After parting ways with Elektra Records, Lonnie Mack left L.A. and returned home to Indiana, quickly passing into anonymity. For most of the 1970s he was heard of little, his most notable activities being an obscure bluegrass album recorded with Rusty York in 1973, and serving as lead guitarist for Dobie Gray throughout 1974.
In 1977 he was given a new record contract with Capitol Records, and released his first solo album in six years - Home At Last. Like its predecessor back in 1971, the brilliant The Hills Of Indiana, it was a laid-back rootsy affair, eschewing electric guitar flash for more mellow acoustic textures and a heavy dose of country (with pedal steel, mandolin, banjo, and fiddle). It remains one of his most obscure albums today, only because he is best known as a rock guitarist, but Home At Last showed him to be capable of producing some brilliant, soulful country-rock.
The Hills Of Indiana (1971) <|> Lonnie Mack & Pismo (1977)
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4 comments:
This one really must have fallen through the cracks (or else I did), as I don't remember it all.
Thanks for the post.
I am looking forward to hearing the "other" Lonnie Mack, whose electric guitars have given me so much pleasure for many years. Thanks so much.
Iggy
I am looking for this if it's on CD Home At Last
This is a ggreat post thanks
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