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 Steve Kelly's Profile |
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Outbreak of mad cow disease in Crewe !!!! |
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| Location: | Llanybydder, Wales |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | Jun 11, 2008 (542 days back) |
About Me |
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| Thanks for paying me the honour of visiting my page, please come again soon. Video 1. An unplugged version of 'On Your Own'. Video 2. A mimed version of the then work in progress, 'Sense'. About two thirds of the way through there is a problem with the light and the picture is replaced with adverts for my page and the new album - but stay tuned because there's a nice instrumental coda. Video 3. Remembering Quintessence, Skid Row, Gary Moore and Derek & The Dominos. That's Quintessence, as in the band that first recorded for Island Records in 1969 and the original Skid Row, the Irish band comprising Brush Shiels, Noel Bridgeman and a 17 year-old Gary Moore - c.1970-1971. Video 4. Remembering Uriah Heep 1970-1971, Colosseum 1971, Nazareth 1973, Dr Feelgood 1974, Kursaal Flyers 1975. These videos courtesy of: AvecDesign You will also find more videos about The Village Blues Club there. The club ran at the Roundhouse public house, Dagenham, Essex 1969-1975. If you enjoyed the five songs here then perhaps you would like to listen to the songs on my other pages: Steve Kelly Cinders These songs have been compared to Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Donovan, Ray Davies, John Cale, Al Stewart, Richard Hawley, Noel Harrison, Robert Wyatt, Robyn Hitchcock & The Moody Blues Steve Kelly Rox Featuring songs from Bedrock - comparisons with The Kinks, The Beatles, Love, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake Steve Kelly Pushing These songs have also been compared to Nick Drake, Bob Dyaln, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Donovan, Leonard Cohen, John Cale, Ray Davies, Al Stewart, Richard Hawley, Noel Harrison, Robert Wyatt, Robyn Hitchcock & The Moody Blues The Further Garage / pysch influences - Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Doors, 13th Floor Elevators, The Seeds, Jefferson Airplane Why not give Kristen Westhoven’s ‘If Only You Could See What You Hear’ radio show a listen as she often plays my songs and always presents a great mix of music ? It goes out every Friday evening 8-10pm Eastern Standard Time. Here’s the streaming link: Portsmouth Community Radio WSCA To listen to Steve Kelly, Isobell Campbell, The Waterboys, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Gene Loves Jezebel, Hotel Alexis, Jonathan Richman, Bright Eyes, The Clientele, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings Of Leon, Patti Smith and many, many more. Check out the very wonderful SsB Radio Not least because they are playing my songs (and using snippets in their jingles) but also because they play some damn fine music. THE STEVE KELLY STORY SO FAR A Muswell Hillbilly boy !!!! He was born in Alexandra Park Nursing Home, North London in 1954 and lived in Hornsey for 2 years before his family moved eastwards to Essex. Steve rarely ventures forth from his basement apart from occasional forays to the living rooms of unsuspecting victims. Somewhat miraculously (considering that he suffers from stage fright, can't sing, can barely manage more than three chords and can't remember the lyrics to his songs) he performed several times at the very wonderful Catweazle Club in Oxford during 2000/2001. Stunned silence all round! After being run out of Oxfordshire Steve skulked off to the equally wonderful Carmarthenshire. A sometime archaeologist and full-time vegetarian (or vegehairian, as he likes to put it), Steve has played at numerous digs (yes digs, not gigs) across England (hello Eton, Witley Court, Bicester, Reading and various places in Kent for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link excavations) where people were very kind and fed him tea, biscuits and assorted chemicals in an effort to keep him quiet. It was not for the want of trying that they failed. Generally a nice bloke (or so he would like to think, but.....), married since 1972 (hello long suffering Sue), four children (Jamie (much loved and much missed 1973-2001), Nicola, Eleanore and Daniel) now with five grandchildren (Paul, Michael, Auryn, Holly & Jessica) - it