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Showing posts with label Southern Rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Southern Rock. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Southern Sleaze Is Alive And Well In The Damned Angels
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Monday, May 28, 2012
Rory Kelly Featured In McDowell News
This past Saturday night, Rory Kelly had one hell of a cd release party for his debut album. We are going to let him recover for a few days after a string of shows around the big show on Saturday to get the full scope of the action that was had.
Needless to say, big things are coming up this year for Rory Kelly and make sure you check out him out on Rock N' Rassle Apocalypse show happening on July 28th at Tremont Music Hall in Charlotte, NC where they will be taking the stage with Antiseen and Flat Tires along with four wrestling matches. Oh yeah, that is going to be one rowdy event to be remembered for a long time to come.
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| Rory Kelly will be one of the featured acts on the Rock N' Rassle Apocalypse |
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| Get your copy of Rory Kelly's new album (Don't Shake My) Family Tree now |
In the past few years, Kelly has played guitar with
Intethod and later with the Crank County Daredevils, an Asheville-based
metal band. After that, he formed Rory Kelly’s Triple Threat. This band
is comprised of the 29-year-old Kelly on lead guitar, his father Mike
Kelly on drums and Billy Miller on bass guitar. Kelly also plays at Main
Street Pub & Deli in downtown Marion, where he hosts acoustic
guitar jams.
Last year, Kelly and his band were picked up by Rusty
Knuckles, an independent music and merchandise label. The label works
with such groups as the Crank County Daredevils, Flat Tires, Hellbound
Glory, Antiseen and The Green Lady Killers.
“The summer of 2011 brought more recognition to Rory
Kelly as they were thrust into and embraced by the Southern biker
circuit and a permanent bass player joined their ranks,” reads the
website for Rusty Knuckles. “Billy Miller, also a seasoned musician from
touring gigs with Voodou and Super Sport, brought the final element
needed to round out this dirty rock 'n' roll trio, forming a mercurial
rhythm section with the elder Kelly to compliment the smoldering swagger
of Rory Kelly's rock riffs.
“The addition of Miller has brought a new dynamic into
the band and, with that, an ever evolving definition of what Southern
Rock means to Rory Kelly and how they intend to translate that to their
followers.”
After months of work, Kelly and his band are celebrating
the release of their new CD, “(Don’t Shake My) Family Tree,” to
worldwide distribution on the Rusty Knuckles label. The 12-song album
came out on Tuesday and the official release party will be held Saturday
night at Main Street Pub & Deli.
The show starts at 9 p.m. and there will be no cover charge. The group 21st Century Goliath will be the special guest along with Kelly, his dad and Miller.
“I am really fired up about it,” said Kelly to The McDowell News.
(Click here to watch the music video of ("Don't Shake) My Family Tree")
The new CD will be sold for only $10 at the party. Free
gifts will be given to anyone who buys a CD or T-shirt. After 100 copies
of the new album are sold, a raffle will be held with a neon beer sign
as the prize. If 200 copies are sold, a raffle will be held for a $50
tab at the pub, according to Kelly’s Facebook page.
“We’ll make sure they get taken care of that night,” said Kelly of his fans.
“(Don’t Shake My) Family Tree” was a collective effort
by Kelly, his dad and Miller. The band wrote all of the songs, which
contain elements of Southern rock and heavy metal.
“As a band, everybody’s role is vital,” said Kelly.
Kelly did the mixing and the engineering for the
recording of the album. Musician and radio host Steve Blanton oversaw
the mastering. Rusty Knuckles did the design and photography for the
cover. In addition to being released on compact disc, the new album will
be released on vinyl as well, he said.
Kelly and his band will do a show in Asheville tonight
and another show on Sunday in Anderson, S.C.But they made sure to do
their official CD release party for Saturday night in Marion.
“I am excited about getting this thing ready to roll,”
said Kelly to The McDowell News. “A lot of people expected us to do the
CD release party in Asheville but Asheville is not my hometown.”
To support this new release, Kelly and his band will do a
tour of the East Coast this summer with a European tour to follow. They
are scheduled to play Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium
from September through the first of December. This will mark Kelly’s
first tour of Europe as the leader.
“They already have a tour bus set up for us,” he said. “We are hoping this album takes off.”
For more information, visit www.rustyknucklesmusic.com. You can also check out Rory Kelly on Facebook."
