Emmett Kelly | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Emmett_Kelly_(musician).jpeg) Performing with Bonnie "Prince" Billy at The Granada Theater, June 6, 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Van Nuys, California |
| Genres | Folk, Rock, Experimental |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Narnack Records, Disneyland Reform Party, Polyvinyl Record Co., Empty Cellar, Drag City, Tin Angel, The Blackest Rainbow, GOD?, Burger Records, In the Red Records |
Emmett Kelly is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is the primary songwriter and recording artist of The Cairo Gang, one half of The Double alongside drummer Jim White, one third of The CIA and a founding member of Clinamen. He has contributed vocal and instrumental work to a variety of international musical projects, appearing on recordings by the likes of Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Ty Segall, Angel Olsen, Azita, Joan of Arc, Edith Frost,[1] Women and Children, John Webster Johns, Jeff Harms, Chicago poet/singer Marvin Tate,[2] Matteah Baim, Japanese musician Takuma Watanabe, Earth Girl Helen Brown, Joshua Abrams and Rob Mazurek. Kelly has toured in several of the aforementioned acts in addition to with Baby Dee, CFM, Mikal Cronin, Sonny Smith, Beth Orton, and Terry Reid; and in other instances, performed live with Chan Marshall, Scott Tuma, Joan of Arc, and Pillars and Tongues. He is also one half of the band The Surf, The Sundried, and a founding member of Chicago's Psychojail.
- ^ "The Cairo Gang". Chicago Tribune. July 28, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- ^ Raymer, Miles (January 19, 2006). "The Long Layover | Music Review". Chicago Reader. Retrieved February 7, 2012.