Roman Candle Presents McKinley James
Sunday 29th May 7.30PM.
£12 Advance
McKinley James
St Mary's Creative Space
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Roman Candle is delighted to welcome McKinley James to St Mary's Creative Space, Chester on Wednesday 29th May. Special guest to be announced.
Tickets £12 advance from Grey N Pink Records or See Tickets.
MCKINLEY JAMES
The first thing you notice about McKinley James is his serious mix of Motown soul and blues-based guitar playing. It doesn’t sound like the type of “blues” you get from traditional purveyors of the genre, but instead from a guitarist who understands chord theory so well you could swear you’re hearing a horn section sometimes.
While guitar stores reverberate with licks from ham-fisted modern bluesmen when they don’t know shuffle from shinola, McKinley would walk into that guitar store and summon the spirits of his own idols, nearly forgotten pioneers like Otis Rush and Little Milton.