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Al McKay's Earth, Wind & Fire Experience

Al McKay's Earth, Wind & Fire Experience

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Veteran, Grammy Award winning and multi-platinum recording artist Al McKay has a long history of creating songs that feel good to the body and soul. 

The former Earth, Wind & Fire guitarist teamed with group founder Maurice White to pen the band’s seminal hits “September” and “Sing A Song” and honed his chops playing with Ike & Tina Turner and Sammy Davis Jr.

Built around legendary Earth Wind & Fire guitarist, Al McKay, and a group of top Los Angeles studio and road musicians is the aptly named "Al McKay´s Earth, Wind & Fire Experience".

They are all about the music.

Performing hit after hit of the super group's material, in the original keys with the original feel, the “Al McKay´s Earth, Wind & Fire Experience" offer a stunning demonstration of a living, vital performance - with every component of the band upholding the high standard of excellence that established the original EWF sound.

From Al McKay's guitar, the rhythm section locks down the grooves McKay did so much to create in the first place. The horn section, under the leadership of original EWF trumpeter and Phenix Horn member Michael Harris, and featuring the talents of former Tower Of Power and Doobie Brother members, deliver performances that any band leader would be proud of. The vocal section anchored by the incredible vocal talents of Tim Owens - plausibly surpasses the powerful vocal ensemble of most groups.

In a day and age when many top pop groups perform with carefully prepared click tracks and prerecorded vocals and padding, it is refreshing to find that the legacy of this historic  American music is alive and well with McKay's stunning new group.

So, the “Al McKay´s Earth, Wind & Fire Experience" may be the only group capable of rendering this music with the original feel and with no smoke and mirrors. And for fans of EWF and American funk music in general -- the band is a phenomenon absolutely not to be missed.

In late 1983, Earth, Wind & Fire went on an extended "hiatus." Although there were noises made subsequently from time to time, the group that had defined its unique sound was gone. Then in 1990, the former EWF guitarist, Al McKay decided to put a band together from the remains of the original group, initially for some special performances in Japan. Calling themselves the "LA Allstars", the group assembled former members of EWF into a model of the original rhythm section driven group, organized around the all important guitar work of McKay.

Over the years the LA Allstars, and later the “Al McKay´s Earth, Wind & Fire Experience", have featured a who's who of the most influential musicians in R&B and funk. These have included many of the original members of the late 70's/early 80's vintage EWF.

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