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Rory Kelly Interview - The Making of (Don't Shake My) Family Tree
The month of May is going to be a busy month for us over here at Rusty Knuckles, with the amazing release of the debut album from Rory Kelly. The album will officially be available on May 22nd worldwide and tomorrow we will post the pre-sales through our webstore. All orders will ship on May 22nd and damn if this is not one amazing album of dirty southern rock n' roll.
"Blame it on the heady highs in the air that permeate the Black Mountains of North Carolina, but the state has produced an artist in Rory Kelly that will surely bring new dimension to the tour de force that is America’s beloved Southern Rock. Possessing a playing ability in league with prodigies, Kelly is a self-taught musician that picked up the guitar as a boy and cut his chops in the rural town of Marion. While his mother slung drinks behind the bar, Rory strummed alongside his father, drummer Mike Kelly, in a family dominated house band in a local music dive. Mike Kelly has quite the backstory in thrash metal as well, being part of the infamous Old Bridge Militia of thrash metal fame.
Tapped a few years later, first by heavy metal outfit Intethod and later by Asheville based sleaze masters, the Crank County Daredevils, who found success both in the US and abroad; Kelly developed a keen ear, and playing ability to match, for what would develop into an ever widening spectrum of rock n roll sensibilities. After the unforeseen dissolution of Crank County, in 2010 Rory Kelly began to hone his own dirty rock n' roll based signature sound and recruited his former musical partner and father Mike to form two-thirds of what would ultimately become their current band. Together they recorded, and Rory Kelly produced, what critics deemed a “swamp rock” sound in their first release, Better Than The Blues.
When demand for that record began to outweigh supply, Rory Kelly began to branch out regionally, playing live with a hired gun on bass and gaining footholds with venues and audiences throughout both the Carolinas. In March of 2011 they scored a coveted series of showcases with Texas Rockfest, which takes place in the heart of downtown Austin, Texas each year during the world famous South By Southwest music conference. Those showcases brought Kelly interest from endorsement companies and rekindled a connection between him and Rusty Knuckles, his former label from the Crank County days, that was in the midst of successfully developing its’ own niche signing renegade artists from within the ranks of southern sleaze. Summer ’11 brought more recognition to Rory Kelly as they were thrust into and embraced by the Southern biker circuit and a permanent bass player joined their ranks. Billy Miller, also a seasoned musician from touring gigs with Voodou and Super Sport, brought the final element needed to round out this dirty rock n' roll trio, forming a mercurial rhythm section with the elder Kelly to compliment the smoldering swagger of Kelly’s rock riffs.
The addition of Miller has brought a new dynamic into the band and, with that, an ever evolving definition of what Southern Rock means to Rory Kelly and how they intend to translate that to their followers. The new album is done and scheduled for release in late Spring of 2012, and has captured the interest of well-known NC radio personality Steve Blanton who will assist Kelly in the production of their second effort. Revealing a band edging toward a harder sound, (Don't Shake My) Family Tree, will be released to world-wide distribution through Rusty Knuckles with both US and European tours planned for early 2012 in support of the record."
- Tammy Moore
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| Rory Kelly © 2012, photo by Rusty Knuckles Music |
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| Rory Kelly © 2012, photo by Rusty Knuckles Music |
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| Rory Kelly's new album (Don't Shake My) Family Tree |
Monday, February 27, 2012
In The Studio With Rory Kelly...
Over the weekend we rolled out to Rory Kelly's studio to film some tracks being laid down and to work on ideas for the album. To say that this album is going to be smoking hot southern rock is an understatement. This is an album that you need to hear and one for which many new doors are about to be kicked open by a pair of worn in size 11 boots. The fellas are lock step in their sound and road bound for much of 2012. With dates at SXSW coming up in March and a European tour being booked as we speak, be prepared for the rock n' roll invasion.
