101 Forgotten Greats and Unsung Heros – Guitar Player Feb. 2007
McKay cut his teeth with the Ike and Tina Turner Review, but it was drop-dead, pin-point-precision funk guitar with Earth, Wind & Fire that made him an R&B icon. Cutting the bulk of his classic EWF tracks with a Telecaster, (which he modded with a neck-position humbucker after seeing Chicago’s Terry Kath), McKay is also a flashy soloist, as proven by his blazing break on “Shining Star.”
