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Guitariste
et chanteur Rock 'n' Roll et Blues US né Lonnie McIntosh le 18 Juillet 1941 à Harrison
(Indiana). Lonnie Mack est décédé le 21 Avril 2016 à Smithville (Tennessee).
When
Lonnie Mack sings the blues, country strains are sure to infiltrate. Conversely,
if he digs into a humping rockabilly groove, strong signs of a deep-down blues
influence are bound to invade; par for the course for any musician who cites
both Bobby Bland and George Jones as
pervasive influences.
Fact is, Mack's lightning-fast, vibrato-enriched, whammy bar-hammered guitar
style has influenced many a picker, too, including Stevie Ray Vaughan, who
idolized Mack's early singles for Fraternity and later co-produced and played on
Mack's 1985 comeback LP for Alligator, Strike Like Lightning.
Growing up in rural Indiana not far from Cincinnati, Lonnie McIntosh was exposed
to a heady combination of R&B and hillbilly. In 1958, he bought the seventh
Gibson Flying V guitar ever manufactured and played the roadhouse circuit around
Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. Mack has steadfastly cited another local legend,
guitarist Robert Ward, as the man whose watery-sounding Magnatone amplifier
inspired his own use of the same brand.
Session work ensued during the early '60s behind
Hank Ballard, Freddy King, and James
Brown for Cincy's principal label, Syd Nathan's King Records. At the tail-end of
a 1963 date for another local label, Fraternity Records, Mack stepped out front
to cut a searing instrumental treatment of
Chuck Berry's "Memphis." Fraternity put the number out, and it leaped all
the way up to the Top Five on Billboard's pop charts!
Its hit follow-up, the frantic "Wham!," was even more amazing from a guitar-playing
perspective with Mack's lickety-split whammy-bar-fired playing driven like a
locomotive by a hard-charging horn section. Mack's Vocals skills were equally
potent; R&B stations began to play his soul ballad "Where There's a Will" until
they discovered Mack was Caucasian, then dropped it like a hot potato. Its flip,
a sizzling Vocals remake of Jimmy Reed's "Baby, What's Wrong," was a minor pop
hit in late 1963.
Mack waxed a load of killer material for Fraternity during the mid-'60s, much of
it not seeing the light of day until later on. A deal with Elektra Records
inspired by a 1968 Rolling Stone article profiling Mack should have led
to major stardom, but his three Elektra albums were less consistent than the
Fraternity material. (Elektra also reissued his only Fraternity LP, the seminal
The Wham of That Memphis Man.) Mack cameoed on the Doors' Morrison Hotel album,
contributing a guitar solo to "Roadhouse Blues," and worked for a while as a
member of Elektra's A&R team.
Disgusted with the record business, Mack retreated back to Indiana for a while,
eventually signing with Capitol and waxing a couple of obscure, country-based
LPs. Finally, at Vaughan's behest, Mack abandoned his Indiana comfort zone for
hipper Austin, TX, and began to reassert himself nationally. Vaughan
masterminded the stunning Strike Like Lightning in 1985; later that year, Mack
co-starred with Alligator labelmates Albert Collins and Roy Buchanan at Carnegie
Hall (a concert marketed on home video as Further on Down the Road).
Mack's Alligator encore, Second Sight, was a disappointment for those who
idolized Mack's playing -- it was more of a singer/songwriter project. He
temporarily left Alligator in 1988 for major-label prestige at Epic, but
Roadhouses and Dancehalls was too diverse to easily classify and died a quick
death. Mack's 1990 album, Live! Attack of the Killer V, was captured on tape at
a suburban Chicago venue called FitzGerald's and once again showed why Lonnie
Mack is venerated by anyone who's even remotely into savage guitar playing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Mack
Talents : Guitar, Vocals
Style musical : Instrumental Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Electric Blues, Early Rhythm 'n' Blues
MEMPHIS
(1963)
WHAM! (1963)
SUZIE-Q
(1963)
CHICKEN PICKIN' (1964)
HONKY
TONK '65 (1965)
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Years in activity :
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DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 1959 | SP DOBBS ? (US) | . |
Pistol Packin' Mama / ? |
| 05/1963 | SP FRATERNITY F-906 (US) | . |
Memphis
/ Down In The Dumps |
| 08/1963 | SP FRATERNITY F-912 (US) | . |
Wham!
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Suzie-Q
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| 1963 | SP Stateside HSSA 5021 (NL) |
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Wham!
