Rory Kelly Has A Featured Headlining Set At The Hot Springs, NC Motorcycle Rally

Rory Kelly Has A Featured Headlining Set At The Hot Springs, NC Motorcycle Rally

If you are in the western Carolina's this weekend, check out Rory Kelly's set at the Hot Springs Rally. Should be a good ride in bike show and some damn quality music on hand.

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Rory Kelly Debuts New Video, Sunshine

Rory Kelly Debuts New Video, Sunshine

Work ethic and drive are two elements that anyone and everyone needs to live by when it comes to perfecting their craft. Sitting on the sidelines or on social media accounts all day and waxing poetic doesn't get the job done or really say much in the big picture. It might help to keep an audience interested, but we are talking about music and it's all about the song, the attitude and a clear direction of purpose.

With The Demise Of Starbucks Instore CD Sales, Will They Continue To Promote New Music?

Starbucks to end selling cd's in all of their store locations

What will actually be the final nail in the coffin for the mass distribution of music retail? This is a juggernaut of a question and one to which many are seeking to find answers, but with little hope of a true resurgence of the sacred ground of what was once known as a record store. We have posted numerous other blog articles about this topic and where we personally think the music industry is heading. Listen to the speech at Midem about Digital Streaming or a great mini story on Streaming by PBS.

Rory Kelly Covers Charlie Daniels, The Devil Went Down To Georgia

Rory Kelly Covers Charlie Daniels, The Devil Went Down To Georgia

Storming out of Black Mountain region of Marion, North Carolina, Rory Kelly, Billy Miller and Mike "Pops" Kelly have taken a well known song by an esteemed player from the low country area of the state and injected it with their own brand of thundering rhythm and infectious guitar tone. Covering a song that has become such a pop culture staple as this amazing hit by Charlie Daniels, shows the prowess that the fellas have perfected over the last few years and the hundreds of shows they have toured together shredding through, blood, sweat and beers.  

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Is Rock Music Dead? Slash Thinks Rock N' Roll Has Become A Bastard Stepchild, What Do You Think?

Slash thinks rock n' roll has become a bastard stepchild, what do you think?

It is becoming harder and harder to ignore the facts, but as fan interest seems to dwindle, rock n' roll seems to be a thing of the past. Even though there are bands far and wide waving the banner of rock n' roll, are things becoming too safe and diluted? 

In a recent interview with the Manchester Evening News, Slash of Guns N' Roses fame stated "Rock and roll definitely needs a movement. It's become kind of the music industry's bothersome step child and what it needs is someone really committed to come and shake things up who doesn't give a shit if they make it." Is this a war cry for up and coming bands to realize their potential and to make rock n' roll dangerous again? We sure as hell hope so.

Rusty Knuckles Provides the Perfect Harmonic Balance To Your Life

Rusty Knuckles Provides the Perfect Harmonic Balance To Your Life

Looking for the exact Harmonic Balancer to make things run smooth? Look no further. We got ya covered. Updated shirt design about to hit the press. 

Rory Kelly Featured In North New Jersey's The Aquarian

Rory Kelly Featured In North New Jersey's The Aquarian

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"A couple of weeks ago, I stopped in at the Brighton Bar in Long Branch, NJ to see my bros from The Dirty Stayouts perform their second set of the day, plus my bro, Steve “Zipperhead” Murafsky, was promoting the show, and he’s been trying to get me to come to one of his shows for quite some time, so I figured I’d surprise him. I’m glad that I did because the headlining act was truly amazing, and after watching them, I witnessed what rock ‘n’ roll was really missing: good music and lots of fun! The name of the band was Rory Kelly’s Triple Threat, and yes, they’re from North Carolina, but I saw them here in New Jersey and they rocked!

Run What Ya Brung 2014, Featuring Live Music With Rory Kelly and The Go Devils

Run What Ya Brung 2014, featuring live music with Rory Kelly and The Go Devils

Damn stoked to hit the road this fall with an awesome road crew on our annual fall Run What Ya Brung road trip. We have a killer show set up at Jack Of The Wood with Rory Kelly and The Go Devils in Asheville, NC on Friday October 10th.

