Deke McGee - All Night Long

Album: All Night Long
Size: 83,2 MB
Time: 35:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: R&B, jump blues
Art: Front, back

1. Jumpin' Jesus Holy Cow (2:38)
2. Mr. Cornbread (3:18)
3. That's Love (4:57)
4. All Night Long (3:39)
5. Spooks Breakfast (4:40)
6. Jumpin' Out The Window (3:27)
7. I'm Leaving Town (2:05)
8. Blowout (1:55)
9. The Sweetheart Blues (3:00)
10. Shut Your Mouth (2:45)
11. Monkeybird (3:28)

11-tracker from Glasgow-based sax maestro McGee, who has been a leading light on the scene there for over thirty years as well as touring all over the place backing up numerous blues and jazz artists. This album consists of Deke’s own compositions, written in the spirit of classic R&B of the late 1940s, plus a couple of jazz-based instrumentals and slow blues. Deke’s tough blowing and pleasing vocals is accompanied by a fine little combo of guitar, keyboards, bass and drums. All fellow Glaswegians I presume.

‘Mr Cornbread’ is a fine tribute to the honking of Hal Singer, utilising the basic tenor riff before the band jumps in with a rollicking and infectious beat. ‘Blowout’ is another honking instrumental reminiscent of Big Jay at his best whilst ‘Jumpin’ Jesus Holy Cow’, ‘Jumpin’ Out The Window’ and ‘Shut Your Mouth’ are further examples of classic R&B/jump blues. The best track for me is ‘The Sweetheart Blues’, a great New Orleans-flavoured number, which would have served Fats Domino proud. If you’re a fan of classic R&B as put out by the likes of Louis Jordan, Roy Milton and Joe Liggins etc, then Deke’s your man. /Tony Watson, Blues & Rhythm Magazine

Personnel: Deke McGee (vocals, tenor & baritone saxophone); Alan Brown, Lloyd Reid (guitar); Daniel Meade (piano, Hammond organ); Richard Anderson (double bass); David Stone (drums).

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Deke McGee & His Band - Come On Home

Album: Come On Home
Size: 122,5 MB
Time: 52:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: R&B/Blues
Art: Front, back

1. Gravy Train (3:04)
2. Here Comes Trouble (4:07)
3. Coming Back To You (5:37)
4. Lay Your Head Down Beside Me (2:40)
5. Goodbye So Long I'm Gone (4:06)
6. Preservation Blues (3:02)
7. A Little Bit Of Lovin' (4:25)
8. House Rent Party (2:27)
9. Sunshine Blue Skies (3:44)
10. Move It On (4:36)
11. From All Your Storms (5:49)
12. Come On Home (5:21)
13. Somebody Have Mercy Now (3:50)

Mark "Deke" McGee started playing saxophone at the age of thirteen, after hearing Bill Doggetts "Honky Tonk" played by the legendary Clifford Scott. He began studying the sound and the stylings of all the great swing and rhythm n' blues horn men of that era such as Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, Herschel Evans, Lee Allen, Sil Austin, Red Prysock, Big Al Sears, Plas Johnson, Sam "The Man" Taylor and the great Texas tenor King Curtis.

As a sideman, Deke has performed all over the world at jazz and blues festivals in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, London, Dublin, Antwerp, Paris and numerous other places. This has seen him recording, supporting and sharing the stage with names such as Buddy Guy, Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, Hamish Stuart, Phil Guy, Lazy Lester, Sugar Blue, Zoot Money, Otis Grand, George Melly, The Fratellis, Band Of Friends, Martin Stephenson, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, The Dan Reed Network, Jackson Sloan and the Rhythmtones, Big George and the Business, The Nimmo Brothers, The Cobramatics, The Beatstalkers and many more.

Personnel: Deke McGee (vocals, tenor & baritone saxophone); Duncan Kennedy (guitar); Al Gare (double bass); Gary Woodside (drums, percussion); Kirk Lothian (piano, Hammond organ); Jimmy Steele (baritone saxophone).

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