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Suzie-Q
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| 11/1963 | SP FRATERNITY F-918 (US) | . |
Baby, What's Wrong / Where There's A Will |
| 02/1964 | SP FRATERNITY F-920 (US) | . |
Lonnie On The Move / Say Something Nice To Me |
| 04/1964 | SP FRATERNITY F-925 (US) | . | I've Had It / Nashville |
| 07/1964 | SP FRATERNITY F-932 (US) | . |
Chicken Pickin'
/ Sa-Ba-Hoola |
| 12/1964 | SP FRATERNITY F-938 (US) | . | Don't Make My Baby Blue / Georgia Boy |
| 1965 | SP FRATERNITY F-942 (US) | . | Crying Over You / Coastin' |
| 1965 | SP FRATERNITY F-946 (US) | . | Tonky Go Go / When I'm Alone |
| 09/1965 | SP FRATERNITY F-951 (US) | . |
Honky Tonk '65
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Chicken Pickin'
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| 01/1966 | SP FRATERNITY F-957 (US) | . | Crying Over You / Are You Guilty |
| 1966 | SP FRATERNITY F-959 (US) | . | The Circus / Buckaroo |
| 1966 | SP FRATERNITY F-967 (US) | . | Tension - Part 1 / Tension - Part 2 |
| 08/1966 | SP FRATERNITY F-969 (US) | . | Wildwood Flower / Snow On The Mountain |
| 1967 | SP FRATERNITY F-981 (US) | . | I Left My Heart In San Francisco / Omaha |
| 1967 | SP FRATERNITY F-986 (US) | . | Save Your Money / Snow On The Mountain |
| 04/1968 | SP FRATERNITY F-1004 (US) | . | Soul Express / Down And Out |
| 08/1968 | SP ELEKTRA EK-45638 (US) | . |
Memphis
/ Why |
| 1968 | SP FRATERNITY F-1278 (US) | . |
Down And Out / Soul Express |
| 03/1969 | SP ELEKTRA EK-45652 (US) | . |
In The Band / Save Your Money |
| 1969 | SP ELEKTRA INT. 80188 (F) |
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Why / She Don't Come Here Anymore |
| 1970 | SP Buccaneer 3001 (US) | . |
Memphis
/ Lonnie On The Move |
| 1970 | SP ELEKTRA EKM-45697 (US) | . |
Fine Way To Go / Why |
| 03/1971 | SP ELEKTRA EKM-45715 (US) (promo) |
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Lay It Down / Lay It Down |
| 03/1971 | SP ELEKTRA EKM-45715 (US) |
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Lay It Down / She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye |
| 12/1971 | SP ELEKTRA EKM-45761 (US) | . |
Rings / Florida |
| 1973 | SP QCA QC 407 (US) | . | Hello Highway / Take Me Like I Am |
| 09/1975 | SP ROULETTE RDJ-7175 (US) (promo) | . |
Highway 56 / All We Need Is Love , You And Me |
| 1975 | SP ROULETTE 45.R. 14003 (F) |
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Highway 56 / All We Need Is Love , You And Me |
| 09/1975 | SP BELLAPHON BF 18364 (GER) |
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Highway 56 / All We Need Is Love, You And Me |
| 1975 | SP AMG 564N39 (US) | . |
Cincinnati Jail / Mexico |
| 197? | SP AMG 592-16 (US) | . | Midnight Brew (Melvin Carter) / Rock n' Roll Music (The Lonnie Mack No Shuck & Jive Road Band From Friendship, Ind.) |
| 1977 | SP CAPITOL P-4441 (US) | . |
Funky Country Living / Running Wild |
| 1978 | SP K-TEL BEP 17800 (F) |
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Memphis
(Lonnie MACK) / Wipe Out (SURFARIS) |
| 1979 | SP Lightning LIG 9011 (UK) (picture disc) |
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Let's Dance
(Chris
MONTEZ) / Memphis (Lonnie MACK) |
| 197? | SP JEWEL 8261 (US) | . |
Sexy Ways / Ridin' The Blinds |
| 198? | SP BUCCANEER 3001 (US) | . |
Memphis
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| 1986 | MAXI EP ALLIGATOR ALA-4 (US) |
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Me And My Car / Rock People / Tough On Me, Tough On You / Song I Haven't Sung |
| 1986 | SP ALLIGATOR ALS-8075 (B) |
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Stop / Tough On Me, Tough On You |
| 07/1988 | SP EPIC / COLUMBIA 34-07973 (US) | . |
Too Rock For Country, Too Country For Rock And Roll / Lucille |
| 1988 | SP EPIC / COLUMBIA 08117 (US) | . |
Hard Life / Fifties-Sixties Man |
| 19?? | S COLLECTABLES C 1176 (US) | . |
Memphis
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Wham!
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Albums
| 1963 | LP 12" FRATERNITY FS-1014 (US) |
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THE WHAM OF THAT MEMPHIS MAN! - Wham / Where There's A Will / The Bounce / I'll Keep You Happy /Memphis / Baby, What's Wrong / Down And Out / Satisfied / Suzie-Q / Why / Down In The Dumps | ||
| 1967 | LP 12" President PTL1004 (UK) |
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THE WHAM OF THAT MEMPHIS MAN - Wham / Where There's A Will / The Bounce / I'll Keep You Happy /Memphis / Baby, What's Wrong / Down And Out / Satisfied / Suzie-Q / Why / Down In The Dumps | ||
| 1969 | LP 12" ELEKTRA EKS 74040 (US) |
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GLAD I'M IN THE BAND - Why / Save Your Money / Old House / Too Much Trouble / In The Band / Let Them Talk / Memphis/Sweat And Tears / Roberta / Stay Away From My Baby / She Don't Come Here Anymore | ||
| 1969 | LP 12" ELEKTRA EKS-74050 (US) |
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WHATEVER'S RIGHT - Untouched By Human Love / I Found A Love / Share Your Love With Me / Teardrops On Your Letter / Baby What You Want Me To Do / Mt Healthy Blues / What Kind Of World Is This / My Babe/Things Have Gone To Pieces / Gotta Be An Answer | ||
| 1970 | LP 12" ELEKTRA EKS-74077 (US) |
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FOR COLLECTORS ONLY - THE WHAM OF THAT MEMPHIS MAN! - Wham / I'll Keep You Happy / Suzie-Q / Farther On Down The Road / The Bounce / Where There's A Will There's A Way / Chicken Pickin' / Baby, What's Wrong / Down In The Dumps / Down And Out / Satisfied / Memphis / Why | ||
| 1971 | LP 12" ELEKTRA EKS-74102 (US) |
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THE HILLS OF INDIANA - Asphalt Outlaw Hero / Florida / Lay It Down / The Hills Of Indiana / Uncle Pen / Bicycle Annie / A Fine Way To Go / Rings / The Man In Me / She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye / All Good Things Will Come To Pass / Three Angels | ||
| 1972 | LP 12" ELEKTRA EKS-74102 (AUS) |
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THE HILLS OF INDIANA - Asphalt Outlaw Hero / Florida / Lay It Down / The Hills Of Indiana / Uncle Pen / Bicycle Annie / A Fine Way To Go / Rings / The Man In Me / She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye / All Good Things Will Come To Pass / Three Angels | ||
| 1973 | LP 12" QCA LP-304 (US) |
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DUELING BANJOS - Rusty York & Lonnie MACK - Dueling Banjos / Ruby / Back Up And Push / Going Down The Road Feeling Bad / Ole Rattler / Cannonball Rag / Cripple Creek / Little Maggie / Grandfathers Clock / Duel Between A Fiddle And A Banjo / Molly And Tenbrooks / Amazing Grace / Foggy Mt. Breakdown / Pretty Polly / I'll Fly Away / Bile Them Cabbage Dow | ||
| 1975 | 2 LP 12" TRIP TLX-9522 (US) |
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THE MEMPHIS SOUND OF
LONNIE MACK :
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| 1977 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST-11619 (US) |
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HOME AT LAST - Running Wild / My House / Funky Country Living / Lay Some Loving On Me / Glad That I'm Home / Love And You And Me / Britches / Drive To The Country / The Other Side / Give Of Your Love / Outskirts Of Town | ||
| 1977 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST-11703 (US) |
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LONNIE MACK & PISMO - Country / Mexico / I Feel A Change / Dixie's Your Name / Rock & Roll Like We Used To / Hug Me 'Til It Hurts / Lucy / Ebony And Ivory / Adobe Man / Drift Away Again | ||
| 1980 | LP 12" Flying V ED-2 (US) |
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South - First Edition - Lonnie McIntosh - Back On The Road Again / Lonely Lady / Southbound Again / Mr. Bartender / Slow Dance / After The Harvest / Back Roads, Back Home / San Juan Bay / Fiddlin' Dick / Rainin' In New York / Flat Out | ||
| 1985 | LP 12" ALLIGATOR AL-4739 (US) |
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STRIKE LIKE LIGHTNING - Hound Dog Man / Satisfy Suzie / Stop / Long Way From Memphis / Double Whammy / Strike Like Lightning / Falling Back In Love With You / If You Have To Know / You Ain't Got Me / Oreo Cookie Blues | ||
| 1985 | LP 12" Victor VIL-28003 (JAP) |
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STRIKE LIKE LIGHTNING - Hound Dog Man / Satisfy Suzie / Stop / Long Way From Memphis / Double Whammy / Strike Like Lightning / Falling Back In Love With You / If You Have To Know / You Ain't Got Me / Oreo Cookie Blues | ||
