Strike Like Lightning
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| Strike Like Lightning | ||||
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| Released | 1985 | |||
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| Label | Alligator | |||
| Producer | Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lonnie Mack | |||
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Strike Like Lightning is an album by the American musician Lonnie Mack, released in 1985.[1][2] The working title was Return of the Flying V, after Mack's 1958 Gibson Flying V.[3] Regarded as a comeback album, Strike Like Lightning was a commercial success.[4][5][6]
Recorded in Austin, Texas, the album was coproduced by Stevie Ray Vaughan, who also played guitar on some of the songs.[7][8][9] The recording sessions were delayed while Mack recovered from health issues.[10] Tim Drummond played bass on the album; Stan Szelest played keyboards.[7][11] "Double Whammy" is a takeoff on Mack's first hit, "Wham!"[12] Vaughan played a National steel guitar on "Oreo Cookie Blues"[13] and sang on "If You Have to Know". "Stop" is a reworked version of Mack's "Why".[14]
