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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
