Paul Kelly
Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player, born 1955 · Australia · Musicians
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Something wrong?Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five.
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![Salamanca Place, Hobart (2007), where, in mid-1974, Kelly made his first public performance - a two-song set comprising Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country" and "Streets of Forbes", a traditional Australian folk song about bushranger Ben Hall.[32]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Salamanca_Market_Hobart_Tasmania.jpg/500px-Salamanca_Market_Hobart_Tasmania.jpg)
Salamanca Place, Hobart (2007), where, in mid-1974, Kelly made his first public performance - a two-song set comprising Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country" and "Streets of Forbes", a traditional Australian folk song about bushranger Ben Hall.[32]
Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls,Long Bay Gaol, Christmas Eve, 1985![Hotel Esplanade, St Kilda. In May 1995, Kelly recorded tracks for Live at the Continental and the Esplanade (1996) in the hotel's Gershwin Room.[84]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Hotel_Esplanade_St_Kilda_Melbourne.jpg/330px-Hotel_Esplanade_St_Kilda_Melbourne.jpg)
Hotel Esplanade, St Kilda. In May 1995, Kelly recorded tracks for Live at the Continental and the Esplanade (1996) in the hotel's Gershwin Room.[84]
Country singer Melinda Schneider and Kelly collaborated on "Still Here".Photo taken in December 2008![Kelly performing "The A-Z Shows" in New York City, September 2011. The tour was in support of his memoir, How to Make Gravy and the related 8×CD boxed set, A - Z Recordings, both issued in September 2010.[179][180]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Paul_Kelly_at_Rockwood_Music_Hall_1.jpg/1280px-Paul_Kelly_at_Rockwood_Music_Hall_1.jpg)
Kelly performing "The A-Z Shows" in New York City, September 2011. The tour was in support of his memoir, How to Make Gravy and the related 8×CD boxed set, A - Z Recordings, both issued in September 2010.[179][180]![Neil Finn (left) and Kelly. In February and March 2013 the pair toured Australia, which is recorded on a live album and related DVD, Goin' Your Way (November 2013).[196][197]Finn had earlier praised Kelly's song writing "There is something unique and powerful about the way Kelly mixes up everyday detail with the big issues of life, death, love and struggle - not a trace of pretence or fakery in there".[19]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Paul_Kelly_and_Neil_Finn.jpg/1280px-Paul_Kelly_and_Neil_Finn.jpg)
Neil Finn (left) and Kelly. In February and March 2013 the pair toured Australia, which is recorded on a live album and related DVD, Goin' Your Way (November 2013).[196][197]Finn had earlier praised Kelly's song writing "There is something unique and powerful about the way Kelly mixes up everyday detail with the big issues of life, death, love and struggle - not a trace of pretence or fakery in there".[19]
Kelly coached Espy Rockdogs to victory at the 2011 Community Cup in Australian rules football. Kelly an ardent supporter of the code, performed at the 2019 AFL Grand Final. He also wrote "Every Step of the Way" to honour indigenous player Eddie Betts, is his struggle against racism in that sport in 2021.On YouTube
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Paul Maurice Kelly is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five. Kelly's music style has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output straddles folk, rock and country. His lyrics capture the vastness of the culture and landscape of Australia by chronicling life about him for almost 50 years. David Fricke from Rolling Stone calls Kelly "one of the finest songwriters I have ever heard, Australian or otherwise". Kelly has said, "Song writing is mysterious to me. I still feel like a total beginner. I don't feel like I have got it nailed yet."
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