Wham! their tour of China, received its world premiere as part of the festivities. For several years after becoming a solo artist, Michael spoke negatively, in public, about his time with Wham, partly because of the negativity of intense media coverage on Ridgeley. Michael complained of the constant pressure he felt, and he claimed that the duo had been mistreated financially. He also spoke disparagingly about some of the videos and songs from the Wham repertoire, especially the video from "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", and the songs from Fantastic. However, his perspective on the era softened somewhat in the
The Wham of that Memphis Man The Wham of that Memphis Man The Wham of That Memphis Man is a 1963 album by Lonnie Mack. This album, Mack's first, was recorded in several sessions beginning in March, 1963 and was released by the small Cincinnati label Fraternity Records in October of that year. It reached only #103 on the charts, but music critic Jimmy Guterman ranked it No. 16 in his book "The 100 Best Rock 'n' Roll Records of All Time." Mack is considered a pioneer of virtuoso rock guitar soloing and a key stylistic forerunner of the Blues-rock and Southern rock guitar genres, for