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Kelly Joe Phelps with opening guest... Steve Dawson (Zubot & Dawson)

Friday, February 20th

Central Bar and Grill, 708 view st.

Doors 8:30pm, Showtime 9pm

Tickets: $20 Advance / $22 Door

Available at: Central Bar and Grill (708 View St. 361-1700), Lyle's Place (770 Yates St. 383-8422) or the McPherson Box Office (#3 Centennial Square / 600-block Pandora Ave. 250-386-6121, Toll-free line 1-888-717-6121)

Take a listen of Kelly Joe Phelp's music visit: www.kellyjoephelps.com

 

Produced by Lee Townsend (Bill Frisell, John Scofield), Slingshot Professionals follows

2001's critically acclaimed Sky Like A Broken Clock and the Beggar's Oil EP, a companion piece released in 2002. Slingshot Professionals finds Phelps making his way in a new role, that of bandleader. For most of his career, Phelps has gone it alone on record and on tour. That changed with the recording of Sky., when he paired with bassist Larry Taylor (Tom Waits) and drummer Billy Conway (Morphine).

"When I'm on the road, I can't write. However, I'm constantly soaking up experiences, sights, collecting memories that come out when I get back home and can sit still long enough to bring them forward in a particular shape. Some of them come out in story form, others in the form of poetry or loose prose. Then they are filed away; not as songs but as written word only. I enjoy this part of the writing process so much that I'll typically fill 40 or 50 pages before even one of them starts to transform into song lyric. When I catch a glimpse of a character or a story that appears wants to be sung about I will start editing, start honing in on the most important aspects. I start to recognize the extraneous parts tapped out during the original sketch, begin to see a face...and if I'm lucky these characters start to dictate their own motion and turn themselves from a loosely constructed bit of prose into a nearly carved lyric. An internal word rhythm or phrase rhythm will usually stand out, leading me further along the editing path, the rewriting path.  Somewhere along here is where the guitar comes in. I try letting the word rhythm determine the musical direction, rather than the other way around, so that the story or the scene remains the point of the pyramid and all else remains in support of that. The primary point is this: much of the music will always remain improvised - this is where the outside emotion will be heard. The music can and most likely will change with every performance - that's the breath and the life and the vitality, the soul. The lyric will always remain solidly built, this is where the inner emotion will be felt. The fact that the lyric, once it's finished, is not going to change highlights the importance of its role."

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Kelly Joe Phelps
	Since 1994, when he made his debut with Lead Me On, Kelly Joe Phelps has reinvented the slide guitar to his own specifications. This isn't to shortchange his superb, smoky voice or distinctive tunecraft. Still, it was his way with a steel bar and an open-D tuning that made his listeners sit up and take notice, along with his tendency to function as a one-man band. Sky Like a Broken Clock
	If anything, Roll Away the Stone is an even better record than Kelly Joe Phelps' debut, Lead Me On. Phelps continues to grow as both a musician and songwriter, and his interpretations of classic blues songs show increased imagination. Although it's based in classic blues, this music doesn't sound ancient -- it sounds vital and alive, like any great music should. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide
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Beginning in February, Phelps will be on the road in support of Slingshot Professionals. On selected dates, he will be joined by Jesse Zubot and Steve Dawson; on others, by Keith Lowe and Scott Amendola.