Jo Ann Kelly Lyrics

5 January 1944 — 21 October 1990Kelly was born in Streatham, South London, and with her brother, Dave Kelly, and became blues fans in their teens.Few women were singing or playing the blues during the '60s, let alone with her skill or understanding of early blues styles. Jo Ann had a voice far bigger than her slight frame would suggest; with a rich, deep, tonal quality that could easily have come from Dinah Washington or Sister Rosetta Tharpe. After establishing a musical partnership with the British blues musician Tony McPhee, Kelly appeared on two McPhee compiled albums, 'Me And The Devil' (1968) and 'I Asked for Water, She Gave Me Gasoline' (1969). At the end of the '60s, with an album on a major record labe... read more