Yates McKendree - No Justice

Now the Grammy-award winning McKendree is embarking on his solo career with an album dedicated to the music he loves the most, straight-up Traditional Blues.

“I have said Yates is proof of reincarnation, only a very old and experienced soul could make his kind of art. Yes, he’s been around plenty before, and he’s giving it to this world again, just getting started being timeless.” Gary Nicholson

“I have been watching Yates on You Tube for about a year, wondering when his Dad would get an album out on him. They have done a fine job of it, allowing Yates to be a one-man-band on some original tracks, but bringing in seasoned studio players like Big Joe Maher on others.

Creating a deluxe period frame for each of the influential artists Yates covers here, his amazing grasp of finesse and stylistic subtleties is almost innuendo-fine. Differing between B.B. King, Earl King and T-bone Walker with ease, his respect for each artist holds up even when he hits the gas on some of the phrases as is de rigueur in live blues shows, and he possesses a lot of inflection in his young voice. Calling Yates McKendree promising would be criminally under-serving his potential.”

Dave Gallaher
Talkin' the Blues with Microwave Dave
WLRH FM / WJAB FM Huntsville AL
WUTC FM Chattanooga TN

Produced, recorded and mixed by Kevin McKendree at The Rock House in Franklin, TN
Mastered By Jim Demain at Yes Master
Photography: Anthony Scarlati
Graphic Design: Urban Zotel

1. Out Crowd (Yates McKendree, Yates McKendree Music BMI) QM GKN 22 00026
Yates McKendree: Piano
Kevin McKendree: Hammond Organ
Big Joe Maher: Drums & Percussion
2. Ruby Lee (Riley King, Jules Bihari, Universal Music Careers BMI) QM GKN 22 00027
Yates McKendree: Vocal & Guitar
Kevin McKendree: Piano
Steve Mackey: Upright Bass
Big Joe Maher: Drums
Jim Hoke: Saxophones
Andrew Carney: Trumpets
Roland Barber: Trombones
3. Wise (Yates McKendree, Gary Nicholson, Yates McKendree Music BMI, Sony/ATV/Cross Keys Publishing/ Gary Nicholson Music ASCAP) QM GKN 22 00028
Yates McKendree: Vocal, Guitars, Hammond Organ, Bass & Drums
Kevin McKendree: Wurlitzer Electric Piano
Jim Hoke: Saxophones
Andrew Carney: Trumpets
Roland Barber: Trombones
4. No Justice (Yates McKendree, Gary Nicholson, Yates McKendree Music BMI, Sony/ATV/Cross Keys
Publishing/Gary Nicholson Music ASCAP) QM GKN 22 00029
Yates McKendree: Vocal, Guitar, Hammond Organ, Bass & Drums
Kevin McKendree: Piano
5. Brand New Neighborhood (Fletcher Smith, Boyd Publishing Co. BMI) QM GKN 22 00030
Yates McKendree: Vocal & Guitar
Kevin McKendree: Piano
Steve Mackey: Upright Bass
Big Joe Maher: Drums
Jim Hoke: Saxophones
Andrew Carney: Trumpets
Roland Barber: Trombones
6. Always A First Time (Earl King, Shirley’s Music Company BMI) QM GKN 22 00031
Yates McKendree: Vocal & Guitars
Kevin McKendree: Piano & Hammond Organ
Gregg Garner: Electric Bass
Kenneth Blevins: Drums & Percussion
Jim Hoke: Saxophones
Andrew Carney: Trumpets
Roland Barber: Trombones
7. Papa Ain’t Salty (Grover McDaniel, T-Bone Walker, Unichappell Music Inc BMI, Hill & Range Southwind
Music GEMA) QM GKN 22 00032
Yates McKendree: Vocal & Guitar
Kevin McKendree: Piano
Steve Mackey: Upright Bass
Big Joe Maher: Drums
Andrew White: Rhythm Guitar
Jim Hoke: Saxophones
Andrew Carney: Trumpets
Roland Barber: Trombones
8. No Reason (Carmen Davis, Marl Young, Arc Music BMI, EMI Unart Catalog Inc BMI) QM GKN 22 00033
Yates McKendree: Vocal & Guitar
Kevin McKendree: Piano
Steve Mackey: Upright Bass
Big Joe Maher: Drums
Jim Hoke: Saxophones
Andrew Carney: Trumpets
Roland Barber: Trombones
9. Qualified (Mac Rebennack, Jessie Hill, Greene Knight Music BMI, I Found It Music BMI, Sound Harmonics
BMI, Ten-East Music BMI) QM GKN 22 00034
Yates McKendree: Vocal & Guitars
Kevin McKendree: Piano
Gregg Garner: Electric Bass
Kenneth Blevins: Drums & Percussion
Jim Hoke: Saxophones
Andrew Carney: Trumpets
Roland Barber: Trombones
The McCrary Sisters: Background Vocals
10. It Hurts To Love Someone (Eddie Jones, Unichappell Music Inc BMI) QM GKN 22 00035
Yates McKendree: Vocal & Guitars
Kevin McKendree: Piano
Gregg Garner: Electric Bass
Kenneth Blevins: Drums
Jim Hoke: Saxophones
Andrew Carney: Trumpets
Roland Barber: Trombones
11. Wine, Wine, Wine (Jimmy Binkley, Carl Herman, Condor Music Corporation BMI) QM GKN 22 00036
Yates McKendree: Vocal & Piano
Steve Mackey: Upright Bass
Big Joe Maher: Drums
12. Please Mr. Doctor (Hudson Whittaker, Joni Music BMI) QM GKN 22 00037
Yates McKendree: Vocal & Guitar
Kevin McKendree: Piano
Steve Mackey: Upright Bass
Big Joe Maher: Drums
13. Voodoo (Yates McKendree, Yates McKendree Music BMI) QM GKN 22 00038
Yates McKendree: Vocal & Guitars
Kevin McKendree: Hammond Organ
Gregg Garner: Electric Bass
Kenneth Blevins: Drums