- Al McKay
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Al McKay
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name =
Born = birth date and age|1948|2|2|
Origin =United States
Occupation =Guitarist , songwriter, producer,music arranger
Genre =Funk ,jazz ,R&B , soul
Years_active = 1960s–present
Label =CBS, ARC, VideoArts Music (Japan)
URL = [http://www.almckay.com/ www.almckay.com]Al McKay (born February 2, 1948) is a guitarist, songwriter, producer and former member of the American
funk bandEarth, Wind & Fire . Al used to lead his own groupAl McKay's L.A. All Stars with former EWF members Johnny Graham, Fred White (younger brother of EWF foundersMaurice White andVerdine White ), Rahmlee Michael Davis and Michael Harris of the formerPhenix Horns , and Andrew Woolfolk.An album , entitled "Al Dente" , from this group was released through import.Throughout most the 70's and 80's , Al has been hired for numerous studio-sessions from different artists, and produced/composed for various projects, including
The Temptations ("Truly for You " - 1984 / Motown), A Taste of Honey ("Ladies of the Eighties" - 1982 / Capitol), Finis Henderson ("Finis" - 1982 / Motown), among many others. His instructional lesson-video for Starlicks Video, appeared onVHS in the mid-80's. With a re-designed video-sleeve it was re-issued again on VHS during the 90's.He now performs with his band The Earth, Wind & Fire Experience and tours along the major jazz festivals in the world with this fourteen-piece ensemble. There is also a live-DVD from this project , which is filmed in Eastern-Europe.
Al is a left-handed guitar player.
External links
* [http://www.almckay.com/ Official website]
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* [http://www.soultracks.com/al_mckay.htm Al McKay] at soultracks.com
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