LONNIE MACK R.I.P. 1941-2016

Guitarist and vocalist Lonnie Mack, known as one of rock’s first true heroes - and a major influence on - died on April 21 of natural causes at Centennial Medical Center near his home in Smithville, Tennessee. He was 74. His early instrumental recordings - including “Wham!” and “Memphis” - influenced many of rock’s greatest players, including Vaughan, , , and . Although the term “ rock” had not yet come into common usage in 1963, “Memphis” and “Wham!” are now widely regarded as the earliest genuine hit recordings of the virtuoso blues-rock guitar genre.

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Thanks to phil_er_up for sharing the show at Dime. phil_er_up noted: This is what I remember. We were seated at a table and they were full bodied mics with the back end of mics on the table and used two ashtrays to elevate front of the mics to point toward the stage. Mics basically were pointed at each stack. With Metal tape the high end really comes through and you can hear Lonnie’s voice well and his guitar though the cymbals are loud too. Side A of the tape is smoking and, unfortunately, it cuts on Jail. Not much crowd noise. Crowd is way into the show though. Glad I left in all of Lonnie’s banter between songs so we can hear his voice.

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Picture posted at guitarworld.com.

Lineage: Allen Mics > Sony D6 > Master cassette Maxell MX90 Table in back of dance floor LONNIEBoulder Theater, Boulder,MACK CO Nak > MC (Maxell MX90) > RME DIGI > Interface > Samplitude 6.0 > Flac 8 August 24, 1989 MP3 Version Naughty Dog Lonnie Mack Boulder 1989 48 mins 10. CincinnatiJail 6:15 09. Drums/Guitarsolo0:19 08. Drumsolo2:49 07. Double Whammy 4:54 06. Memphis Tennesse 4:18 05. FurtherDown The Road7:33 04. Rockin’ Pneumonia3:14 HurtingMe9:21 03. You’ve Got To Stop 02. SatisfySusy5:13 01. tuning3:56 Disc 1 01. Count Western SillyGoat?11:33 Trade Freely. NotForSale. 02. Things IUsed To Do10:52 05. OhBaby You Don’t Have 04. InstrumentalJam 4:54 03. Pianosolo2:22 To Go10:23 41 mins

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