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November 2011

With great pleasure I announce the release of my new album

Long & Tall Tales, six songs all very long, and some are tall

This "side project", seven years in the making, is a bit

of a departure from my other sliding, rootsy albums

Now available for downloads at CDBaby and iTunes

If you would prefer a real live actual physical CD

please contact kckelly@kellycavanagh.com

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Wow! Very impressive performer. Doesn't just play and sing well,

but also makes an excellent 'presentation'.

folderol

Beautiful song and production.

Like a cross between Van Morrison and David Crosby.

off the wall

Black Irish

The Wreck of the Spanish Armada

KC Kelly sings and plays folk blues and roots music

with brass bottleneck slide on acoustic and electric guitar

An outstanding songwriter, guitarist, vocalist, and performer,

Kelly has numerous albums and performances to his credit

After many years playing mostly electric guitar in various

musical styles, in the mid 1990s he began playing acoustic

guitar again, in open E tuning with slide. He began writing

his own blues songs, redeveloped his fingerpicking style,

and around 1998 with his new steel guitar the sound really

started to take shape

Kelly has since lived and performed in Victoria, Salt Spring

Island, Santa Barbara, New Orleans, and points in between

and now resides in Vancouver BC

He now has four cds released, available on iTunes and at

http://cdbaby.com/Artist/KCKelly

His third cd Wild Card is a full production backed by a band

and with electric slide, released in August 2009

"Wild Card's a winning cd for KC Kelly, a great album that will put

a smile on your face. The vocals are clear and prevalent, and there

is a true bluesy vibe, great guitar riffs and backup vocals"

"His voice and guitar are a pair of instruments that ring and slide

together...a fine performer...a great slide guitarist"

"His guitar playing is prominent and worth a listen"

"Kelly is a talented songwriter and also knows how to interpret a

good melody and spin it out his own way"

"a fabulous blues musician...a highlight and definitely a crowd

favorite"

"bluesman with a delta feel...a consummate songwriter as well as

instrumentalist"

This website showcases the songwriting of Kelly Cavanagh

The music is available for use in film/video and as cover songs

The instrumental section has video examples of use as

background music (see Links), and the publishing section

Demos has samples of different genres, ranging from studio

productions to home demos

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except where noted