Kelly Joe Phelps - Tight to the Jar

[MilesStone92]

magical

[weisslinger]

Unfortunately he's not very famous in France.. But he's one of the best artists I've ever known.

[DictionRedaction]

Kelly Joe is just fantastic, with his own style. Haven't been listening to him in a while, so this was special.

[starrchild99]

Fantastic!

[SevenByEight]

@opticalomgirl

Mainstream radio and television content is what majority wants. Personally i enjoy being different from armies of soulless robots. Thank you Tom for a great post.

[yakimonoya]

この人は本当の天才だと思います

cool cool cool  great. great. great.

[fouramhq]

Never heard of him before today. He showed up as a Youtube recommendation. I've watched this video three times already. He's a mix of Tom Waits and Bob Dylan. Absolutely great.

[TomCPH]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Kelly Joe Phelps is a fantastic singer, songwriter and guitarist... you should check out his album - it's good stuff :)

[rjfoster2]

thats really weird fouramhq you picked two artists that he's absoulutely nothing like, tom waits and bob dylan why do you think he is simalar to them?

[fouramhq]

He has distinct Waits body and head movements while performing..watch some of the older Waits videos...and his phrasing reminds me some of Dylan. He's not a copy of either by any means.

[benchessman]

except for the fact that tom waits sucks

[opticalomgirl]

I can watch and listen to this guy over and over. I want to know, who's in charge of the crap we are force fed to listen to on mainstream radio and television when there are diamonds out there like this guy? Love It!

[Enqueued]

Who's in charge? YOU ARE!!1

[Matty73]

@opticalomgirl

the likes of Kelly Joe Phelps, James McMurtrey And Dave Alvin continually restore my faith that there is still golden, beautiful, emotive music and songwriting out there instead of the industrially produced autotuned shite that seems to be the current norm.

You just have to be prepared to make some effort and look below the murky popularist surface. There is still plenty of gold to be found in all genres, even if the mainstream media seems to ignore it.

[tiggertager]

Thanks for the post Tom. i've travelled several times to hear kelly joe Live and it's always worth it- He is the most amazing live performer you're likely to see. Such improvisational genius is rare..i've mostly been on the edge of my seat. Beautiful.