Lonnie Mack

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Lonnie Mack performing at the Greek Theater in Berkeley on October 11, 1985. He plays a Gibson Flying V guitar
“A cornerstone of American music history”: Lonnie Mack’s Flying V is heading to auction

By Phil Weller Published

The guitar that the guitar hero used features a crude Bigsby installation and comes steeped in history – including collaborations with Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Stevie Ray Vaughan (left) and Lonnie Mack perform onstage in the mid-1980s
When Stevie Ray Vaughan met his oft-overlooked, pioneering, V-wielding guitar hero

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Though their respective brand and model loyalties stood in the way of them swapping licks on that particular evening, that show sparked a years-long musical relationship that would span the stage and studio

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Lonnie Mack plays a Flying V live onstage in 1985
Lonnie Mack is an unsung hero in the development of the modern guitar solo – learn the blues guitar pyrotechnics that lit a fire under Stevie Ray Vaughan

By Richard Barrett Published

A key influence on SRV classics such as Scuttle Buttin', Lonnie Mack's trailblazing style is worth another look

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(from left) Albert Collins, Lonnie Mack and Roy Buchanan perform onstage at Carnegie Hall in New York City on December 6, 1985
Watch Lonnie Mack, one of the original Flying V masters, trade licks with Tele titans Albert Collins and Roy Buchanan

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The three six-string aces came together for the aptly named American Guitar Heroes concert at Carnegie Hall in 1985

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Lonnie Mack and the Birth of Blues-Rock Guitar

By Keith Wyatt Published

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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Lonnie Mack Play "Oreo Cookie Blues" and "Wham!" in 1986

By Damian Fanelli Published

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Stevie Ray Vaughan's Top Five Studio Guest Appearances

By Damian Fanelli Published

Stevie Ray Vaughan released four studio albums, a live album and a Vaughan Brothers album, not to mention enough leftover live and studio material to fill several posthumous albums and a box set.

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