StatsBirth Name: Lonnie McIntosh Age: 71, born 18 July 1941 Country of origin:  United States Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
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Lonnie Mack (born Lonnie McIntosh, July 18, 1941, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States) is an American rock, blues, and country guitarist and vocalist.
In 1963 and early 1964 he recorded a succession of full-length electric guitar instrumentals that combined blues stylism with fast-picking techniques and a rock beat. The best-known of these are "Memphis", "Wham!", and "Chicken Pickin'". These instrumentals established the standard of virtuosity for
Lonnie Mack (born Lonnie McIntosh, July 18, 1941, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States) is an American rock, blues, and country guitarist and vocalist.
In 1963 and early 1964 he recorded a succession of full-length electric guitar instrumentals that combined blues stylism with fast-picking techniques and a rock beat. The best-known of these are "Memphis", "Wham!", and "Chicken Pickin'". These instrumentals established the standard of virtuosity for a generation of rock guitarists and formed the leading edge of the "blues-rock" guitar genre. The pitch-bending tremolo arm found on some electric guitars reportedly became known as the "whammy bar" in recognition of Mack's aggressive, rapid manipulation use of the device in 1963's "Wham!".
In 1979 music historian Richard T. Pinnell called 1963's "Memphis" a "milestone of early rock guitar". In 1980 the editors of Guitar World magazine ranked "Memphis" first among rock's top five "landmark" guitar recordings. Mack is widely regarded today as a pivotal historical figure in expanding the role of the electric guitar in rock.
Mack is also regarded as one of the finer early "blue-eyed soul" singers. Crediting both Mack's R&B vocals and his guitar solos, music critic Jimmy Guterman ranked Mack's first album, 1963's The Wham of that Memphis Man!, No. 16 in his book The 100 Best Rock 'n' Roll Records of All Time.
Mack released several singles in the '50s and '60s as well as thirteen original albums spanning a variety of genres between 1963 and 1990. He enjoyed his greatest recognition as a blues-rock singer-guitarist, with especially productive periods during the '60s and the latter half of the '80s. An aversion to the burdens of notoriety, and to the music business generally, led Mack to switch musical genres and idle his career as a rock artist for years, even decades, at a time
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 Remembering Stevie Ray Vaughan (30 person items)"I first heard Stevie at a little club around the corner from Antone's. He was just a really good player. He had his own thing, but you could hear bits and pieces of other things. I could hear some of my things in there. His brother told me that Stevie listened to a lot of my old records. He particularly liked the lick on "Chicken Pickin'" and the riff on "Wham!".
The first time I met Stevie it was an immediate friendship, both spiritually and musically. He felt like family to me. The first ti"
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 Ever heard this? REAL Underrated Guitar Players (13 person items)"Wham!
Surprisingly I've hardly ever met anyone that knows who Lonnie Mack is. Just listen to his song Wham and you'll see a big inspiration on Stevie Ray Vaughan and part of his stompin' Texas sound.
Lonnie Mack wrote Wham!, and it was covered by SRV, in an interview Stevie Ray also said his song 'Scuttle Buttin'' was influenced by Mack's 'Chickin' Pickin'.
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