Hi friends and fans and/or fan-friends or friend-fans...thanks for coming to visit...the latter half of October is going to be a busy one with travels for gigs in New Orleans and New York all in the third week of October! The big Easy and the Big Apple in one week! Wow...too much...an easy apple! I'll be back in OLD Philadelphia around the end of the month and hope to see some of you all at some rallies. PEACE-BILL KAY.........................................................
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Bill Kay BIOBill Kay's roots are difficult to determine. An active performer in the soil of American underculture, Bill has been traveling the troubadour circuits of our nation in the tradition of Woodie Guthrie. In his most recent endeavor, Bill Kay has been tirelessly attending peace rally after peace rally in the Philadelphia region. ..My favorites are the Philadelphia Grandma..s for Peace,.. states Bill. (see pic below)
These fearless women, all of whom are actual grandmas have taken anti-war protesting to a new level. Through entirely peaceful methods they have found ways of raising social consciousness about the misguided policies of the Bush Administration. Many of the Grandma..s refer to Bill as ..their troubadour,.. a title that Bill is extremely proud to embrace. ..I love the rallies because they are a chance for me to inject some of my own political ideas in song form, which is my way of dealing with the world anyway,.. says Bill. ..Also I get to play a lot of peace anthems of the 60..s like Dylan, John Lennin, Pete Seeger, George Harrison, etc..which are songs that have been close to my heart for my entire life... The album, Peace of My Mind, grew out of these experiences during the summer of 2006 and my relationship with this group. If you like the idea of spreading peace through music then please consider purchasing my album for the following reasons. RADIO WILL NOT PLAY ACTUAL PROTEST SONGS (Don..t believe us on this then look around or ask our associate/musical friend, Tom Mullilan of the Bradiwine Peace Organization). Peace is even hard to sell as live performance material with store proprietor being wary of excluding 1/3 of their patrons. If you like protest music and think the world could use more of it, right now especially, then help support our financial investment in this album and we promise to make more of it..it..s coming out Bill..s ears/fingers/mouth already!-- CDBABY LINK for BILL KAY: Peace of my Mind --
(CD baby is the top distributer of online CD sales. Purchase from them is SAFE. No worries. Currently, Peace of My Mind is selling at the low-low price of $12.97...what a bargain!...that is a bargain for me!...I may buy several for my fascist friends and relatives for x-mas presents of enlightenment! No worries! If you all buy these I promise to make more...you should hear the stuff coming out of my head recently...In peace, Bill Kay.)
Bill Kay's dedication to peace comes out of a deep inner philosophy of life...and he doesn't attempt to force his views on anyone. "My goal is more to promote the idea that global peace is an achievable goal in this day and age" says Bill. My quaker brothers said it well on a recent banner we put up at the Newtown Meeting..."there is no way to peace, peace is the way."
Bill Kay's concerts are a truly eclectic blending point of classic jazz, rock, blues, reggae, poetry, literature and raw emotion. His musical heroes include The Beatles, Cole Porter, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, and Jack Kerouac (ok..so Jack..s not really technically a musician..). You will definitely not hear the same old cover songs at a BILL KAY Show. ..I usually strive to re-invent a standard if I..m going to do it at all. Who wants to hear the same thing the same way for the hundredth time? I strive to get the audience to feel that they are a part of the music and that the music is relevant to now. George Gershwin had it right when he said that, ..True music..must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans. My time is today...-- CDBABY LINK for BILL KAY: Peace of my Mind --
