Lonnie Mack 1987-03-05 nak300.comdr.New Haven,CT info

Lonnie Mack 03/05/87
Toad's Place, New Haven, CT


source: audience cassette master taped by Commander
Lineage: nak300s > d6,XL II-C90's, no dolby.
Transfer: Dragon no dolby>Ayre QA-9>usb> >Audacity>TLH>flac16.
taperchuck3 may, 2016 enjoy!


01 Move On Down The Road
02 Satisfy Susie
03 Stop
04 Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu
05 Further On Down The Road
06 -
07 -
08 Wham>
09 Cincinnati Jail
10
11
12

Lonnie Mack - Guitar, lead vocals
Dumpy Rice - Keyboards, Lead vocal
Michael Freeman - Bass
Maxwell Schauf - Drums

Comment
band members played the next night per dbetree.
opening act: Robert Crotty ??
flip after t05, few notes of t06 clipped.
thanks to Commander for lending me a yet another big box o' master tapes.
taperchuck3 enjoy!

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http://www.murfreesboropost.com/vinson-the-possum-has-gone-to-heaven-cms-35390


VINSON: �The Possum� has gone to heaven

MIKE VINSON, Post Columnist
Published: May 5, 2013

In past columns, I�ve stated that while I do appreciate and enjoy modern country music, I�m more into the older, traditional country: Merle Haggard, Ernest Tubb, Pasty Cline, Dottie West, Tammy Wynette . . . and, yes, George Jones, a.k.a �The Possum� and �No Show Jones.�

The nickname �No Show Jones� was a result of George having a bit too much �fun� beforehand, thus not being in any shape to perform at scheduled shows/concerts on several occasions.

Regarding Jones being referred to as �The Possum,� I couldn�t find anything definitive and reliable about how that particular moniker originated.

Though married four times, it was George�s rocky marriage to another country music legend Tammy Wynette from 1969-1975, that is best remembered. It was the type of marriage of which legends are born and live on for the ages.

Sadly enough, George Jones passed away at Nashville�s Vanderbilt Hospital on April 26 at age 81. He was in the middle of his �Grand Tour,� in which he was to perform 60 concerts. Indeed, this Grand Tour was to be his final tour as a performer.

I will not bore you by going on-and-on about the legendary George Jones, other than to comment that he was idolized by everyone from rap stars to presidents of countries, and arguably had the greatest natural singing voice of any country artist who ever performed.

For me, it doesn�t get any better than Jones� �He Stopped Loving Her Today.�

That said, I�m gonna pay my dues to The Possum by sharing with you a story shared with

me by one Lonnie Mack, known by his peers as �The Father of Modern Guitar.�

Lonnie burst onto the international scene in the early �60s with guitar instrumental hits �Memphis� (written by Chuck Berry) and his self-penned �Wham!�

He later would play bass guitar on The Doors� hit song �Roadhouse Blues,� off the Morrison Hotel album. When you hear that dunt-du-dunt-du-dunt-du-du-du-dunt bass intro on �Roadhouse Blues,� you�re listening to Lonnie Mack.

It is considered one of the best bass lines in rock �n� roll history.

�It was around 1967, and I was with Elektra records out in Los Angeles,� Lonnie commenced.

�I was doing this two-show gig with the Grateful Dead at the Village A-Go-Go in New York City. Back then I was the headliner, and it worked like this: The Grateful Dead would come on and do an hour set, and then I�d do an hour set. After the first show, they would clear the joint and a brand new audience would pay to hear us perform a second show.�

Lonnie continued, �A lot of people came to hear us play that night. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin were in the audience plus a bunch more well-known pickers.

�After I�d finished the second show, the club personnel ran out all the customers, but, of course, allowed the celebrities to hang around, the typical VIP treatment. Next thing you know, we were having us a good ol� jam session on stage.

�I remember at one point that Jimi Hendrix and I were on guitars,� Lonnie said. �Jerry Garcia was on pedal steel. Janis Joplin was singing backup to me singing lead on George Jones� song �Things Have Gone to Pieces.� I can�t tell you how many times I�ve wanted to kick myself in the tail for not taking the time to record our jam session that night � talking about a rare bird � no telling what it�d be worth today!

�Without a doubt, it was a once-in-a-lifetime jam session,� Lonnie fondly recalled.

Though The Possum has made his final trip into that hollow located deep out in the country, his music will continue to echo loudly, and, too, will keep listeners grinnin� from ear-to-ear for eternity.

Tags: George Jones, Grateful Dead, Janice Joplin, Jerry Gracia, Jimi Hendrix, Lonnie Mack, Mike Vinson, Music, Voices