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He was a staff
musician with Sight and Sound Studios in
New York, NY, as well as touring with
Evelyn Champagne King from 1979-81.
He has
performed on album sessions and tours
for many artists that include:
▪ Isaac Hayes, album sessions and road
tours for ‘Shaft’ and ‘Black Moses’,
1971-74;
▪ Isaac Hayes and Dionne Warwick, 1973,
album sessions and concerts, Capitol
Records, Los Angeles;
▪ The Staple Singers, album sessions on
‘I’ll Take You There’ and ‘Come Go With
Me’, 1973-4, as well as concert, ‘WATTS/STAX’,
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, 1977;
▪ The Moody Blues, 1975 album session
(third album);
▪ Peabo Bryson, 1981, album session and
concert for first album, ‘PEABO’.
He has also performed on album sessions
for many other artists, such as Foghat,
Latoya Jackson, Kool and the Gang and
Stevie Ray Vaughn, as well as the
sessions and some solo work on Al
Green's 2003 album and video, 'I Can't
Stop'.
Some other
credits include:
▪
Participation in a blues seminar given
at King George College in Maryland,
October, 1993.
▪
Performances at the Montreaux Jazz
Festival, July 1993.
Lannie has
performed in two major motion pictures
filmed here in Memphis:
▪
‘Great Balls
of Fire’, 1988
▪
'The Firm',
with Tom Cruise, Paramount Pictures with
his own group, The Lannie McMillan
Quartet, 1992.
He has also
performed with many of the bands in the
Memphis, TN area, as well as having been
in the house bands of all the major
clubs and venues in Memphis, including
the Rum Boogie Café and B.B. King’s on
Beale St.
Mr.
McMillan has participated for many years
in the annual Sweet Soul Music Festival,
hosted in Poretta Terme, Italy. In 2001,
he was musical director for the festival
when it was held in Bologna, Italy, and
was a featured performer in the Poretta
Soul Festival in July, 2006. In 2007 he
performed in The Bellinzona Blues
Festival in Switzerland.
The Lannie
McMillan Trio/Quartet has been the house
band at Owen Brennan’s Restaurant,
Memphis, TN since 1991.. They currently
perform at many corporate and private
functions in the area.
Lannie has
taught at St. Agnes Catholic School and
Harding Academy. Currently Lannie
teaches private lessons and continues to
perform around the world.
Look for his new CD, 'Dedication', due
out in January of 2009. |
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