A Remembrance Of Lonnie Portwood

[John LeMaster]

Here is Lonnie singing the Marty Robbins classic "Singing The Blues" and playing some nice lead guitar, too. AND,LOTS of PHOTOS of Lonnie through the years.

The photo collage and sound track were put together for You Tube by Terry Campbell, a great musician and singer who, along with a number of us, had the pleasure of 'pickin' and grinnin' with Lonnie Portwood. Although he was perhaps better known as a guitarist, what a smooth, mellow singing voice Lonnie had!

Thanks to Frank Freniere for sharing this link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzoVdZXaAyQ

[Jack Stoner]

Thanks, John.

[Larry Dering]

Nice John. Thanks.

[Ken Fox]

Great job. Thanks for putting that together

[Bill Ferguson]

Nice John.
I already miss that old guy. He was truly one of the good ones.

[John LeMaster]

Thanks for all the kind words.

Lonnie was, of course, a superb thumb-style guitarist, but he could skillfully play other styles, as well. He did not put nearly as much time in on pedal steel, but he was really good on steel. He just naturally had the "touch and tone".

And, as the video tribute proves, he was a seriously good singer. He was 'famous' for his rendition of "Fat Girl Blues". My two favorites of his singing repertoire were "Don't You Ever Get Tired" and "Storms Never Last".
John L.

[Donna Dodd]

Great stuff, John!

[Fred Thompson]

Beautiful, John! Thanks so much for posting this.. Lonnie impressed me greatly with his finger-style playing at the Steel Shows we did, but I never realized he had such a great singing voice! He will be truly missed..