Well if you weren’t there on Thursday you missed a great show. The weather was absolutely beautiful, the coffee was grand and we had a small but wonderfully attentive crowd who apparently thought $10 was not too much to pay to see live music in KC
All five of us were there on Thursday with each getting to show off their music “stuff”. Mason was having a bit of a day after a run in with a board and nail slightly punctured his cheek (he said it was something about trying to talk to John Kerry), spilling his fresh coffee (party foul) and breaking the brand new mic holder (he didn’t really break it, it was defective). However he came alive on stage and performed brilliantly along with the rest of the group (at least I think so, but then I’m a little on the biased side). Turlach was in rather good form with his dry wit and even though he thinks I’m normally too loud (haha), a big thanks from me to Mark Andruss for asking that I be turned up (so there!). Mike also sang beautifully and kept the group in good form as well as bringing two brand new mics for Turlach and Mason. And Dave was the hero of the night by not only delivering a flawless performance, but also by providing great sound (bad sound can be the death of a performance)!
We did some pieces that we have not yet done in front of an audience. One was Dave’s version of The Ploughboy and the Cockney which he came to by way of Tim Hart and Maddie Prior. The other piece was Brand New Song which was written by our host and proprietor, Mr. Eddie Delahunt! I was really pleased with our version of the piece and certainly hope that Eddie was too! The show ended with our version of a Dick Gaughan piece, World Turned Upside Down with the Greek tune, Karsilmas attached to the end.
A big thank you goes to Eddie for opening up his place, Cafe & (45th and State Line) to let us play! Another thank you goes to Bill O’Connor for having us on his show with KKFI 90.1 which supports local musicians like us! Thanks to Dan Regan and the KCIF blog for posting the show, thanks to Katherine (Turlach’s lovely wife and our official photographer) and Harold Scott (Jennifer Ireland Foundation) for helping with the door! And last, but not least a big thank you to the wonderful audience!
We finally have a rough mix for you to listen to, a version of the powerhouse traditional song Black Is The Colour. And I know that you spell the word color here in the New World, but it’s an Irish song and I’m Irish and you’ll still like the song…I promise.
We’re starting to have a few gigs in the calendar, in such exotic locales as Eddie Delahunt’s cafe and the Lenexa Spinach festival. No Popeye jokes or Kelly will go postal!
The band now has a page on Myspace, soon to be jammed full of friends, links and other juicy stuff. Every time I look there are more people I know on the site. Like you, probably!
Hey all! it’s been a while since I’ve brought up the recording. We’ve got several things down and Black is the Colour is almost down. I’m very excited about everything that is happening with the recording! We are recording at Lane Turner’s new studio in Overland Park. It’s on the backside of a strip mall full of Asian restaurants. We all seem to leave hungry! Wonton’s anyone?
Roger Landes will be in town next weekend and is going to lay down a couple of tracks for us. Very excited and feel fortunate to have his talents on this project!
I just spoke to Mike Dugger who is almost home after his 3 week excursion to the East. Some of his time was spent with his mom and cruising the antique shops, too which he told me he found some really cool stuff. The other part was spent at the Swannanoa Gathering, one of the best summer music camps around. He told me he not only got a lot of great music out of it, but he also got a lot of jokes. Some I think I’m afraid to hear!!
A stripped down version of Kelly will make a lightning raid at the T-Bones game this Friday night. Kelly, Dave and Turlach will appear on the field a couple of times between innings at Kansas City’s super NorthernLeague baseball stadium CommunityAmerica park . The stadium is in the Legends complex at the junction of I70 and I435 west of downtown. We’re really excited at the prospect of playing in front of such a big crowd.
Kellyist Mason Brown will be playing a house concert this Sunday with multi-instrumentalist Doug Goodhart at Big Plain House Concerts in Lenexa. This is a fancy way of saying they’ll be playing at Turlach and Katherine Boylan’s house. Anyhow, you’ll need to make a reservation either by phone at 913-620-1821 or via email to concerts_AT_bigplain_dot_com. More details here.
Once upon a time there was a Kansas City band called Scartaglen. They had a big following and toured all over the country. Dave Agee and Mike Dugger, co-conspirators in Kelly, were founding members of Scartaglen. From a post on Irish KC I learned that there’s a podcast from Mike O’Laughlin that explores the genesis of Scartaglen and the development of an Irish music scene in Kansas City. I guess that means Dave and Mike are historical figures.
