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WS82Classics
04-22-2016, 09:28 AM
Blues Man Lonnie Mack, perhaps best known for his guitar work on the Doors hit "Roadhouse Blues,"("Do it, Lonnie! Do it!") has passed away at age 74.

http://www.alligator.com/news/index.cfm/nid/689/t/Lonnie-Mack%2C-July-18%2C-1941---April-21%2C-2016/

One of the pioneering blues guitarists and one of the first guitar heroes of the genre, he was an influence to, among numerous others, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts and Ted Nugent.

RIP.

NOLA
04-22-2016, 10:22 AM
RIP, Mr. Mack. If this keeps up, we're not going to have any baby-boomer rock 'n rollers left by the end of the year! :(:ack: