Jo Ann Kelly

Jo-Ann Kelly - Jo-Ann Kelly (1969) [Reissue 1998] Music

Posted by gribovar at May 29, 2024

The rock era saw a few white female singers, like Janis Joplin, show they could sing the blues. But one who could outshine them all - Jo Ann Kelly - seemed to slip through the cracks, mostly because she favored the acoustic, Delta style rather than rocking out with a heavy band behind her. But with a huge voice, and a strong guitar style influenced by Memphis Minnie and Charley Patton, she was the queen. Her debut studio album was released in 1969.

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Jo Ann Kelly - Jo Ann Kelly (1969/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by Pisulik at Nov. 16, 2019

Jo Ann Kelly - Jo Ann Kelly (1969/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 32:35 minutes | 760 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

The rock era saw a few white female singers, like Janis Joplin, show they could sing the blues. But one who could outshine them all Jo Ann Kelly seemed to slip through the cracks, mostly because she favored the acoustic, Delta style rather than rocking out with a heavy band behind her. But with a huge voice, and a strong guitar style influenced by Memphis Minnie and Charley Patton, she was the queen.

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Jo Ann Kelly - Blues & Gospel: Rare & Unreleased Recordings [Recorded 1967-1984] (2004) Music

Posted by gribovar at May 31, 2024

Jo Ann Kelly - Blues & Gospel: Rare & Unreleased Recordings [Recorded 1967-1984] (2004)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 304 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 138 MB | Covers - 61 MB
Genre: Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Blues Matters Music (BMRCD 20041)

The Jo Ann Kelly archive has been very poorly treated over the years, with only Indigo's occasional forays during the late 1990s truly spotlighting one of Britain's most underrated, but highly-treasured, blues vocalists. Into this sorry state of affairs weighs Blues Matters!, the label wing of the magazine of the same name, with a collection that totally lives up to its title. Sixteen tracks, recorded between 1967-1984, are bundled up within, and capture Kelly ranging across the stylistic spectrum. The set kicks off with four numbers taken from a rare Harlequin blues EP compilation, recorded with Tony McPhee in 1965. This was not Kelly's first session, she'd done an earlier one for Mike Vernon's Purdah label, but that remains unreleased, and thus this was the music with which Kelly was introduced to the world…

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Jo Ann Kelly Band - Just Restless (1984/2019) Music

Posted by varrock at Dec. 3, 2019

Jo Ann Kelly Band - Just Restless (1984/2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 203 MB | Tracks: 10 | 36:13 min
Style: Blues, Rock'n'Roll | Label: Appaloosa Records

The rock era saw a few white female singers, like Janis Joplin, show they could sing the blues. But one who could outshine them all — Jo Ann Kelly — seemed to slip through the cracks, mostly because she favored the acoustic, Delta style rather than rocking out with a heavy band behind her. But with a huge voice, and a strong guitar style influenced by Memphis Minnie and Charley Patton, she was the queen. Born January 5, 1944, Kelly and her older brother Dave were both taken by the blues, and born at the right time to take advantage of a young British blues scene in the early '60s.

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Jo-Ann Kelly - Key To The Highway: Rare & Unissued Recordings 1968-1974 (1999) Music

Posted by Rtax at May 29, 2024

Jo-Ann Kelly - Key To The Highway: Rare & Unissued Recordings 1968-1974 (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 257 MB
1:09:42 | Blues, Country Blues | Label: Mooncrest

People have begun to discover just how good a blueswoman the late Jo-Ann Kelly was. That's led to a trawling through the vaults, which have turned up albums like this, of obscure compilation and unreleased cuts. Key to the Highway covers what's arguably her most prolific period, as her star was ascending and was at its critical height (although it should be noted that the 1974 end date in the title is very elastic – there are six cuts from 1975, and two conversation pieces from 1988). While all too often material has remained unreleased for a good reason, everything here is prime. Kelly's definition of blues is definitely loose, including Hank Williams' "You Win Again," with some strong piano from Bob Hall, and even Marvin Gaye's "Can I Get a Witness" and Rufus Thomas' "Walking the Dog." However, in her hands, blues is exactly what they are. While generally accompanied, the stunning a cappella "Levee Camp Holler" shows the power she had, enough to put her up there with the top rank, and where her fretwork shows through, as on "I Can't Be Satisfied," she was a superb guitar player, with a slide technique to make Bonnie Raitt envious. The audio here might not be the best, somewhat crackly and aged, but in many ways that simply adds to the authentic patina of blues. She shows that you don't have to be male and African-American to have the blues. And a record like this simply increases her legacy.