Rory Kelly - Black Widow, Live Acoustic Track

Rory Kelly - Black Widow, Live Acoustic Track

Rory Kelly Black Widow (Acoustic) - Exclusive performance for Rockpills (The Black Logde Sessions) http://trocaderomagazine.com/

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Rory Kelly And JB Beverley Are Not Missing A Single Show On This Tour

Rory Kelly and Zeke from Hellbound Glory are down for the cause

Cancel the gig, hells no. Rory Kelly, Zeke from Hellbound Glory and JB Beverley are doing the road side fixes and gonna keep on truckin'. This is how its done! Keep up to date with them on our Tour Dates page for hitting a city near you.

Rory Kelly Live Video From Germany

Rory Kelly live from Germany

Rory Kelly - vocals, guitar
Mike Kelly - drums
Billy Miller - bass

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The Shore Road Tavern Ranks As One of Philly's Top Music Venues

Mike Fiedler of the Shore Road Tavern is always at the ready

Every now and then in life you get to meet a new life long friend that just literally walks into your life. I can certify this, as that is exactly how Mike Fiedler and I became friends. It all started at Muddy Roots a few years back when a dude on an Indian rolls up asking if we have tools he can borrow. He surely did find the right booth at Muddy Roots and next thing ya know, his pal Iggy and I were tearing into the controls on the bike and working up a fix. From that day forward, it was an instant bond. 

Mike and Cathy are the proud owners of the Shore Road Tavern and what an honor it is to see their fine establishment featured on Philly.com as a renowned local music venue. The hard work and long hours they pour into the venue is not lost on anyone. This type of dedication allows ol' Mike to know anyone and everyone, while also having the respect of every band that passes through their stone entryway. So damn proud for them to get a big feature such as this and hopefully it will further cement the Shore Road Tavern as a tour stop in North East Philly.

Rory Kelly and JB Beverley Are Out To Conquer America

Screen Capture of Rory Kelly's album art coming together

Unless you have been hiding under a rock, surely you have heard about the upcoming full US Tour that JB Beverley and Rory Kelly will be embarking upon. Going from coast to coast and hitting as many bars, clubs and watering holes as possible, these fellas are touring the way it should be done. Do yourself a favor and get out to see what they have cookin' on these shows. Gonna be a damn good time and many beers will be downed in the process.

Rory Kelly Gets Up Close and Personal With His Fans

Rory Kelly's Triple Threat en directo en SalaSon (Cangas do Morrazo)

Spain Has Found A New Guitar Hero In Rory Kelly

Rory Kelly on tour in Spain, June 2014 - Photo: Javier Fernandez Menendez

Rory Kelly, Billy Don Burns and Shooter Jennings Talkin' Shop

Rory Kelly, Billy Don Burns and Shooter Jennings talkin' shop

With Rory Kelly, Billy Don Burns and Shooter Jennings talkin' shop, why not hit a three track jam from them and get in the know...

Rory Kelly Has Just Conquered Spain, Next Up, More Of Europe

Have beer, will travel. Rory Kelly on tour in Europe

Word on the streets of Madrid to Barcelona and onto Burgos is that Rory Kelly is starting to truly cultivate his European crowd. After being recognized on the streets of Barcelona and then playing multiple sold out shows in a row, the hard work and dedication is starting to pay off. Huge congrats to Rory, Pops, Billy and Nancy for getting across the pond and bringing their brand of Southern Rock to the hungry audiences.

Rory Kelly Feature Review On Shutter 16

Rory Kelly feature review on Shutter 16

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"North Carolina rockers Rory Kelly’s Triple Threat, which consists of his father on drums and bassist Billy Miller, keep the bluesy, southern rock vibe alive with their latest release Kings Never Sleep. A veteran of several previous metal and rock acts, Kelly finally melds his self taught guitar chops, hard scrabble voice, and southern rock vision into something to behold.

