(Phoenix, AZ) Drew Verbis interviews with Kelly Joe Phelps
October 2005: Listen to Interview
“Kelly Joe Phelps plays, sings, and writes the blues. HOLD UP before you lock that in – forget about songs in a twelve bar three chord progression with a two line repeat and answer rhyme structure – though he can certainly do that when he wants to. I’m talking about a feeling, a smokey, lonesome, painful – yet somehow comforting groove that lets you know that you are not alone – even when you’re blue. Play on brother.” –Steve Earle
Oregon-based acoustic/slide guitar player and singer-songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps has been carving a growing niche for his music throughout the 1990s to current date. As a tunesmith, Kelly Joe Phelps already has a proven track record, with a catalogue of original songs (mostly on Rykodisc) infused with what The Washington Post calls “poignancy, passion and spirituality.” Phelps, is as deft and creative an acoustic slide guitarist as you’ll hear anywhere in the
U.S.
For further information visit: www.kellyjoephelps.com
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