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Mick Fleetwood, Dave Kelly, Peter Green - Rarities (1995) Music

Posted by gspered at Jan. 5, 2011

Mick Fleetwood, Dave Kelly, Peter Green - Rarities (1995)
MP3 320Kbps | 47 min 02 sec | Covers | 115.51 Mb
Genre: Rock, British Blues | Label: Appaloosa

Rarities is a British blues classic album from the late 60s featuring unreleased material of former Fleetwood Mac, Savoy Brown and Blues Band members and various British blues artists: Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, Bob Hall, Danny Kirwan, Bob Brunning, Jo-Ann and Dave Kelly, and others.

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Jo Ann Greer - Hollywood's Secret Singing Star (2012) Music

Posted by delpotro at Dec. 10, 2019

The first ever CD collection featuring Jo Ann Greer, one of the most talented and distinctive vocalists of the 1950s, who toured with the Les Brown Orchestra for more than 30 years.

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Jo Ann Greer - Hollywood's Secret Singing Star (Remastered) (2012/2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at July 4, 2022

Jo Ann Greer - Hollywood's Secret Singing Star (Remastered) (2012/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 76:06 minutes | 869 MB
Vocal Jazz, Oldies, Stage & Screen, Traditional Pop | Label: RevOla Records, Official Digital Download

28 recordings, including early singles with orchestral backing by: Dave Barbour; Jerry Gray; Dick Stabile and Ray Anthony, with whom she had the hits 'Wild Horses' and 'The Hokey Pokey', as well as 11 great tracks with Les Brown's Band of Renown featuring superb renditions of 'The Man That Got Away', 'He Needs Me' (from Pete Kelly's Blues), 'Liberace's 'Sincerely Yours', Irving Berlin's 'Sittin' in the Sun' and the Arlen-Mercer song 'Hit the Road to Dreamland'.

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Dave Kelly - Solo Performances: Live In Germany 1986 To 1989 (2016) Music

Posted by Pisulik at Feb. 1, 2016

Dave Kelly - Solo Performances: Live In Germany 1986 To 1989 (2016)
Acoustic Blues, British Blues | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 02:26:31 | 341 MB
Label: Hypertension | Release Year: 2016

If there is such a thing as a British 'blues pedigree', then Dave Kelly's sets the standard. Kelly is a blues craftsman - a journeyman who has served his time with the best. In New York he jammed with Muddy Waters. He became a friend to Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker, who both felt the benefit of Dave's playing in their touring bands. It was Dave's big sister, the late Jo-Ann Kelly, who first opened his ears to the blues, although his passion for rock and roll - and especially the work of Buddy Holly - remains intact. In 1967 he joined The John Dummer Blues Band. After three albums and a solo project he continued to polish his style and technique throughout an adventurous career with some of Britain's finest players. When The Blues Band was formed in 1979, the post of slide guitarist and joint vocalist was a foregone conclusion - and bringing his friend, the bassist Gary Fletcher, along to that first rehearsal, was a bonus. Dave Kelly's guitar and vocals form the very backbone of The Blues Band's distinctive sound.

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Dave Kelly Band - Standing At The Crossroads (1988) Music

Posted by popsakov at Jan. 30, 2020

David William Kelly is a British blues singer, guitarist and composer, who has been active on the British blues music scene since the 1960s. He has performed with the John Dummer Blues Band, Tramp, The Blues Band, and his own Dave Kelly Band. His sister, Jo Ann Kelly, was also a blues singer, and she and Dave participated in many musical projects together. Kelly is a disciple of Fred McDowell.

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