Kings Never Sleep is a nice amalgamation of thick electric blues/rock guitar, contemporary blues sounds, and good ole’ fashioned southern rock. “Laid to Waste” opens the album with a hard driving southern rock groove that one would expect from a blues based act. While not the album’s strongest track, it does get the point across, quite melodically in fact, that you’re in some humid southern territory sonically. “Kings Never Sleep,” the album’s title track, slows the groove down to a slower burn, and unlike Metallica’s attempt at a bluesy sound on “2X4” off Load, Kelly really DOES conjure an “Aerosmith on steroids” sound here that’s much more natural sounding. For “Black Widow,” Kelly pulls out the acoustic guitar and cranks up his gravelly growl a notch for a real down and dirty little ditty about a much revisited, but here fresh sounding, look at an old blues/rock trope. “Walking Wounded” and “Menace to Society” amp up the blues rock stomp and will stoke the crowd into a heated frenzy when played live, but really demonstrate nothing unique or outstanding. “Wouldn’t Listen” with its snaky acoustic guitar is a much better track musically, even if it will probably be regulated to the acoustic break in the show. Clocking in at a scant 1 minute 58 seconds, “Wouldn’t Listen” nevertheless is the strongly beating heart of the album with its stripped down muscle and beat. “Stood Your Ground,” the album’s second longest track at 4 minutes 23 seconds is the album’s most consummate rock track, and its most radio friendly one. “Hittin’ the Bottom” bookends perfectly with “Stood Your Ground” as it delivers some more thick cut southern rock chops. Kelly’s cover of Merle Travis’ “16 Tons” delivers some of the album’s best blues/rock guitar and wraps it all in a Bruce Springsteen-like populist sound. About midway through though, Kelly unleashes some brilliant metal riffing that takes the song to a whole other level before returning it to its chain gang stomp. Easily one of the album’s best tracks (because of what Kelly does with it), “16 Tons” is one of those songs that will get stuck on your MP3 players repeat function. Rounding out the album is “Hasta La Muerta” that, like it’s title suggests, allows the band to dabble in a Southwest sound. It’s an instrumental track that allows the listen to drift off mentally to a landscape full of Gila monsters and cacti. Kelly and company pull off this sound well, and more of this on their next album will be most welcome.

Rory Kelly’s Kings Never Sleep is a great step in the right direction for a talented musician and songwriter. There’s much on this record that warrants repeat listening, and even more scarily, Kelly and company’s best is yet to come based on what we hear here."

Rory Kelly - German Review, For "Kings Never Sleep"

Rory Kelly - Kings Never Sleep

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"Rory Kelly and his band were probably previously in North Carolina more like local patriots, via a few detours, the band is then advised on a few gigs in Europe and is now here in June have some performances. The matching band now also advertises her third album produced in-house Kings Never Sleep in our latitudes.

Kings Never Sleep comes with eleven songs, which are located at the Hard Rock, but Rory Kelly has this quite strongly perfumed with the scent of Southern Rock. "Molly Hatchet Light" it is probably true quite good, but this is meant more appreciative because disrespectfully.

In contrast to other acts of this genre the songs sound, despite all the roughness, but quite airy and are also easily accessible. Kelly's voice sounds like pure whiskey and thus fits well with the blue-based guitar riffs.

I like this"

Rory Kelly, review from Germany

Rory Kelly Featured On Itunes Blues, New & Noteworthy

Huge congrats to Rory Kelly for his feature on Itunes - Blues, New & Noteworthy

If you missed our post a while back about the album process and symbology of Rory Kelly's new album dive on in. This was a damn fun project and huge congratulations to Rory Kelly, Pops Kelly and Billy Miller for conjuring up one amazing album.

