Welcome to my international music and rock & blues memorabilia collection. Collecting has been my hobby for well over 55 years in the USA, Europe and in various countries where i lived in or was on vacation. Some items were on loan to the Rock'n Roll Museum Arum, the Netherlands(1996-2004) and to the Rock & Blues Museum in Clarksdale,MS (2006- 2019) and are now in storage. I will be selling most of my private collection of used records & memorabilia and other stuff due to retirement
THIS AUCTION IS FOR:
Mack Allen Smith 8 by 10 AUTOGRAPHED photo print.....MIssissippi Rockabilly. RARE
This is one of autographed items i got from Mack Allen Smith in person when i visited him at his home during his life time! This photo print was autographed for me in person and has been in storage for years. In great shape..see photo's.
Sold USED as is in condition it's in, with no returns: What you get is what you get. Please judge for your self.
If you want to lock it in....make me an offer i can't refuse.
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Mack Allen Smith was born in Carroll County, Mississippi, on October 20, 1938. He was exposed to Country and Blues music at an early age:on one side of the railroad tracks, one could hear country and western music coming from the cafes where the white folks were drinking beer. On the other side of the railroad tracks, one could hear rhythm and blues music coming from the cafes where the black people were drinking beer. Mack Allen Smith music is blues infused: Local blues legend John Hurt used to informally play at Smith’s uncle’s repair shop when he was young! He was raised on blues:
B.B.King from Indianola, Elvis early Sun recordings inspired him to become a Rock-a-billy singer with his own bluesy Delta sound.
In 1954, while in high school, Mack Allen became lead singer in his first band (The J. Z. George FFA Band) After graduating from high school in 1956, Mack Allen joined the Kenny Minyard band as lead singer.Prior to leaving for college, Mack Allen formed a band called The Carroll Country Rock & Roll Boys and after entering college in September 1956, Mack Allen changed the name of the band to Mack Allen Smith and the Flames. They performed on weekends at the 51 Club in Durant, Mississippi, and the VFW in Kosciusko and Greenwood, Mississippi. Also in 1956 Mack Allen Smith had a show in the Ball Park in Greenwood with Sun recording stars. in January 1957, Mack Allen joined the Marines and left for a 2 year tour of duty in California, where he often performed in the weekend at the USO Club in Ocean Side and with a Black band at the Figure-Eight Club in L.A.
In January 1959, Mack Allen returned to Carrollton, MS and re-formed Mack Allen Smith and the Flames.
He recorded 3 songs (Kansas City, Mean Woman Blues, and Sandy Lee) for producer Ernie Barton at Sun Records in 1959; however, Mr. Barton left Sun Records shortly thereafter and the 1959 Sun recordings disappeared! In 1960 Warren Smith joined Mack Allen and his band for a few months.
Mack Allen Smith and the Flames performed until October 1984 throughout Mississippi and surrounding states. He owned his own nightclub (Mack Allen Smith's Town & Country Night Club) in Greenwood, MS from (1971-1976)
Record label releases in the USA: Vee Eight, Statue, Mariteen, Jab (a subsidiary of Atlantic), Cynthia, Younger, Delta Sound, Ace, Grape, Cindy Boo, and QMC. The CD Mack Allen Smith the Early Years 1962-1967 was released by Big Legal Mess (subsidiary of Fat Possum records) in 2009.
Overseas releases: on labels as Redneck, Checkmate, Charly, Redita and Country Groove
The unreleased Sun recordings of 1959 were found and released in 2010 on Redita Records in The Netherlands!
Mack Allen Smith has recorded over 150 songs at various studios during his career and wrote books.
BOOKS His first novel entitled Honky-Tonk Addict was published in 1993, followed by Looking Back One Last Time in 2004 and Rock-a-billy Rebel in 2012 based on his 60+ years career as a honky-tonk singer/writer/recording artist, and the numerous singers, musicians, and writers he has known and shared a stage with during this period. To quote Mack, "My objective was to write a book that was different from others I had read in this genre. The ones I'd read were about singers, musicians.My goal was to write about people I'd known and shared a stage with, or at least knew them personally and had first hand knowledge of their careers in music”.
Mack passed on December 7, 2022
NOTE: Extended shipping times, since Covid, being in the high risk group, I ship once a week. The sooner one pays the sooner its ships, also lately the mail is slow. Once I deliver the package to the office to USPS its out of my hands, please follow tracking and give it time, USPS is kinda slow these days and some times it takes USPS a week or so longer than mentioned as delivery on the tracking; I can't be hold responsible for delays in shipping as i do not control the USPS. Thank you for your patience, understanding and cooperation.
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