Lonnie Mack: Strike Like Lightning on CD
Strike Like Lightning
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
- Label:
- Alligator
- Year of recording ca.:
- 1985
- Item number:
- 6057611
- UPC/EAN:
- 0014551473923
- Release date:
- 26.10.1990
Other releases of Strike Like Lightning |
Price |
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| LP | EUR 29.99* |
Ursprünglich 1985 veröffentlicht, ist dies das gefeierte Comeback des legendären Blues-Rock-Gitarrenpioniers Mack, das durch die Produktion und die Gastauftritte von Lonnies #1-Schüler Stevie Ray Vaughan zu etwas ganz Besonderem geworden ist.
Jede Menge energiegeladene Gitarren und tiefgründiger Gesang. Enthält »Hound Dog Man«, »If You Have To Know«, »Double Whammy« und »Oreo Cookie Blues«. Alle Titel remastered.
Anyone who loves sizzling guitar solos has enjoyed Lonnie Mack's fiery legacy. Twenty-two years ago, Lonnie burst onto the national Top 10 with an instrumental version of Chuck Berry's Memphis. Beyond its rich chording and strong groove, the record featured a classic, groundbreaking solo. Lonnie's wild-yet-fluid phrasing and screaming, single-note climaxes brought expansive new concepts to early '60s rock. When Memphis was followed by Wham! and Chicken Pickin', Lonnie emerged as one of rock guitar's first modern masters.
Lonnie's innovations helped set the stage for such psychedelic blues-rockers as Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield and Duane Allman. His then-new ideas have maintained all their punch, inspiring current guitar heroes like Stevie Ray Vaughan. What's more, Lonnie was among the first modern players to perfect a seamless, authentic blend of black and white roots music. His picking drew on T-Bone Walker, Chuck Berry and Merle Travis, while his gutsy vocals merged his two favorite singers, country's George Jones and Bobby "Blue" Bland. Besides propelling lead guitar into the '60s and beyond, Lonnie's blues / country blend marks him as a founding father of Southern rock. Lonnie has kept at it continuously since his one brief burst of stardom. During the past two decades he's crisscrossed the country countless times, cut eight albums of his own, and played on records by James Brown, Freddie King and The Doors. He's performed at big arenas and obscure backwoods bars, and worked on the production staff of a major record label. There've been lean periods as well as limelight, and Lonnie's covered a wide variety of styles, from orchestrated country to raw rhythm and blues. Now Strike Like Lightning brings back this brilliant pioneer at full rocking strength. Stevie Ray Vaughan is his latest stellar disciple, but the torch has yet to be passed. It's still in Lonnie Mack's hands, burning just as brightly as ever. (Ben Sandmel)
Reviews
ROLLING STONE ALBUM GUIDE *** "Apart from 'The Wham of That Memphis Man!', the essential Mack album is 'Strike Like Lightning', which teams Mack with one of his acolytes, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, as co-producers. Vaughan and Mack cook up a thick sludge of roiling blues-rock that remains the most appropriate showcase Mack has had."Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 Hound Dog Man
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2 Satisfy Susie
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3 Stop
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4 Long Way From Memphis
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5 Double Whammy
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6 Strike Like Lightning
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7 Falling Back In Love With You
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8 If You Have To Know
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9 You Ain't Got Me
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10 Oreo Cookie Blues
