Member Since: 12/06/2007
Band Website: http://cdbaby.com/cd/kellystaceysmith
Band Members: Joe Kelly- original lyrics and basic music ideas and some vocals.Kevin Stacey - Brilliant Musician, lead guitarist, Rythym guitarist Musical arranger.Graham Smith- Vocals, great acoustic guitaristThomas kelly- Joe's son who is showing great promise as song writer and co wrote Finally Found what i'm looking for/ Wise Decisions plus the original music idea.
Influences: Bob Dylan, Johhny Cash, James Taylor and being brought up with Irish Country/ Folk Music. It had to come out somewhere. All great Country songwriters/ Singers . My wife Jane who has been the inspiration for most of my songs . My friends, family, those who have always supported and had belief in me- Joe
Sounds Like:Well we've had a good bit of feed back. It seems like we sound like a few people. It just goes to show when your growing up, your sense's emotions are definetly influenced by the sounds around you. So here we go. This is other people's words, not ours.There's a touch of Johhny Cash, Billy Ray, Garth Brookes, John Denver in his younger day's. A Bob Dylan influence in the songwriting ( telling the story). When I was a youngster growing up in the late 60's and 70's My parents loved country Music, Slim Whitman, Johhny Cash, etc they also loved Elvis and Rock and Roll. Before the advent of 24 hr TV and computer Games we would spend most of Sunday as Kids, going through their record collection listening to the sounds of the 50's. Magic.I just write what comes into my head. Two lines of song can stick in my brain for a few weeks, then the rest comes. Or in the case of Put Your Trust in Me, and Hello Sunshine Goodbye Rain they took took me 20 mins to write at the kitchen table. When my wife was seriously ill last year and things were looking bad. I wrote Troubles on my Mind. I don't profess to be a singer, but i'm told the emotion came through and conveyed the song. I played acoustic guitar and sang it live at the studio.I never got a grade higher than a D for music at school, you were branded for life if you could not play the recorder. I can't read a note of music. If the music is in you, let it out and i'm proud that I did just that.
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