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| Rory Kelly album (Don't Shake My) Family Tree out May 22nd world wide |
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| Rory Kelly and the fellas in the studio finalizing some tracks - © Rusty Knuckles Music 2012 |
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| Rory Kelly, Mike Kelly & Billy Miller by the studio in western North Carolina - © Rusty Knuckles Music 2012 |
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| Rory Kelly, Billy Miller and Mike Kelly - © Rusty Knuckles Music 2012 |
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| Rory Kelly in the studio - © Rusty Knuckles Music 2012 |
Rory Kelly Bio
Blame it on the heady highs in the air that permeate the Black Mountains of North Carolina, but the state has produced an artist in Rory Kelly that will surely bring new dimension to the tour de force that is America’s beloved Southern Rock. Possessing a playing ability in league with prodigies, Kelly is a self-taught musician that picked up the guitar as a boy and cut his chops in the rural town of Marion. While his mother slung drinks behind the bar, Rory strummed alongside his father, drummer Mike Kelly, in a family dominated house band in a local music dive. Mike Kelly has quite the backstory in thrash metal as well, being part of the infamous Old Bridge Militia of thrash metal fame.
Tapped a few years later, first by heavy metal outfit Intethod and later by Asheville based sleaze masters, the Crank County Daredevils, who found success both in the US and abroad; Kelly developed a keen ear, and playing ability to match, for what would develop into an ever widening spectrum of rock n roll sensibilities. After the unforeseen dissolution of Crank County, in 2010 Rory Kelly began to hone his own dirty rock n' roll based signature sound and recruited his former musical partner and father Mike to form two-thirds of what would ultimately become their current band. Together they recorded, and Rory Kelly produced, what critics deemed a “swamp rock” sound in their first release, Better Than The Blues.
When demand for that record began to outweigh supply, Rory Kelly began to branch out regionally, playing live with a hired gun on bass and gaining footholds with venues and audiences throughout both the Carolinas. In March of 2011 they scored a coveted series of showcases with Texas Rockfest, which takes place in the heart of downtown Austin, Texas each year during the world famous South By Southwest music conference. Those showcases brought Kelly interest from endorsement companies and rekindled a connection between him and Rusty Knuckles, his former label from the Crank County days, that was in the midst of successfully developing its’ own niche signing renegade artists from within the ranks of southern sleaze. Summer ’11 brought more recognition to Rory Kelly as they were thrust into and embraced by the Southern biker circuit and a permanent bass player joined their ranks. Billy Miller, also a seasoned musician from touring gigs with Voodou and Super Sport, brought the final element needed to round out this dirty rock n' roll trio, forming a mercurial rhythm section with the elder Kelly to compliment the smoldering swagger of Kelly’s rock riffs.
The addition of Miller has brought a new dynamic into the band and, with that, an ever evolving definition of what Southern Rock means to Rory Kelly and how they intend to translate that to their followers. The new album is done and scheduled for release in late Spring of 2012, and has captured the interest of well-known NC radio personality Steve Blanton who will assist Kelly in the production of their second effort. Revealing a band edging toward a harder sound, (Don't Shake My) Family Tree, will be released to world-wide distribution through Rusty Knuckles with both US and European tours planned for early 2012 in support of the record.
- Tammy Moore
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Rory Kelly, Your New Guitar Hero
It is now 2012 and the end of the world as we know it, is coming to an end in December. Ok, don't fret maybe the Mayan calendar was wrong and it is potentially just a shift in mind set, but in all reality do you have the power to appease the gods? Nah, why worry on it, so get your groove on with some of the finest guitar shredders out there today. Rory Kelly has been clawing his way up through the ranks for some time now while being in metal thrashers Intethod and after that with the southern sleazers in Crank County Daredevils. Rory's new self titled band is defining its own sound in the Southern Rock genre and many big guns have been taking note. It is just a matter of time before these compadres are seen far and wide as their live show seals the deal.
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| Rory Kelly, guitar hero and shredder |
Rory Kelly - (Don't Shake My) Family Tree by RustyKnuckles
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| Rory Kelly, Mike Kelly and Billy Miller are one heavy hitting power trio |
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| Rory Kelly's new album out in May 2012, (Don't Shake My) Family Tree |
"Blame it on the heady highs in the air that permeate the Black Mountains of North Carolina, but the state has produced an artist in Rory Kelly that will surely bring new dimension to the tour de force that is America’s beloved Southern Rock. Possessing a playing ability in league with prodigies, Kelly is a self-taught musician that picked up the guitar as a boy and cut his chops in the rural town of Marion. While his mother slung drinks behind the bar, Rory strummed alongside his father, drummer Mike Kelly, in a family dominated house band in a local music dive. Mike Kelly has quite the backstory in thrash metal as well, being part of the infamous Old Bridge Militia of thrash metal fame.