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In the paragraphs below I get deeper into the meaning and symbolism behind Rory Kelly's new album design. The symbols were drawn together as a way to spell out what exactly Kings Never Sleep can be interpreted as metaphorically. In this case, it's hidden knowledge and the ability to rise up. It is the equivalent of the viewer and or listener to stand on the edge of a high platform and jump into water below for a soothing swim. For many, the symbols are just art placed in an eloquent manner but then again, if you are reflecting on the music of Rory Kelly and his career path paired with his musical prowess, these symbols take on far more of a significant meaning.

Dive in and enjoy as the journey is the true destination.

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Anything that is worth having is worth working for. Whether it be saving up for your first new car, buying a home or wanting the sexy new Gretsch down at Guitar Center. Hard work and effort are the only way to achieve these goals along with one other element. That other element is the one for which it is free to obtain and is limitless in scope and can never be taken from you. Knowledge is the great conqueror, the great divider and ultimately the great saviour for anything you set out to achieve.

Conspiracy theorists thoroughly enjoy speaking on the illuminati and clandestine groups with the supposed aim to take over the world. Granted there are individuals that seek ultimate power, but human nature at it's core is forever seeking to be on top of the food chain and remain there. In my rationale this helps to make the struggle for power sensible while looking at it from a the viewpoint of trying to understand what is at the root of the issue, whether good or bad. Does it make it right or just, no so way in hell. But then again, we are just surveying the facts presented and its up to us to create our own judgement.

Rory Kelly album cover coming together

Hidden knowledge is where conversations get interesting and you can learn to decipher an individuals philosophy by the symbols around them. Everything we see and read daily is part of a larger scope of symbolism. Some of the iconography that was present hundreds of years ago, doesn't resonate today. Some of the images are persistent though, as the meaning has shifted within the lenses of how culture gazes upon it. When you see the fish on the back of a car as a bumper sticker or emblem, that individual is representing their Christian beliefs. So have you ever heard of a caduceus?

The hidden meaning within the intertwined snakes reflects a spiritual awakening, while also representing safe passage. In this rationale, thinking on the biblical story, was the snake tempting Eve with the apple of knowledge really malevolent? Remember that history is written by the conquerors so it is always in their favor to shine the best light on their cause. Snakes have been forever painted in a darker shade since then, but they remain a full time tenant in the realm of symbology. The way the story spells out to me is that life is simply about choice and you need to stand on your own two feet and be responsible for your actions. To think that women have been scorned for centuries due to this biblical story is to understand the power of symbolism. The same could be said for the swastika as it was around for thousands of years as a symbol of fertility. Read and interpret the full story as there are two sides to every coin.

Rory Kelly album cover art

The all seeing eye or the Eye of Providence is consistently seen as a symbol of the illuminati but actually represents the sun. The symbol is based upon Egyptian beliefs of viewing the sun for illumination and thusly where the the Illuminati's name is derived. The all seeing eye didn't get a triangular shape around it until the Renaissance period and was used as a Christian symbol representing the triune godhead. As time went on it was then adopted by the Masons as a symbol for the Great Architect. So if you want to really interpret Masonic lore, just ask. The hidden knowledge of all Masonic Rites is that you just have to ask and the gates will opened for those that seek out the knowledge. Thusly, the first step in becoming a Mason is you ask a member to join and you are invited to join as an Entered Apprentice.

Now lets get back to why the there is a triangle in the background. First of all, its not just a triangle but an Alchemical Fire or "Blade". This hidden symbol is based upon the fire within. For the album cover it is a reflection on Rory Kelly and the music he, Pops and Billy invoke. The upward lift of the Alchemical Fire symbolizes the rising energy that helps to bring us to the divine. Can music do this? Damn right it can. Just watch listeners get lost in a trance at shows. This is how powerful of a potion that a musical trance can have on its listeners.

So how does all this relate to the title "Kings Never Sleep"? That is the ultimate hidden symbol and within any individual to seek out. Anyone can be a king as its just a metaphor. As an individual walking the path of enlightenment and continually seeking out wisdom, you are becoming wiser and bolder in your approach. The light of knowledge never goes out or falls asleep as it is omnipresent. It may dim from time to time, but it is and will forever be at your fingertips.

"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." - Marcus Garvey