R.I.P. Lonnie Smith

Lonnie Smith has died. He was 79.  He referred to himself as “Dr.” Lonnie Smith. No one questioned it. We all liked his medicine.

Lonnie Smith arrived on the back of a wave of Hammond organists – Jimmy Smith and Brother Jack McDuff his obvious forebears.

Smith would release solo albums and collaborate with many artists – he was busy from the mid-60s right…