Roadhouses & Dance Halls
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| Roadhouses & Dance Halls | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Studio | Muscle Shoals | |||
| Genre | Rock, country, blues | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Barry Beckett, Lonnie Mack | |||
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Roadhouses & Dance Halls is an album by the American musician Lonnie Mack, released in 1988.[1][2] He supported the album with a North American tour.[3] The first single was "Too Rock for Country, Too Country for Rock and Roll".[4] Roadhouses & Dance Halls was a commercial failure, and Mack was subsequently dropped by Epic Records.[5]
The album was coproduced by Barry Beckett.[6] Mack was backed by some of the Muscle Shoals session musicians.[7] He wanted the album to incorporate more country music influences; he also focused more on a band sound rather than songs that merely showcased his guitar solos.[8][9] Mack played a 1958 Gibson Flying V.[10] "50's/60's Man" acknowledges that Mack's musical style was formed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[11] "Hard Life", on which David Lindley played slide guitar, is about an older musician navigating the touring lifestyle and music industry.[12] "Cocaine Blues" is a cover of the murder ballad; Mack was unsure of the songwriter of the version on which he based his take.[11] "High Blood Pressure" was originally performed by Huey Smith.[13] "Sexy Ways" and "Annie Had a Baby" are covers of the Hank Ballard songs.[14]
