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Vance Kelly
Already a Chicago
blues institution for over a quarter century, Vance Kelly finally began
raising his international profile during the mid-1990s. Born January
24, 1954, he began making waves on the South Side club circuit while
still a teenager, performing both as a solo artist and as a sideman;
over time he developed a ringing guitar sound, and a 1987-1990 tenure
as a member of A.C. Reed's Sparkplugs also profoundly influenced his
supple vocal style. A favorite among his peers, Kelly and his
Backstreet Blues Band still failed to attract record company attention
prior to 1992, when he signed with Wolf; his acclaimed debut Call Me
appeared in 1994, followed a year later by Joyriding on the Subway. He
resurfaced in 2000 with What Three Old Ladies Can Do. Kelly's sixth
release for Wolf in 2005, Nobody Has the Power, featured his daughter,
Vivian, making her vocal debut on three tracks.
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by Jason Ankeny
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