Glasgow Legend, Deke McGee kicks off Episode 1 of Glasgow Blues TV
Glasgow Legend, Deke McGee kicks off Episode 1 of Glasgow Blues TV
Till now, the website has been self-funded but to grow it, add new functionality and build the community of the incredible world class talent within the UK, I will need some help. Initially, website subcription fees and travel expenses but there are other things on the cards as well. I would like to build a Blues set in my Glasgow photography studio to host filmed interviews and potentially broadcast live.
I am also looking into collaborations in Scotland, UK and Globally. The Global project is yet to be announced but I already have musicians that have agreed to work on this from Japan, Australia and India. We need extra funding for this. It’s called “The Archway Project”. The website for this is already built in multiple languages but I need funding to move it forward.
Lots of good things to come. Please help if you can. Everything will be piled back into this venture. The GoFundMe link is in the image above and here >>> https://gofund.me/163ca799d
Thanks in advance and take care,
Kirk
Delhi Blues Society
Day 1 of a trip across India and honoured to meet these guys!!!!
Image: Fraser Speirs with the SAR Loco 3007 @ The Riverside Museum
Next Album in progress, which will focus on female artists within the city of Glasgow.
Title and Album cover undecided but one thing is for certain! With talents like Linda Jaxson,
Charlotte Marshall, Little Miss Debbie, Violet Leighton, Angela Higney, Melissa Kelly, Tamira Herrebrugh and soooooo many
more there is one of several albums worth of material coming your way in the very near future.
From a purely selfish perspective here is a version of "After Midnight" by Violet Leighton.
I had the priviledge to play keyboards on this track and it was recorded live with no overdubs on the second take.
Vocals; Violet Leighton, Guitar: Al Brown, Bass: Jack Casey, Drums Charlie Nadgy, Keys: Kirk Lothian
It was a dull and rainy Tuesday night and I had just landed in Glasgow after 2 very long days in London when my mobile data connection kicked in and…”Ping!”…Facebook notified me that someone had just left a message on the Glasgow Blues Players page.
There are times when people will tell you that a certain combination of chords, rhythms or styles will not work together. I do not believe in adhering to the theoretical approach to composition and tend to throw ideas into the mix that at times, go against the rules. If it jars then we will take it out, if not then “’Let’s do it!”. You very often do not get the freedom to work like that so this is very much a case of taking control and trying to produce something that I have always wanted to do.
Fate yet again played a hand in allowing me to be able to catch up with Devon during his UK tour early 2016. We talked about playing, family and The Southern Brotherhood...
The “Fame” element? Well obviously, I’d love to be playing my music in front of thousands of people. I’d love my music to touch thousands of people like my favourite artists did to me, but it’s all a progression. For me, it’s always about the music and I just want to make things that I’m proud of and that can blow peoples’ minds. I think you need to strive to carve out your unique place in life and say what you have to say that’s different from everyone else....
I got back from Omaha and I was writing the record (Battle Scars) and I’m like… “Where’s that old phone?” There was a lot of stuff in there. So it was the last day we were in the studio and I found the old phone in a place I’d never though of looking. When we’d packed to come home from Omaha I’d put this old phone in my computer bag. So I went onto the phone and I went on to the little recorder and I pushed the button and there was that lick that I’d done on an acoustic guitar and I went into the studio and I showed them the lick and I think we played it twice…and that’s what’s on there!