Lois McMorris
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Lois McMorris, also known as "Lady Mac", is a renowned lead guitar
ist and vocalist from North Omaha, Nebraska
.
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Lady Mac has toured the world and/or performed with a variety of popular music artists including rapper Coolio
, jazz organist Jimmy Smith
and B.B. King. Preston Love
called McMorris, "one of the finest all-around guitarist to ever come from Omaha". McMorris was inducted into the Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame
in 2005.
Lady Mac has recorded on Atma Records, releasing LadyMac: One As a Performing Artist. McMorris alternates between performing as a headliner with her own group, LadyMac & the MacAttack, and appearing as a headliner in jazz, blues and old-school festivals across the United States
. McMorris has headlined the Omaha Jazz and Blues Festival.
and Through Verse & Imagination, directed by Sir Preston Webster at the Jazz Bakery
. She has also appeared on television, internationally, nationally, regionally, and locally, with credits on China Beach
, Picket Fences
, Entertainment Tonight
, and Eye On LA, among other shows.
An artist from infancy, McMorris is an award-winning painter & sculptor. McMorris is also a poet and teacher, and has written a variety of works including Passages of the Transcendental Ant, an anthology of poetic works; a children's book called, The Littlest, Biggest Christmas and an art-comic magazine called Zionaya of God.
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
ist and vocalist from North Omaha, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
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Music
McMorris plays lead guitar, rhythm guitar, upright bass, electric bass, and keyboards and is a drum programmer. She is also a musician, arranger, vocalist, composer, chart writer & lyricist. Bands that she has been a member of include 7th House, Gutsbucket & Funk, Poverty's Movement, and The PersuadersThe Persuaders (band)
The Persuaders are a New York based R&B vocal group, with some fame in the 1970s, best known for their hit single, "Thin Line Between Love and Hate"...
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Lady Mac has toured the world and/or performed with a variety of popular music artists including rapper Coolio
Coolio
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. , better known by the stage name Coolio, is an American musician, rapper, actor and record producer.-Late 80s:He recorded two singles in the late 80s, titled "Watcha Gonna Do" and "You're Gonna Miss Me"...
, jazz organist Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith (musician)
Jimmy Smith was a jazz musician whose performances on the Hammond B-3 electric organ helped to popularize this instrument...
and B.B. King. Preston Love
Preston Love
Preston Haines Love was a renowned alto saxophonist, bandleader and songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska.-Biography:Preston Love grew up in North Omaha and graduated from North High....
called McMorris, "one of the finest all-around guitarist to ever come from Omaha". McMorris was inducted into the Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame
Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame
The Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame, or the OBMHoF, is a nonprofit organization founded in 2005 to celebrate, document and honour the legacy of the many top vocalists and musicians whose musical careers began in the metropolitan area of Omaha, Nebraska...
in 2005.
Lady Mac has recorded on Atma Records, releasing LadyMac: One As a Performing Artist. McMorris alternates between performing as a headliner with her own group, LadyMac & the MacAttack, and appearing as a headliner in jazz, blues and old-school festivals across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. McMorris has headlined the Omaha Jazz and Blues Festival.
Other activities
McMorris has performed in the theatre and theatrical shows. Her performances include costarring in An Evening with Four Ladies of Music with Linda HopkinsLinda Hopkins
Linda Hopkins is an African American actress and blues and gospel singer. She has recorded classic, traditional, and urban blues, and performed R&B and soul, jazz, and show tunes, all with distinction and style since the 1950s....
and Through Verse & Imagination, directed by Sir Preston Webster at the Jazz Bakery
Jazz Bakery
The Jazz Bakery is a jazz club in the former Helms Bakery on Helms Avenue off Venice Boulevard in Culver City, California. It was established as a not-for-profit company by jazz vocalist Ruth Price, others, including Maurice Hall co-founded the bakery. It is based on an informal concert hall model...
. She has also appeared on television, internationally, nationally, regionally, and locally, with credits on China Beach
China Beach
China Beach is an American dramatic television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of Da Nang, Vietnam, which was nicknamed "China Beach" by unknown foreigners, most likely Americans...
, Picket Fences
Picket Fences
Picket Fences is a 60-minute American television drama about the residents of the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United States...
, Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, and Eye On LA, among other shows.
An artist from infancy, McMorris is an award-winning painter & sculptor. McMorris is also a poet and teacher, and has written a variety of works including Passages of the Transcendental Ant, an anthology of poetic works; a children's book called, The Littlest, Biggest Christmas and an art-comic magazine called Zionaya of God.