Tapped a few years later, first by heavy metal outfit Intethod and later by Asheville based sleaze masters, the Crank County Daredevils, who found success both in the US and abroad; Kelly developed a keen ear, and playing ability to match, for what would develop into an ever widening spectrum of rock n roll sensibilities. After the unforeseen dissolution of Crank County, in 2010 Rory Kelly began to hone his own dirty rock n' roll based signature sound and recruited his former musical partner and father Mike to form two-thirds of what would ultimately become their current band. Together they recorded, and Rory Kelly produced, what critics deemed a “swamp rock” sound in their first release, Better Than The Blues.
When demand for that record began to outweigh supply, Rory Kelly began to branch out regionally, playing live with a hired gun on bass and gaining footholds with venues and audiences throughout both the Carolinas. In March of 2011 they scored a coveted series of showcases with Texas Rockfest, which takes place in the heart of downtown Austin, Texas each year during the world famous South By Southwest music conference. Those showcases brought Kelly interest from endorsement companies and rekindled a connection between him and Rusty Knuckles, his former label from the Crank County days, that was in the midst of successfully developing its’ own niche signing renegade artists from within the ranks of southern sleaze. Summer ’11 brought more recognition to Rory Kelly as they were thrust into and embraced by the Southern biker circuit and a permanent bass player joined their ranks. Billy Miller, also a seasoned musician from touring gigs with Voodou and Super Sport, brought the final element needed to round out this dirty rock n' roll trio, forming a mercurial rhythm section with the elder Kelly to compliment the smoldering swagger of Kelly’s rock riffs.
The addition of Miller has brought a new dynamic into the band and, with that, an ever evolving definition of what Southern Rock means to Rory Kelly and how they intend to translate that to their followers. The new album is done and scheduled for release in late Spring of 2012, and has captured the interest of well-known NC radio personality Steve Blanton who will assist Kelly in the production of their second effort. Revealing a band edging toward a harder sound, (Don't Shake My) Family Tree, will be released to world-wide distribution through Rusty Knuckles with both US and European tours planned for early 2012 in support of the record."
- Tammy Moore
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit - Van Along With Gear Stolen
Below is a repost from SavingCountryMusic.com about Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit having their van, trailer and gear stolen. Nothing in life is worse than a thief as they are the scum that should be eliminated in a swift manner. Hopefully these shit fucks are caught and justice will be swift. If you have any news or information on this post anywhere you can. If you happen to catch them, let justice be served in a swift and effective manner.
Jason Isbell, former member of The Drive By Truckers and current solo artist had his van, trailer, and all contents stolen in Dallas, TX on Saturday (11-19) afternoon. Jason and his band, The 400 Unit, were in Dallas Friday night, playing the city’s legendary Granada Theater on lower Greenville in support of his latest album Here We Rest, sharing the bill with Texas singer/songwriter James McMurtry.
The stolen van is a white 2006 Ford E350 van with Alabama license plates, with a wolf sticker on a side window. It had a Calexico air freshener, a hula girl on the dash, and “derogatory dirt on back window” according to Isbell’s Twitter feed. The trailer was a black Wells Cargo with Texas license plates, and was full of the band’s music gear.
Unfortunately stories of specific instruments getting stolen is all-too-common, but it is very rare to hear of a band losing their vehicle and all of it’s contents. Even if insurance covers the costs, some vintage gear, and the sounds and memories they covey can never be replaced. Folks are encouraged to look at the list of stolen instruments below, and keep an eye out for them.
- 1970 Fender Precision Bass (sunburst, worn, copper pickgaurd) in a Gator ATA Road case
- Duesenberg Goldtop Starplayer Guitar
- Sommatone Roaring 40 Combo Amplifier
- Baxendale Jumbo Acoustic Guitar
- Epiphone 12-string Guitar
- Red Nord Electro 2 Keyboard
- Red Hohner Hohnica Accordion
- Black Roland KC-550 Keyboard Amp
- Red Sparkle Gretsch kit, 2 Pearl Snare drums(natural), 20″ Bosphorus Cymbals w/rivets, 14″ Zildjian Mastetsound Hats, 21″ Zildjian K Special Dry Ride, and a 20″ Dream Energy Crash/Ride.
- Ampeg V4-BH in a road case
- Ampeg 6×10 Cabinet
