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MP3 Lonnie Lee - Don't Look Back
13 MP3 Songs in this album (49:54) !
Related styles: Country: Country Rock, Rock: Country-Rock, Type: Vocal
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The album is a collection of songs Lonnie has written around the time he was living in Nashville Tennessee in the 70''s. They were recorded and released in 1993 but are not at all dated . The songs feature fantastic guitar work and Lonnie''s vocal is superb as always. He was always creditred as having the best pop voice in Australia, going back to 1960 when this was first said by the MC of TV''s ''Bandstand'' .
Whilst life goes on and on, and ''new'' is always the catch phrase of the day, there are those very few stars who perform well past their, ''at the top of their era'' time. Every country has them and respects them for being ‘true’ icons or legends because of their achievements and longevity not because some marketing or pr person has called them that.
Australia has its own Legend of Rock''n''Roll in Lonnie Lee. He is one of the initial pioneers of Aussie popular music, and is without doubt, ‘the last man standing’, from not just his own era, but also those after him.
He is still writing and releasing songs, playing important and current venues, and receiving performance awards.
Whilst many reading this may say who? Never heard of him!! The only reason you wouldn''t know of him is because we have a media culture that ''writes off'' Australian performers once they leave the hit parade arena. We don''t have record companies here who support and promote stars whose eras have gone off format radio''s rotation list because the CD sales wouldn''t warrant it. The only reason why you still hear and see the stars of yesteryear of USA and UK is because they are International stars whose world wide sales warrant investment. It doesn''t mean they are better, or worse than our own, they are just more profitable.
Every ''today'' star had their own idols and many Aussie idols of yesterday credit Lonnie as being their influence and their first ever record purchase including Ross Wilson, Jim Keays, Billy Thorpe & Russell Morris. The blues Supergroup of the 70''s ''Chain'' recently wrote and released a song about Lonnie titled, ''Saturday Night at the Trocadero watching Lonnie Lee''. They also refer to him as him the Father of Australian Rockabilly.
Whilst many across this wide brown land go to his shows and buy his CDs, we would like to let those who do not, know that he is still around doing what he has done non-stop since 1957. Yes early 1957, when he started his first rockabilly trio.
He is now back in Australia, after living much of his adult life in USA writing with and for Roy Orbison and others as well as performing and operating music industry businesses.
His shows are always visited by fans who have either been with him from the start, or who he has collected recently on his way to today. They are of all ages and backgrounds and also from all musical tastes ranging from country music, blues, jazz, rock, classic rock and yes he even has some who are avid opera and symphony fans, yet they appreciate who he is. It really doesn’t matter because he is a true legend of popular music just doing his own thing, which happens to be many things.
He sings his many Gold #1 hits which are still alive and well on Hits and Memory Radio, takes you on a journey through his recent hits plus tributes to country, rockabilly and his friend Johnnie O''Keefe who passed away 30 years ago this October.
His youthful presentation, vocal capabilities and energy is also legendary and anyone who is interested in live music should at least once see this unique star. The show will definitely be a memorable one, that’s for sure.
Whilst music fans will mill around the latest stars and their own personal favourites, one cannot help to wonder just how many of them will be performing in 50 years, let alone be feted as a ‘true legend’.
Like his friend Johnny O''Keefe, Lonnie Lee need not worry. His legacy is well intact.
Don’t miss the experience if a show comes near you.
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