Jo Ann Kelly -Hard times killing floor blues

[BillJonesBlues]

awesome

[bennevisplace]

This lady really had the feel for blues like few others of her time. Unique voice and mean acoustic guitar. Another great talent that went too soon.

[1blastman]

JohAnne and Janis Joplin were the two greatest female blues singers of that era, Janis was a supernova who burned so brightly for a short while, but Jo Anne just never got the recognition she deserved. She so sublimely talented.

[lochy007]

i used to roadie for joanne she was a nice lady good old days.

[frenzexperiment]

fucking amazing! does she pay guitar too, or just sings?

[JimJam696]

WOW !



[deltablutim]

Jo Ann Kelly knew my old buddy Bill Barth who found Skip James with John Fahey & Henry Vestine. She played at the Memphis Country Blues festivals produced by Bill in the Late 60s/70s. So she learnt this song in a direct line if not from Skip himself. Jo Ann was sister to Dave Kelly from 'The Blues Band' and probably the best blues artist Britain has ever produced ( no offence to Dave or any of our other blues artists).

[BuskrChuk]

When I first heard this song so amazingly sung by Jo Ann Kelly, accompanied on guitar by Stefan Grossman, on a Stefan Grossman How To Play The Blues tape, I would have bet money she was an old school black female blues singer. I was shocked to finally see her on this YouTube site. No disrespect to Stefan Grossman, but I think I like this version better. She's great.

[egwulf]

Yeah, one would think she was black. Her voice is strong and unique. In the 70's though women with strong, sharp voice were fashionable more than now. I mean singers like Jo Meek, Mariska Veres, and many lesser known but fantastic artists.

[fuzzarelly57]

My first husband had a cassette tape of her back in the 70s, and now thanks to youtube, I can hear her again. Very underrated, and very damn good.

[fingling8]

She also plays the guitar on this tune, the only one on this album where she plays. Pretty damned good.

[TheMoll60]

wow robert johnston,s voicing terrific singer.

[mickfoley]

thank you for uploading this song, and introducing me to this wonderful artist. what a voice!

[shotdonkey]

one of the greatest female blues singers -ever- does one of the greatest blues tunes ever written.

so good it`s scary.

[arjhendrix]

wow @ Jo

...i place this right alongside skippy's moan spell.

ANd knot oR. both

[buckwheattornadotopp]

does anyone know of a YouTube or other of her song 'Nothin' in Rambin' . was on

a double album British Blues song. a real killer. played over and over and.

[lochy007]

i roadied for jo she had an amazing voice i still play her albums she signed for me

[wingandaprayer]

Had the great privelege of seeind listening to her live in the 1970s...if she was around now she would on Jools Holland every other week!

to be remembered for your music is the most a musician can hope for...and we all remember you...

[woodygunge2]

I played with Jo Ann in about 1968/9 at edenbridge Folk Club in Kent UK

[egwulf]

@woodygunge2 congrats for that

[sashaploner]

@woodygunge2

have anybody a VIDEO of a performance from jo ann where she play guitar

please post it

[brownpeter4]

Saw her live twice back in the day, in the Thames Valley. She was awesome. Totally memorable. Fantastic slide guitarist. I still sing snatches of stuff she played. Jesus knows where you go, I go too... all the time, singin the blues

[sdenny]

Wonderful !!!

[willafilla]

egwulf, how and where can I obtain her music. She was and is just fantastic! and oh I meant to give thumbs up, don't know it showed thumbs down?

[egwulf]

net blogs mainly...

[sashaploner]

@egwulf

i would like to see a LIVE VIDEO where she plays guitar! please post it on youtube

by the way watch my blues voice

[willafilla]

Wow! she gives me the chills. Never heard her before. She's passed, when? Did she have any recordings out or available?

[egwulf]

1990. Brain tumor. She had several records alone or with fellow british blues musicians.

[tmf945]

@willafilla check with Amazon...there are a few available...

[tmf945]

@willafilla check with Amazon...there are a few available...she passed in 1990 due to a brain tumor

[JPcares]

She was so freakishly good! So many singers try to do what she is doing here but she may be the only white female singer who I've ever heard sing the blues 100% spot on.

[egwulf]

Jo Ann knew what blues is. Certainly blues is not a fashionable pose.