Trucking - Pinball Machine - Lonnie Irving 1960

Pinball Machine - Lonnie Irving UK Melodisc 45. Lonnie's first recording - at Radio Station WHEE Martinsdale VA in Dec '59 when the flipside "I Got Blues On My Mind was also recorded. Released on US Starday Jan '60. Lonnie - Vocal, Jim Eanes Rhm Gtr, Frank Burns El Gtr, Arnold Terry Rhm Gtr, Allen Shelton Banjo, Cliff Raysdale Bass, Roy Russell Fiddle. His other two records were also recorded at WHEE in May & June '60 with an unreleased track "If You Ain't Gonna Love Me." Sadly he died from leukemia age just 28 in Dec '60. Check out my upload of Gooseball Brown for a bit more info. Upload for fair use and educational purposes only.

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• Pinball Machine
• Lonnie Irving
• Starday
• Country
• Hillbilly

[nathandgibson]

thanks for the mention rowland... i sure hope the book helps to tell lonnie's story and helps him get some of the recognition he so certainly deserves! i'm mighty glad i was able to use the photo of him in it! thanks to eddy and the entire family! - nate

[Rowland108]

@nathandgibson Nate It's us - the world of music fans - who owe you the Big thanks for all your hard work researching & writing your excellent book: The Starday Story.

[Rowland108]

The best link to Nathan Gibson's starday blog seems to be :- love-starday-starday

[CharlieRight]

Hey Jimmy this your other uncle, I was 16 when this came out, a couple years ago I was playing Lonnie's songs with his brother Linwood at a festival on the Dan river in Eden..

I remember when Lonnie died a;; of us local teenagers were so proud that a homeboy was at the top of the charts.

[Rowland108]

@CharlieRight Great to get comments from Lonnie's family. Here's note from Nate's blog (Nathan Gibson) Lonnie only recorded 6 tunes for the Starday label and they are all fantastic. Lonnie’s brother, Eddy, sent me some wonderful pictures of Lonnie - included in my The Starday Story book and he was also kind enough to send me some of his own recordings covering Lonnie’s music. I will likely play a song from those demos in a later blog.

[jimmywaynejoiner]

i cant belive this is my brothers great uncle

[Rowland108]

@jimmywaynejoiner Hi Jimmy. Please see the reply I did to your uncle Charlie about the recent book The Starday Story by Nathan Gibson. Seems that Lonnie's maybe finally likely to get the recognition he so deserves.

[chazmclayton]

Pure Americana...and by far the best truck song ever written.

[eckcody15]

Hey i was wondering the chords to this please help?

[lytleville]

Absolute best version of song I have ever heard! Every word sung with heart-felt emotion. Thanks for the post.

[55peterbilt93]

never heard this till now...after listening to it i have decided that it is hands down the best song i have ever heard

[clyderf]

That has to be Allen Shelton on the banjo, so this record is a classic for that reason as well.

[jimmywaynejoiner]

@CharlieRight well sorry I missed it. I only get to see Lynwood when go see Joseph on Irving Hill.. what a nice place to relax down there! Hope he plays some out there by the lake this year!