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Lonnie McIntosh (born July 18, 1941), known by his stage name, Lonnie Mack, is an American rock, blues, and country guitarist and vocalist. Mack was born in Dearborn County, Indiana. In the early 1960s, he was a key figure in transforming the role of the electric guitar to that of a lead voice in rock music.〔Sandmel, ''Guitar World'', May 1984, pp. 55-56〕〔''Goldmine Magazine'', "When No Words Were Necessary, Pt. 1", December 18, 2010, ("Lonnie Mack's brilliant record of Chuck Berry's song, “Memphis”, went to No. 5 in 1963. Mack's hit record is noteworthy, because it pushed a new generation of white kid guitarists in the unaccustomed direction of soul music." )〕 Best known for his 1963 instrumental, "Memphis", he has been called "a pioneer in rock guitar soloing" and a "ground-breaker" in lead guitar virtuosity.〔, published 2007-09-05〕 In 1963 and early 1964, he recorded a succession of full-length electric guitar instrumentals which combined blues stylism with fast-picking country techniques and a rock beat. These recordings are said to have formed the leading edge of the "blues rock" lead guitar genre.〔see, e.g., Brown & Newquist, ''Legends of Rock Guitar'', Hal Leonard Co., 1997, p. 25〕 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, ahead of recordings by Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Mike Bloomfield.〔"Landmark Recordings", ''Guitar World'', July 1980 and July 1990, p. 97〕 Reportedly, the pitch-bending tremolo arm commonly found on electric guitars became known by the term "whammy bar" in recognition of Mack's aggressive manipulation of the device in 1963's "Wham!".〔McDevitt, "Unsung Guitar Hero Lonnie Mack", ''Gibson Lifestyle'', 2007.〕 Mack brought a strong gospel sensibility to his vocals, and is considered one of the finer "blue-eyed soul" singers of his era. Crediting both Mack's vocals and his guitar solos, music critic Jimmy Guterman ranked Mack's first album, ''The Wham of that Memphis Man!'', No. 16 in his book ''The 100 Best Rock 'n' Roll Records of All Time''.〔Guterman, ''The Best Rock 'N' Roll Records of All Time'', 1992, Citadel Publishing〕 Mack released several singles in the 1950s and 1960s. Between 1963 and 1990, he released thirteen original albums spanning a variety of genres. He enjoyed his greatest recognition as a blues-rock singer-guitarist, with especially productive periods during the 1960s and the latter half of the 1980s. Mack switched musical genres and slowed or idled his career as a rock artist for lengthy periods,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Account of disappearance from 1968 tour )〕〔, 1977, pp. 16, 18; Holzman, ''Follow The Music'', First Media, 2000, pp. 366-67〕 due to an aversion to notoriety,〔Peter Guralnick, Pickers, "Lonnie Mack: Fiery Picker Goes Country", 1977, pp. 16-18〕 disenchantment with the music business〔Sandmel, "Lonnie Mack is Back on the Track", ''Guitar World'', May 1984, pp. 59-60〕 and a preference for the simpler, less public, country lifestyle of his youth.〔"Country", 1976: ''I don't care what you think of me, I'm a-gonna live my life bein' country. Had a fancy job out in Hollywood, everybody said I was doin' good. Had lots of money and opportunities, but I'm a-gonna live my life bein' country.''〕 ==Career== Lonnie Mack's music career began in the mid-1950s. It included historically significant recordings, critical and popular recognition, and periods of reclusion, rediscovery, and comeback. He never became a commercial superstar during his years as an active performer,〔〔〔 and recorded his last album in 1989. More recently, he has come to be regarded as an "unsung hero" of early rock guitar.〔"Unsung Guitar Hero Lonnie Mack", Gibson Lifestyle, 2007〕 In the early 1960s, Mack augmented the electric blues guitar genre with fast-picking techniques borrowed from traditional country and bluegrass styles, leading one early reviewer to puzzle over the "peculiar ''running'' quality" of Mack's bluesy solos.〔Alec Dubro, Review of "The Wham of that Memphis Man!", ''Rolling Stone'', November 23, 1968〕 These recordings prefigured the fast, flashy, blues-based lead guitar style which dominated rock by the late 1960s.〔〔〔Brown & Newquist, ''Legends of Rock Guitar'', Hal Leonard Pub. Co., 1997, p. 87〕〔 By the 1980s, Mack was recognized as a pioneer of virtuoso rock guitar. According to ''Guitar World'' magazine, Mack's early solos influenced every major rock guitarist of the day, "from Clapton to Allman to Vaughan"〔Santoro, "Double-Whammy", ''Guitar World'', January 1986, p. 34〕 and "from Nugent to Bloomfield".〔"Landmark Recordings", ''Guitar World'', July 1980 and July 1990, p. 97〕 Although better-known as a guitarist, Mack was a double-threat performer from the outset. A 1968 feature article in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine rated Mack a better gospel singer than Elvis Presley,〔 who earned all of his Grammys as a gospel singer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Donnie Sumner, 'Voice', and Elvis Presley: Elvis Australia )〕 Several of his vocals remain notable for their gospel-like fervor.〔〔see, e.g., Bill Millar, 1983 essay, ''Blue-Eyed Soul: Colour Me Soul''〕 Mack's recordings drew on rural and urban blues, country, bluegrass, rockabilly, vintage R&B, soul, and gospel styles. Attempts to classify Mack's music proved challenging,〔〔〔〔McNutt, ''Guitar Towns'', University of Indiana Press, 2002, p. 174〕 but the common thread throughout Mack's best-known music is a unique mix of black and white musical roots, later dubbed "roadhouse rock".〔Peter Watrous, "Lonnie Mack in a Melange of Guitar Styles", ''New York Times'', September 18, 1988〕〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lonnie Mack profile at )〕 Writing for Rolling Stone, Alec Dubro summarized: "Lonnie can be put into that 'Elvis Presley-Roy Orbison-Early Rock' bag, but mostly for convenience. In total sound and execution, he was an innovator."〔Dubro, ''Rolling Stone'', March 23, 1968〕 Mack's final commercial album as a featured artist, "Attack of the Killer V!", was recorded live in 1989. He performed regularly until 2004, and during the next few years appeared occasionally at special events.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Poconut.com )〕 On November 15, 2008, Mack played "Wham!" at a production of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honoring Les Paul. On June 5–6, 2010, he performed at a reunion concert with the surviving members of his early-1960s band.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lonnie Mack profile at )〕 In 2011, he released some informally-recorded compositions on his website, including the acoustic blues single "The Times Ain't Right". Beyond his career as a solo artist, Mack recorded with The Doors, Stevie Ray Vaughan, James Brown, Freddie King, Joe Simon, Ronnie Hawkins, Albert Collins, Roy Buchanan, Dobie Gray and the sons of blues legend Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, among others.〔See specific reference to each of these artists footnotes after their names in text of article〕 Mack's managers over the years have included Fraternity Records co-founder Harry Carlson, John Hovekamp and James Webber,〔() 〕 formerly an executive with Elektra Records. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lonnie Mack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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