Lonnie Mack is something of an unsung hero in the development of the modern guitar solo. He had a somewhat chequered career, reportedly through being difficult to pigeonhole and subsequently market, and it sounds as if he didn’t really play the ‘fame game’. Lonnie’s top priority was playing the music he wanted to play, not pandering to record companies for the sake of bigger profits.
Having said that, he did record several albums over the course of his career, the first of which, The Wham Of That Memphis Man!, introduced his loud, fast and precise technique to a generation of incredulous players.
