John Richard Lomax was an English guitarist and singer-songwriter.
19 Facts About Jackie Lomax
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Jackie Lomax is best known for his association with George Harrison, who produced Lomax's recordings for the Beatles' Apple record label in the late 1960s.
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John Richard Jackie Lomax was born in 1944 in Wallasey, Cheshire.
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Jackie Lomax was a member of Dee and the Dynamites, The Undertakers, The Lomax Alliance, Heavy Jelly and Badger.
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Jackie Lomax worked with The Tea Bags, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Leon Russell and Nicky Hopkins.
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In January 1962, Jackie Lomax left Dee and the Dynamites to join the Merseybeat band The Undertakers.
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Jackie Lomax spent two years in the US with The Undertakers and a couple of other groups.
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Jackie Lomax arranged for a single and an album to be recorded, and they signed to CBS before Epstein's death.
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In 1971, Jackie Lomax returned to the US to live and work in Woodstock, New York.
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Jackie Lomax crossed the Atlantic again to resume his solo career and Capitol Records signed him in 1975.
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Jackie Lomax briefly played with The Tea Bags, a Los Angeles-based group which included Ian Wallace, Kim Gardner, Mick Taylor, Brian Auger, Terry Reid, Peter Banks, Graham Bell and David Mansfield amongst others.
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In California, particularly Ventura County, Jackie Lomax played live with a succession of line-ups including Tom Petty, drummer Randall Marsh, Jim Calire, Patrick Landreville and Mitch Kashmar.
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In 1990, Jackie Lomax recorded the Tim Buckley song, "Devil Eyes" for the True Voices album.
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In 2001, Jackie Lomax completed the recording of his first solo album since 1977, The Ballad of Liverpool Slim.
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In 2004, Jackie Lomax was a guest on the 'BeatlesandBeyond' Radio Show in Walsall, hosted by Pete Dicks.
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Percy Sledge included Jackie Lomax's song, "Fall Inside Your Eyes", on his 2004 album Shining Through The Rain.
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On 13 April 2012, Jackie Lomax played on the 50th Anniversary of the Hamburg-based Star-Club in the Kaiserkeller, with the Star Club All-Star-Band plus Brian Griffiths, Bobby Thompson, and Joe Fagin, and with The Undertakers.
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On 15 September 2013, Jackie Lomax died from cancer, on the Wirral while staying in England for the wedding of his daughter.
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Jackie Lomax's version was used in a commercial for Dutch bike company VanMoof in the summer of 2020, after which it was released as a single.