Quote"Groundbreaking guitarist and vocalist Lonnie Mack, known as one of rock's first true guitar heroes, died on April 21, 2016 of natural causes at Centennial Medical Center near his home in Smithville, Tennessee. His early instrumental recordings – among them Wham! and Memphis -- influenced many of rock's greatest players, including Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and especially Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was 74.

"Rolling Stone called him "a pioneer in rock guitar soloing." Guitar World said, "Mack attacked the strings with fast, aggressive single-string phrasing and a seamless rhythm style that significantly raised the guitar virtuoso bar and foreshadowed the arena-sized tones of guitar heroes to come." The Chicago Tribune wrote, "With the wiggle of a whammy bar and a blinding run of notes up and down the neck of his classic Gibson Flying V, Lonnie Mack launched the modern guitar era." 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExRdQtqHyac

Here's Lonnie and protege Stevie Ray Vaughan, in "Wham."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbfgBlkSoqc

And one last one, "Further On Down the Road"---with Albert Collins and Roy Buchanan. (May all three be jammin' hard, up there tonight in that Great Bandstand in the Sky.....)

Kick back. This one's got legs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIeZSUevSuc