Paul Kelly who hails from the village of Pettigo, Co Donegal Ireland is well and truly breaking into the regular dancing scene with his Country Band.
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Paul admits he has been crazy about music all his life and grew up playing his mother’s guitar. The country crooner has been performing since he was a child, revealing “My own first real memory of performing was when I was about nine and I was asked to join a local talent competition, I enjoyed every second of being on stage and it made it even better when I won.”
Paul explains that his mother played a big part in kicking off his musical career. “When I was twelve I started playing in a two piece Band with my mother a few nights a week. It was brilliant; when my friends were working hard at weekends or summer jobs I was doing what I loved and getting paid for it,” he explained.
“In my late teens the opportunity arose for me to join a 5-piece band and I jumped at it. I was a ‘jack of all trades’ as I played keyboard, accordion and I also sang backing vocals.”
He also admits that country music had always played a big part in his life.
“Although I played all kinds of music, country music has always had a special place in my heart. So I was very excited when my neighbour, Andy Cox, told me he had written a few country songs and would be interested in working on them with me. The very first song that came to be was “So In Love”. It became a major hit straight away and got lots of airplay.”
What came next was a very successful country album, on which he got to work with some fantastic musicians.
“It was a great experience being in the studio with Jonathan Owens of Spout Studios, and one of the highlights was recording a duet with the American singer Georgette Jones.”
Now, Paul is the front man in his own Country band and he’s filling dance floors around the country.
With over a million views online his music video for his single ‘On The Market’, is the hot topic amongst the country community, as he puts his farm ‘On The Market’ and sells all. In this catchy tune penned by Paul & Andy Cox, Paul sings about the stresses of farming life and his hope of selling up and retiring.
After winning “video of the Year” a few weeks ago at The Sunday World Country Music Awards Show Paul is really happy with the success of this Song.
Paul’s two most recent Original songs are “Tang’s Hauling” which is very popular among all the Trucker’s and “Willie the Dealer” which is a good lively upbeat Quickstep
In the last year, Paul has also launched his own Country Music Show on “Keep it Country TV” called “Kelly Talk’s Country”.
Again this is a Country Music Show with a lot of emphasises on Farming and the Farming community. It’s proven very popular right along the Country Music scene. Kelly Talks Country is aired on Sky Channel 389 or Freesat 516 every Thursday evening at 7:30pm and is repeated every Friday at 12:30pm