is to be hoped that he stops deluding himself and finally realises that you can't make a silk purse out of a pig's ear. Steve has, however, succeeded in making a pig's purse out of a silk ear. Incredibly he has fourteen albums to his name and is about to start work on a fifteenth provisionally titled 'Carved Steam'. He is also threatening to record some of his stockpile of 'story' songs from eons and eons ago. This WILL go under the title of 'Past Over Parables' and, as if that wasn't enough, he is also thinking about recording an album of instrumentals which he reckons he'll call 'Coffee Table Grenades'. It certainly looks as if there will be no end to the punishment. In the meantime if you stumbled across this by accident I can only apologise and suggest that you humour him. He will go away - eventually! P.S. Damn !!!!! Steve has now said that he likes all the wonderful people on Myspace so much that he thinks he'll stick around for a bit longer - please just try not to encourage him - do not feed him - or pay him any more compliments - what's wrong with you people - he's becoming insufferable !! My grandfather George Sidney Gray, in Hong Kong, during WW1. My grandmother Hilda Gray (nee Field). Sue and Steve 1971 - Family party in Greenwich Steve at London Zoo, 1972. Two Leos - nice manes ! Sue, Regents Park, London, 1972. Steve and Jamie 1973 Sue and Jamie 1973 Steve and Sue, 1975. Spent a night on the streets of Soho queuing for this ticket (1978). Sue, Eleanore, Steve and Nicola, London Bridge, 1979. Our four children, Nicola, Eleanore, Daniel and Jamie (1973-2001), 1984. A sublime evening. Old pictures posted because: 1. People like them 2. They were scanned eons ago and were ready to roll. It is most certainly not an attempt to present a misleading impression (yeah, right, do we look stupid) suggesting youthful vitality and attractiveness ! More recent pictures will be added (yes, that is a threat) when I get around to ploughing through all the envelopes and finding some of me awake (or at least half awake) ! Steve 2003 |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 3/20/2006Band Website: This is it Band Members: Get my banner code or create your own banner Steve Kelly: songs, guitars, vocals, keyboards, kitchen sink etc Andy Mayes: harmonica and talent on the albums Acoustic Shock Therapy and Pushing The Envelope. Sue Kelly: backing vocals and muse. I have received huge support (I am a big bloke, I need it) from many very kind people down the years including: The one and only Sue, Mike Ritchie, Mark & Andy Kelly, Dave Warne, Iris and Steve Marr, Jim Peters, Andy Mayes, Paul Adams, Louise Adams, Mark Brawn, John Baker, Guy Flint, Derek Verrall, Steve Cooper, Steve Cockley, Chris Worby, Tom Saunders - and not forgetting everyone else who I have forgotten to mention! Missing in action: The Further John Peel The Village Blues Club, Dagenham Roundhouse The Beatroot, Romford (my favourite record shop). Island Records - 1966-1972 Audley Music Link Wray Johnny Cash Gene Pitney Grant McLennan (The Go-Betweens) Johnny Paris (Johnny & The Hurricanes) Freddy Garrity (Freddie & The Dreamers) Desmond Dekker Billy Preston Syd Barrett - Shine on !!!!!! Tommy Bruce Bill Miller (Frank Sinatra's 'piano man') Arthur Lee Barbara George Freddy Fender Boz Burrell Danny Flores Prentiss Barnes Ruth Brown Alan Freeman Mario Merola Robert Lockwood Junior Charlie Drake Ehmet Ertegun James Brown Alice Coltrane Denis Doherty Frankie Laine Peggy Gilbert Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett Sheep shearing, Taverham, Norfolk c.1880 - my great, great Grandfather, Edward Hastings, is the large gentleman with the black neckerchief, back row. Celebrating the end of World War I - Beeston Regis, Norfolk. Great Aunt Edith Atkins (nee Field) and great, Grandfather John Field - Beeston Regis c.1930. My Grandparents, Hilda and George Gray (holding Janey) with Mum outside their cottage, Sandy Lane, Belton, Norfolk, 1948. Steve with mum, May Kelly (nee Gray), in Priory Park, Hornsey, 1955. Steve with dad, John Kelly, at the seaside 1955. Influences: Like Neil Young said "from Hank to Hendrix". Add a little Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen (a million floors above me in the Tower of Song), Mr Zimmerman et al. I love the songs of (in no particular order) Noel Coward, Sandy Denny, Ray Davies, Patti Smith, Bob Marley, Joni Mitchell, Billy Bragg, Ron Sexsmith, Carole king, Sammy Cahn, Joan Baez, Marvin Gaye, Leiber & Stoller, Donovan, Bruce Springsteen, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Rufus Wainwright, Elvis Costello (he never ceases to amaze me), Holland Dozier & Holland, Cole Porter, Cat Power, but no matter how I try my candle just won't light. I disprove the theory that if you throw enough shit at the wall then some of it will stick. I ran out of wall a long time ago - moved onto the ceiling - a messy business! In fact there are so many wonderful writers and performers that all lists become meaningless and I listen to so many disperate sounds that a list of current favourites would be equally meaningless and endless (hence the name of my own imprints: Endless Records and Endless Music): Rock 'n' Roll (Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard), Miles Davis, Schubert, Albert King, Dusty Springfield, Johnny Cash, Tamla Motown (Supremes, Four Tops, Mary Wells, Temptations, The Miracles), The Raconteurs, Chess & Chicago Blues (Muddy Waters, Litle Walter, Howlin' Wolf et al), Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Iron & Wine, Kitty Wells, Joy Division, Bert Jansch, Stax & Atlantic (Booker T, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Aretha Frankin, Carla Thomas, Eddie Floyd), Mozart, Elvis, Stevie Wonder, Calexico, Tony Bennett, The Everly Brothers, Wanda Jackson, The Streets, Robert Johnson, Sibelius, Dion, Psychedelia (Floyd, Airplane, Fever Tree), Doo-Wop (The Penguins, The Five Keys, The Spaniels), Lee Morgan (how come I'd never heard this guy before), June Tabor, Ska & Bluebeat (how long have you got), Spooky Tooth, Robyn Hitchcock, The Beatles and The Stones, Eric Bibb, Devendra Banhart, The Crystals (did I mention Phil Spector), Mussorgsky, The Coasters, Robert Wyatt, John Barry, The Byrds (please give Gene Clark and Gram Parsons a listen), Fairport Convention (and thus onto the solo works of Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, Ian Matthews), Louis Jordan, The Concretes, Cream, The Waterboys, Julie London, Crosby Stills Nash & Young (The Hollies & Buffalo Springfield), The Drifters (and that reminds me I really like Cliff Richard's early stuff around the time The Shadows had to stop calling themselves The Drifters), The Ventures, Joe Meek (a complete trip if ever there was one). You can stuff fads and fashion, just enjoy whatever you enjoy - the best time for music is always now! Steve, Princess Bowling Alley, Dagenham, 1962 Steve at 10 Downing Street mid 1960s. Harold Wilson never recovered from the shock of those turn-ups ! Andy, Steve, Mark - Belton mid 1960s. Steve and Sue, Dagenham Village Church, 28th September 1972. Steve and Sue 1975 - possibly demin was fashionable - oh, and Sue made the waistcoat. Sounds Like: Something like I would like it to sound. How does it sound to YOU - that's the interesting part. Kind people have heard 'a dark beauty', 'a dark optimism', 'a soulfull folk sound', 'a controlled intensity' or a 'down to earth, dramatic quality'. Other equally kind people have heard 'hurt', 'honesty', 'integrity', 'dignity' and 'emotion' in the songs ... and the music has been described as classic or vintage, with a haunting depth to the songs that has had some folks thinking that they are indeed 'standards'. To some it sounds like 'a mix of Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake' with 'a dash of Johnny Cash', to others it sounds like "a lovely Gandhi with a guitar", Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Donovan, John Cale, Tim Hardin, Roy Orbison, Arlo Guthrie, Phil Ochs, Frank Black, Al Stewart, Fabrizio de Andre, Neil Young ("Hanging Tough sounds like you ate Neil Young whole and took the spirit over"), Richard Hawley, Noel Harrison, Nick Cave (as produced by Joe Meek), Rod McKuen, Bob Lind, The Righteous Brothers (which I think is stretching things a little, but hey, it's your party), Robert Wyatt or Robyn Hitchcock. Maybe there is a feeling of uncertainty and loss (but with dignity), a sense of sand slipping through fingers and an understanding that beautiful things are fleeting, transient - embrace them and celebrate them while you can. I would like the songs to convey a sense of hope and not to just sound like the bitter meanderings of a grumpy old man (which is of course what they are). But what do I know? I have also been compared to The Byrds, The Moody Blues and The Smiths, but as Sue says they probably meant Granny Smiths - ouch ! Steve and Sue 1971. 'Alright then we'll give it another 35 years or so - and see how it goes.' With support from Stone The Crows and Bronco Sue 1972 With support from Billy Preston and Kracker Michael and Paul, Spain 2004 Nicola and Daniel - Poi twirling, Aberystwyth 2005 Eleanore, Craig & Jessica 2005 Auryn and Kate, Italy 2005 Record Label: Endless Records Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Folk / Alternative / Other) |
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Steve Kelly is gradually falling apart - update |
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| An update on your favourite, crumbling, obscure singing 'star'.Following on from the celluitus, the sleep apnoea and the double vision I now find that I am growing breast tissue !!!!I kid ye not - whe... Posted by Steve Kelly on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:22:00 PST |
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At the risk of sounding smug and patronising ... again !!! |
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| Following the ridiculous by-election result in Crewe I have come to a number of conclusions:1. I am missing something, somewhere, somehow. It's like when Michael Jackson was wildly popular I was think... Posted by Steve Kelly on Sat, 24 May 2008 03:33:00 PST |
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The double vision issue - an update |
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| I have just returned from the doctors - my right eye is out of kilter, it is focusing way over to the right.I shall be going for a 'head' scan as soon as an appointment can be arranged to make sure t... Posted by Steve Kelly on Fri, 09 May 2008 08:35:00 PST |
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Folk Roots - John Fahey |
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| Over in the US John Fahey was another innovator mixing up all kinds of musical genres whilst experimenting with different tunings on his guitar.On this 1969 clip he is performing 'Red Pony' - marvello... Posted by Steve Kelly on Fri, 09 May 2008 03:39:00 PST |
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Folk Roots - Davy Graham |
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| Nick Drake, Pentangle, Bert Jansch, Fairport Convention et al didn't just spring out of thin air - they all heard Davy Graham - one of THE great unsung innovators of the UK folk / psych scene during t... Posted by Steve Kelly on Fri, 09 May 2008 03:12:00 PST |
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Double vision |
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| Somewhat ridiculously I slightly cricked my neck a couple of days ago - and since then I have been suffering from blurred or 'double vision'. I am sure that this will rectify itself in due course - bu... Posted by Steve Kelly on Wed, 07 May 2008 02:35:00 PST |
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Another new tune - Musique Concrete |
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| I know, I know, this is third new song in little over a week !!!Just like the No 103 bus you wait for ages for one and then three come along together.This will probably be the last song that I post fo... Posted by Steve Kelly on Mon, 05 May 2008 04:15:00 PST |
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Obituary - Albert Hofman |
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| Albert Hofman (1906 - 2008) was a chemical pioneer whose place in history has been assured as the inventor - or rather, synthesiser - of lysergic acid diethylamide, better known as LSD or acid. After ... Posted by Steve Kelly on Fri, 02 May 2008 11:08:00 PST |
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New tune - Golden Handshake Shuffle |
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| What's all this then ?Another new song ?Yes, indeedy doody. 'Golden Handshake Shuffle' is a completely different kettle of fish to 'Picking Bones'. Apart from the vocals and the brass parts it is an a... Posted by Steve Kelly on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:20:00 PST |
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Nick Drakes Northern Sky |
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| Just thought that I'd share this, my favourite Nick Drake track. 'Northern Sky' dates from 1970 and can be found on his Bryter Layter album.Enjoy
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