Kelly Family

The Kelly Family

Kelly Family is a band started by Barbara Ann Kelly, her husband Daniel Jerome Kelly and their children.

The family left USA in 1966, and lived for some time in Spain. The family makes their Spanish TV-debut under the name "Kelly Kids" in 1975. The following year they start to tour around Europe as street musicians until they are discovered in Germany and sign their first record contract. Samuel Kelly is at this moment participating in a college program.

In 1994 the Kelly Family had their major breakthrough with the album Over the hump. At that point the members of the band were: Kathy, Johnny, Patricia, Jimmy, Joey, Barby, Paddy, Maite and Angelo. Currently only Patricia, Jimmy, Joey, Maite and Angelo are performing.

The family

*Daniel Jerome "Dan" Kelly (* 1931, † 2002)
*Barbara Ann Kelly (*1946, † 1982 died of cancer)
*Daniel "Danny" Kelly - not an active band member
*Caroline Kelly - not an active band member
*Paul Kelly - not an active band member, but these days (autumn/winter 2005): is on tour with his siblings (with the circus "Roncalli")
*Kathleen Anne "Kathy" Kelly (* 6th March, 1963) - instruments: keyboards, accordion, acoustic guitar, organ, violin - currently not an active member of the band, but started a solo career
*John Michael Kelly (* 8th March, 1967) - instruments: acoustic and electric guitar, drums, percussions, congas - currently not active in the band; has started a new musical project called "Tales from the Secret Forest" with his wife, the successful Spanish soprano Maite Itoiz
*Maria Patricia Kelly (* 25th November, 1969) - instruments: acoustic guitar, harp, keyboard, percussion, Sample Effex
*James Victor "Jimmy" Kelly (* 18th February, 1971) - instruments: guitar, bass-guitar, congas, percussion, cittern, Jembe
*Joseph Maria "Joey" Kelly (* 20th December, 1972) - instruments: acoustic and electric guitar, percussion
*Barbara Ann "Barby" Kelly (* 28th April, 1975) - instruments: congas, percussion - currently not an active member of the band
*Michael Patrick "Paddy" Kelly (* 5th December, 1977) - instruments: guitar, bass-guitar, keyboards, accordion, piano, drums - currently not an active member of the band, released a solo album, currently studies theology in a French monastery
*Maite Star Kelly (* 4th December, 1979) - instruments: bass-guitar, percussion - currently only partly an active member of the band. Works on the "Togo-project".
*Angelo Gabriel Kelly (* 23th December, 1981) - instruments: drums, percussion, bass-guitar, Sample Effex, timbales

Discography

*Christmas All Year (1981, Kel-Life)
*Wonderful World (1981, Kel-Life)
*Live (1988, Kel-Life)
*Keep On Singing (1989, Kel-Life)
*New World (1990, Kel-Life)
*Honest Workers (1991, Kel-Life)
*Street Life (1992, Kel-Life)
*The Very Best Over 10 Years (1993, Kel-Life)
*Wow (1993, Kel-Life)
*Over The Hump (1994, Kel-Life)
*Christmas For All (1994, Kel-Life / EMI)
*Almost Heaven (1996, Kel-Life / EMI)
*Growin' Up (1997, Kel-Life / EMI)
*Live Live Live (1998, Kel-Life)
*From Their Hearts (1998, Kel-Life / EMI)
*Kathy Kelly - The Best Of Kathy Kelly (1999, Kel-Life)
*The Bonus-Tracks Album (1999, Kel-Life)
*Best Of The Kelly Family (1999, Kel-Life / BMG Ariola)
*Best Of The Kelly Family 2 (1999, Kel-Life / BMG Ariola)
*Kathy Kelly - Morning Of My Life (2001, ePark / Zomba)
*La Patata (2002, Kel-Life / Polydor / Universal)
*Kathy Kelly - Straight From My Heart (2002, Copas)
*Paddy Kelly - In Exile (2003, Polydor / Universal)
*Homerun (2004, Kel-Life / Polydor / Universal)
*Kathy Kelly - Godspel (2005)
*Hope (2005, Kel-Life)
*James Kelly - Babylon (2005, Kel-Life)
*John Kelly & Maite Itoiz - Tales from the Secret Forest (2006, Value Entertainment, rough trade)
*Angelo Kelly - I`m ready (2006)

External links

* Website of John Kelly and Maite Itoiz - Tales from the Secret Forest
* Website of Kathy Kelly
* Website of Patricia, Jimmy, Joey, Maite and Angelo Kelly
* Website of Angelo Kelly
* Website of Joey Kelly