Whatever's Right

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Album Information
  • Artist: Lonnie Mack (See All Albums by Lonnie Mack)
  • Date Released: Feb 8, 2005

  • Genre: Rock/Pop, Style: Contemporary Blues, Rock

  • Label: Rhino/Elektra

Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 37:45

eMusic Features

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Contemporary Blues

By John Morthland, eMusic Contributor

By the early 1960s, blues was largely abandoned by its original African-American audience. But by the late '60s, the form had been embraced by young white fans. So the sound mutated, and continues to do so. White blues has more of a rock feel, with the British giving it a distinct (though hard to define) elan all their own. Meanwhile, in pursuit of the new audience, most surviving black veterans (and the few young African-Americans… more »

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Les Paul: American Master (1915-2009)

By Lenny Kaye, eMusic Contributor

--Ed. Note: In honor of the passing of Les Paul, we have decided to rerun Lenny Kaye's wonderfully insightful column on the man. It's the "Guitar Boogie" to end all guitar boogies, with an honor guard of guitarists arrayed behind the benevolently smiling figure of Les Paul, who sits on a raised platform from where he has just finished entertaining a sold-out house at the State Theater in Cleveland and accepting an American Master award from… more »

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The Cincinnati Blues Sound

By John Morthland, eMusic Contributor

To the best of my knowledge, nobody has ever made a good case for a Cincinnati blues sound, but the Queen City was no stranger to the blues. A rough-hewn, urban backwater on the banks of the Ohio River (which is also the Kentucky state line), Cincinnati is arguably the most southern city to find itself misplaced north of the Mason-Dixon line, and as home to King Records played occasional host to a variety of… more »

They Say All Music Guide

With a passel of familiar faces in the cast (ex-James Brown bassist Tim Drummond, pianist Dumpy Rice, harpist Rusty York), the reclusive Mack rocks up some memorable dusties his way — the Falcons’ “I Found a Love,” and Bobby Bland’s “Share Your Love with Me,” Little Walter’s “My Babe,” and Jimmy Reed’s chestnut “Baby What You Want Me to Do,” along with his own “Gotta Be an Answer.” – Bill Dahl