After spending a long time as a jazz player, this singersongwriterguitarist made a sharp turn towards his own evolving vision of delta bluesstyle slide guitar playing. His smoky voice and intricate, subtle guitar work infuse his songs with soul and honesty, his own tunes as effortlessly authentic as the classics he performs so well. The debut album of singersongwriterbluesman kelly joe phelps was released 15 years ago. Ever since his first recording, 1995s lead me on, phelps has experimented with open tunings and slide techniques.
His lyrics spun tales of lost souls and downandout characters. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Kelly joe phelps grew up in sumner, washington, a bluecollar and farming town. Kelly joe phelps plays, sings, and writes the blues. Kelly joe phelps listen and stream free music, albums. With much difficulty and delay the place was found, and a staff officer told me. Kelly joe phelps is a singer and guitarist with depth, range and amazing technique. Kelly joe phelpss profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Kelly joe phelps plus a guitar equals a very satisfying musical experience. He initially played lap style, in open d low to high.
Kelly joe phelps born october 5, 1959, sumner, washington, united states is an american musician and songwriter. Theres a luthier from montreal, mario beauregard, who built a guitar for kelly joe phelps and just up and gave it to kj at a show in montreal last fall. Jango is personalized internet radio that helps you find new music based on what you already like. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises lead me on kelly joe phelps lead me on 15 year anniversary edition. Kelly joe phelps tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including not so far to go, sometimes a drifter, tommy, worn out. He can sound richly appointed but untethered to the earth, a fate that sometimes befalls others with naturally beautifully timbres, such as john martyn and even the. Pick one thats 25 characters or less and includes a letter. At this stage in his career kelly was playing slide on a. Phelps has always been known as a guitar players guitar player, but it has been in the service of his languid, bluesfolk songs since his debut album, lead me on, back in. Vancouver, washingtonbased guitarist, singer, and songwriter kelly joe phelps continues to expand the parameters of modern blues through his strong commitment to literary songs and his expressive yet simple guitar stylings.
Kelly joe phelps lead me on coverdesign kelly joe phelps. Kelly joe phelps plays robert johnsons hellhound on my trail. Kelly joe phelps most popular chords and songs yalp. When kelly joe phelps plays the guitar whether slide or finger picking what you hear is the sound of a musician who has indeed tapped into the artery. But kelly joe phelps has never been one for following the rules, and western bell is so often exquisite, and always intriguing, that his commercial divergence is our gain. His music has been characterized as a mixture of delta blues and jazz. Kelly joe phelps born 5 october 1959, sumner, washington is an american musician and songwriter. Kelly joe phelps listen to kelly joe phelps on deezer. Lead me on by kelly joe phelps on amazon music unlimited. If i find trouble in finding my soul, listening to kelly joe always leads me back to it. Most popular songs and chords of kelly joe phelps yalp. Hold up before you lock that in forget about songs in a twelve bar three chord progression with a two line repeat and answer rhyme structure though he can certainly do that when he wants to.
Pete seeger, woody guthrie, arlo guthrie, bob dylan, leonard cohen, david wilcox, kelly joe phelps. Kelly joe phelps guitar tab guitar pro guitar chords. Stream kelly joe phelps on amazon music unlimited now. Lead me on 15 year anniversary edition remastered,bonus tracks. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Im very happy with this purchase, phelps has inspired me to try to learn blues. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device. While casual listeners may call phelps a bluesman, his playing is so fluid, dexterous, and improvised he obviously has the soul of a jazz musician. Lead me on was released in june 1994, representing a recording session that was to set up the kelly joe phelps standard for recording practice. The confederate losses at vicksburg and port hudson federals beaten at. Lead me on ive been looking for a home ive been looking for a home but i cant find one looking for a home but i cant find one lead me on lead me on lead me on i. New album brother sinner and the whale available now at.
Couldnt find it on youtube so i made this real quick to send to my kid. Lead me on 15 year anniversary edition remastered,bonus. I liked that cd so much i bought my own copy and subsequently decided to check out some more of kelly joe phelps work. We got to meet death one day previously unreleased. Listen to your favorite songs from kelly joe phelps.
While kelly joe endorses this page, he does not personally comment or interact here. Lead me on is the debut album of american blues singer and guitarist kelly joe phelps. Kelly joe endorses this page, but does not personally interact. Lead me on, talkin to jehova, goodnight irene, hard time killin floor blues, ive been converted, biography. Vancouver, washingtonbased guitarist, singer, and songwriter kelly joe phelps. The next day i was opening for kelly joe at the great canadian theatre in ottawa, and when i met him backstage, kj was all excited about this new guitar, and he handed it to me to play. I discovered kelly joe phelpss music a few months ago when i borrowed a copy of his brother sinner and the whale cd from my local public library.
Lead me on 1994 ive been converted hard time killin floor blues where do i go now love me baby blues lead me on jesus make up my dying bed leavin blues marking stone blues the black crow keeps flying id be a rich man someone to save me motherless children fare thee well roll away the stone. Id always had an attraction to folkbased music forms. Kelly, kelly jo phelps, kjp, phelps a370858 artist. Kelly joe phelps guitarist, singer, songwriter source for information on phelps.
I first encountered him more than two decades ago now at the tiny 12 bar club in londons equivalent of tin pan alley, denmark street. Since his debut album lead me on, came out in 1994, the pacific northwest based singer. While casual listeners may call phelps a bluesman, his playing is so fluid. Kelly joe phelps grew up in sumner, washington, a bluecollar farming town. Kelly joe phelps born october 5, 1959 in sumner, washington, united states is an american musician and songwriter. Scotch creek and sinlahekin wildlife areas management.
This is the official facebook page for kelly joe phelps. Listen to your favorite songs from lead me on by kelly joe phelps now. Find the song lyrics for kelly joe phelps top tracks. Kelly joe phelps lead me on lyrics and tracklist genius. The album, lead me on was a brilliant landmark of a lapsteel player. The fewer people, the better to see how far an artist can stretch their abilities to write and play a song. Guitarist kelly joe phelps offers some bottleneck slide tips video inside the mcclurg jam, the heart of the deep ozarks sound. Kelley kellogg kelly keloid keloidal keloids kelp kelped kelpie kelpies kelping. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from kelly joe phelps at the discogs marketplace. Stay tuned here for upcoming news on new releases, videos, and concert announcements. Listen free to kelly joe phelps lead me on ive been converted, hard time killin floor blues and more. Where statements are made upon less authority, i have carefully endeavored to indicate. More kelly joe phelps albums brother sinner and the whale. By the way, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the release of phelps first album, lead me on.
Fortunately, this cd was embraced by the musical community at large. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. He learned country and folk songs, as well as drums and piano, from his father. Kelly joe phelps lead me on cd fast atmosphere artist stores. Of course, there are many wonderful examples of troubadours. His guitar playing is stellar and so is his songwriting. When the roll is called up yonder 1997 theres scarcely a better acoustic slide player on the planet than kelly joe phelps, aptly demonstrated by this superb old hymn which appears on roll away the stone. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move. Since his debut album lead me on, came out in 1994, the.
Lead me on 15 year anniversary edition by kelly joe phelps on. As a fingerstyle acoustic folkblues player, for me hes where the bar is at. My introduction with phelps was through his wonderful tunesmith retrofit, which is less a. It is his first release on the burnside label before moving to rykodisc records.
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