| 1986 | LP 12" ALLIGATOR AL-4750 (US) |
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SECOND SIGHT - Me And My Car / Rock & Roll Bones / Tough On Me, Tough On You / Camp Washington Chill / Cincinnati Jail / Rock People / Buffalo Woman / Ain't Nobody / Back On The Road Again / A Song I Haven't Sung | ||
| 1988 | LP 12" EPIC FE-44075 (US) |
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ROADHOUSES & DANCE HALLS - Too Rock For Country / 50's/60's Man / Lucille / Medley : Sexy Ways - Annie Had A Baby / Plain Jane (In A Mustang) / Honky Tonk Man / Riding The Blinds / High Blood Pressure / Cocaine Blues / Hard Life | ||
| 1989 | CD ALLIGATOR ALCD-4786 (US) |
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ATTACK OF THE KILLER V - LIVE! - Riding The Blinds / Natural Disaster / Stop / Medley: Camp Washington Chili - If You Have To Know / Satisfy Suzie / I Found A Love / The Move / Cincinnati Jail | ||
| 1992 | CD ACE CDCH 352 (UK) |
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LONNIE ON THE MOVE - I Found A Love / Soul Express / I've Had It / Wildwood Flower / Snow On The Mountain / I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water / Shotgun / Sticks And Stones / Jam And Butter / One Mint Julep / Florence Of Arabia / Lonnie On The Move / Sa-Ba-Hoola / Money (That's What I Want) / Dorothy On My Mind / Men At Play / Oh Boy / Stand By Me / Don't Make My Baby Blue | ||
| 1994 | CD One Way S21-17964 (US) |
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LONNIE MACK & PISMO - Country / Mexico / I Feel A Change / Dixie's Your Name / Rock & Roll Like We Used To / Hug Me 'Til It Hurts / Lucy / Ebony And Ivory / Adobe Man / Drift Away Again | ||
| 1998 | 2 CD MACK'S FLYING V ? (US) |
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LIVE AT COCO'S :
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| 1999 | 2 CD MACK'S FLYING V ? (US) |
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DIRECT HITS AND CLOSE CALLS - 1962-1968 :
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| 07/1999 | CD ACE CDCHD 713 (UK) |
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MEMPHIS WHAM! - Memphis / Where There's A Will There'sa Way / Wham! / I'll Keep You Happy / The Bounce / Baby What's Wrong / Down And Out / Satisfied / Susie-Q / Why / Down In The Dumps / Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu / Gee Baby / Chicken Pickin' / Oh, I Apologize / Say Something Nice To Me / From Me To You / Turn On Your Love Light / The Freeze / Farther On Up The Road / Cry Cry Cry / Save Your Money / Tension, Pt. 1 / Tension, Pt. 2 | ||
| 03/2001 | CD Lucky Dog 85403 (US) |
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Roadhouses & Dance Halls - Too Rock For Country / 50's/60's Man / Lucille / Medley: Sexy Ways - Annie Had A Baby / Plain Jane (In A Mustang) / Honky Tonk Man / Riding The Blinds / High Blood Pressure / Cocaine Blues / Hard Life |
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| 07/2001 | CD ACE CDCHD 807 (UK) |
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FROM NASHVILLE TO MEMPHIS - Soul Serenade / Nashville / No More Pain / Blues Twist, Pt. 1 / Blues Twist, Pt. 2 / Tonky-Go-Go / She Don't Come Here Anymore / Honky Tonk '65 / Buckaroo / I Left My Heart In San Francisco / Omaha / Crying Over You / Coastin' / When I'm Alone / The Circus Song / Are You Guilty? / Wildwood Flower / Don't Make My Baby Blue / Down In The Dumps / Any Day Now / Teacha / Doggin' / Instrumental #1 / I'm So Satisfied / Goodbye Baby Goodbye / Memphis | ||
| 06/2002 | CD ACE CDCHD 847 (UK) |
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STILL ON THE MOVE - Sa-Ba-Hoola / Wildwood Flower / I've Had It / Cry Cry Cry [alt take 2] / Snow On The Mountain / Sticks And Stones / Don't Make My Baby Blue / Oh, Boy! / Florence Of Arabia / Stand By Me / Dorothy On My Mind / I Found A Love / The Circus Song AKA A Good Woman's Love / Money (That's What I Want) / Men At Play / Tonky Go Go / Oh I Apologize [alt take 6] / Lonnie On The Move AKA For Kicks AKA Turn On Your Lovelight / Shotgun / I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water / One Mint Julep / Money (That's What I Want) [alt take 2] / Florence Of Arabia / When I'm Alone / Omaha / Soul Serenade | ||
| 2008 | CD COLLECTABLES 6974 (US) |
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THE WHAM OF THAT MEMPHIS MAN! - Wham! / I'll Keep You Happy / Suzie Q / Farther On Down The Road / Bounce / Where There's A Will There'sa Way / Chicken Pickin' / Baby What's Wrong? / Down In The Dumps / Down And Out / Satisfied / Memphis / Why |
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