The McKee Brothers - A Time Like This

Size: 175,4 MB
Time: 75:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Blues Funk, Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. How Can I Miss You Baby? (4:32)
02. Whistleblower Blues (5:08)
03. It Is What It Is (4:01)
04. A Time Like This (4:58)
05. Realize (5:35)
06. The Legend Of Luther Stringfellow (4:52)
07. Don't Cha Let It Go To Your Head (4:03)
08. Bluer Than You (3:29)
09. Miracle (3:57)
10. A Scene From Sunday (5:48)
11. Back To Love (5:33)
12. Think It Over (3:50)
13. Putt Putt Hustler (5:37)
14. Dawg (3:52)
15. The Rain (4:55)
16. Surreal Love (5:00)

Personnel:
Denis McKee - vocals, guitar, bass (7, 8, 10, 11, 16), keyboards, percussion
Maxayn Lewis - vocals
Bobby West - keyboards
Bobby Walson - bass
Steve Stephens - drums
Vincent Fossett Jr. - drums (2, 9, 15, 16)
Chris Stevens - congas. vibes. percussion
Lee Thornburg - trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone
Doug Webb - tenor and baritone sax" clarinet
Larry McCray * guitar (2, 14)
Joey Delgado - guitar (11, 13)
Stan Budzynski - slide guitar (14)
Tim Douthit - harmonica (1, 6, 13)

A Time Like This, the 3rd release from The McKee Brothers, once again features fine LA and Michigan musicians and spotlights Denis McKee’s ongoing collaboration with prolific songwriter and amazing pianist Bobby West, this time creating 16 lyrically interesting and seriously funky originals. It is produced by multi-instrumentalist Denis McKee, who is also featured on lead vocals, backed by supremely soulful vocalist Maxayn Lewis (Ike & Tina Turner/Maxayn). The rhythm section includes A-list LA musicians Bobby Watson (Rufus/Billy Preston/Michael Jackson) on bass, with drummers Steve Stephens (Patti Austin/Glen Hughes) and Vincent Fosset Jr. (Kirk Fletcher/Janiva Magness). The songs feature great horn arrangements by Lee Thornburg (Supertramp/Etta James/TOP/Joe Bonamassa), with Lee on brass and Positone recording artist Doug Webb (Stanley Clark/Freddie Hubbard/Rod Stewart) on reeds. Veteran bluesmen Larry McCray and Joey Delgado add inspired guitar to several tracks, with Denis contributing dynamic guitar solos on Realize, The Rain, and A Scene From Sunday.

Like on the critically acclaimed Enjoy It While You Can (2016) and Moon Over Montgomery (2017) albums, the McKee Brothers continue to explore a sophisticated blend of horn-driven blues, soul, gospel, and rock (See the track list for specific song descriptions).

Bandleader/producer/guitarist Denis McKee (King Floyd/Linda Hopkins/Barbara Morrison/HB Barnum) moved to LA from Lansing in 1988 to attend the acclaimed Dick Grove School of Music, graduating from the Guitar Program. He has recently fronted McKee Brothers gigs at clubs in LA, Ann Arbor, and Lansing, and at larger venues including the Michigan Theater in Jackson and the Long Beach Bayou Festival.

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The McKee Brothers - Moon Over Montgomery

Size: 181,9 MB
Time: 77:05
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues Soul
Art: Full

01. Pig Feet (4:06)
02. Confidential (5:06)
03. I Feel Like Dynamite (4:29)
04. Worried About Tomorrow (5:34)
05. You Know How I Lie (6:44)
06. Moon Over Montgomery (5:09)
07. Kicks (4:23)
08. Bayou Man (4:34)
09. Go 2 Work (5:02)
10. Where You Gettin' It? (4:42)
11. Runaway Love (4:31)
12. Late At Night (5:00)
13. Remember When (4:27)
14. Flat, Black & Circular (4:17)
15. Blues Of The Month Club (4:10)
16. Celebrate Me Home (4:48)

“Moon Over Montgomery,” the second release produced by The McKee Brothers, once again features inspired performances by a talented roster of players from Los Angeles and Michigan, including soulful vocalists Bob Schultz (original keyboardist with Bob Seger), Jeff Robinson, Reggie Gonzales, Maxayn Lewis, Laith Al-Saadi (vocal and guitar – 2016 finalist on “The Voice”), Larry McCray (vocal and guitar), guitarist Ari Teitel, keyboardists Bobby West and Jim Alfredson (formerly with Janiva Magness and in Organis- simo), horn players Lee Thornburg (formerly of Tower of Power, now touring with Joe Bonamassa) and Doug Webb (Posi-Tone Records recording artist), bassists Bobby Watson (Rufus), Al Threats, and J.V. Collier (Bruce Hornsby) - as well as the brothers themselves: Denis McKee on guitar, keyboards, bass, and vocals, and Ralph McKee on bass, lap steel guitar, and vocals.

The music is high-energy and soulful, in several styles: from gospel (the inspirational title track paying tribute to the 1965 civil rights march), gritty funk (Go 2 Work!, Bayou Man, I Feel Like Dynamite, Blues of the Month Club), soul (Where You Gettin’ It?, Runaway Love, and the Latin-flavored Late At Night), jazz-blues (Kicks), to the funky country of Confidential and the rock of Remember When. Check out Laith Al-Saadi’s vocal and Larry McCray’s guitar on Worried About Tomorrow, the incendiary blues vocal by Jeff Robinson on You Know How I Lie, with smokin’ guitar by Al-Saadi, the rhythm section’s irre- sistible New Orleans grooves on Flat, Black, & Circular and Pigfeet, the great Lee Thornburg horn arrangement on the gospel ballad Celebrate Me Home, and some impressive guitar work throughout by Denis McKee.

“Moon Over Montgomery is a triumph on several levels. The excellent musicianship with a shared purpose, the top drawer singing of original music, and the excellent leadership and individual performances of the Brothers themselves lifts the sounds to a very high level. It is at once listenable and excit- ing, uplifting and inspired soul based music, which is rare these days. If you are not already hip to the great McKee Brothers you’d best get aboard this bullet train and ride as far as they can take you.” - Michael G. Nastos, WCBN-FM, Hot House Magazine, Michigan Music Hall of Fame, SEMJA Lifetime Music Award Recipient

“Moon over Montgomery by the McKee Bros is in high rotation on the Capitol City Blues Cruise here at WMMQ. The recording is fantastic and it has an incredible collection of stellar musi- cians from the West Coast and Mid-West. The CD is a joy to listen to. I am glad to be able play it for my listeners here in Michigan.” - Scott Allman, Host - Capitol City Blues Cruise, WMMQ, Lansing, Michigan

Moon Over Montgomery

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