Mike McKenna

Mike McKenna (born April 15, 1946) is a professional Canadian rock / blues guitarist the band's first full-length release.

As of 2019, McKenna was playing regularly in and around Toronto with three bands: Luke and the Apostles, a new version of Slidewinder focused on Mainline and other blues-rock material, and Mike McKenna's Rockin' Redcoats (which includes former Blue Rodeo, The Viletones, and Battered Wives drummer Cleave Anderson), playing rockabilly, surf-rock, country and blues.

In 2023, McKenna was nominated for the Maple Blues Awards "Blues With a Feeling" Lifetime Achievement honor.

In 2026, McKenna self-published a memoir "Goin' To Toronto" with FriesenPress.

Discography

Singles with LUKE & THE APOSTLES 1967 Been Burnt c/w Don't Know Why (Bounty 45105) 1967 Been Burnt c/w Don't Know Why (Elektra 45105) 1970 You Make Me High c/w Not Far Off (TN 101) 1970 You Make Me High c/w You Make Me High (TN 102)

as MCKENNA MENDELSON MAINLINE Better Watch Out/ She's Alright (Liberty/United Artists - UK) 1969 Don't Give Me No Goose For Christmas/Beltmaker (Liberty/United Artists - UK)

as MAINLINE 1971 Get Down To/Pedalictus Rag (GRT)

Albums as MCKENNA MENDELSON MAINLINE 1969 Stink (Liberty/United Artists) 1969 McKenna Mendelson Mainline Blues (Paragon/Allied, CD reissue Pacemaker) 1994 Stink (Capitol-EMI / re-issue) 1996 McKenna Mendelson Mainline Blues [CD re-issue] (Pacemaker)

as MAINLINE 1971 Canada Our Home & Native Land (GRT) 1972 The Mainline Bump 'n' Grind Revue 1973 No Substitute 2002 Last Show @ The Elmo (Bullseye)

as MIKE McKENNA 1996 Mike McKenna and Slidewinder (Pacemaker)