors. RIP http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Before I got around to getting the 45, I used to walk near a mile os so in the hot summer of '63 to get a coke at a tiny roadside hamburger joint because they had "Memphis" on their countertop Seeburg unit. Another figure that loomed large in the catalysts of my desire to play guitar, I would at times mention Lonnie in here as one of my long and old time favorites. His version of "Memphis" is STILL high atop my list of favorite guitar tunes. Do rest in peace, Mack-man. You've WELL earned it! Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 What it's all about... Memphis cover [maybe this is the place WFang went to grab a Coke] [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExRdQtqHyac Wham [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ta5T8cg3c0 w/ SRV [video:youtube] Pickin' At Some Chicken [ ] [video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTIucAz_jbg Playing the blues w/ Albert C & Roy B [video:youtube] d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Nope, d--- The place I went to was noticably more modern, and mostly glass. And you could go inside(you HAD to if you wanted to eat.) Oh, and note, Mack is probably behind the reason we refer to the accesory as a "WHAMMY BAR"! Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Iverson Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 He also did a great record, "Roadhouses and Dance Halls" with David Lindley playing slide in the background. Great rock'n'roll - he was too "Too Rock for Country, Too Country for Rock'n'roll", looking for a "Plain Jane in a Mustang." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 "Too Rock for Country, Too Country for Rock'n'roll" Heh---good way to put it. But really, at the time, I didn't consider "Memphis" to be country at all! It ran on the radio waves (up here in MY parts) concurrently with Travis Wammack's "Scratchy". It IS a shame however, that guys like Mack, Wammack and the somewhat earlier JORGEN INGMANN, who all made their names in the music biz as "git-tar slingers" never really get mentioned when the topic of guitar "heroes" and influences crops up. Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 I've read that he did sessions at King Recs for James Brown & others [Wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Mack) "Beyond his career as a solo artist, he recorded with The Doors, Stevie Ray Vaughan, James Brown, Freddie King, Joe Simon, Ronnie Hawkins, Albert Collins, Roy Buchanan, Dobie Gray and the sons of blues legend Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, among others" but haven't found examples yet. In the meantime here this...from the album ROADHOUSES & DANCEHALLS (haven't found a track with that title :idk ) [video:youtube] ...although there is THIS, w/ LM slamming bass behind Robbie Krieger's lead line. [video:youtube] d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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