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Chanteuse Country US née le 2
Octobre 1968 à Annandale
(Virginie). Kelly Willis est la femme de
Bruce Robison.
Although the
work of new traditionalist singer/songwriter Kelly Willis earned widespread
critical acclaim, she found little in the way of comparable commercial success;
her sound, a smart hybrid of country and rock, simply assimilated both musical
styles too well to gain acceptance in either camp. Born in Oklahoma and raised
in the Washington, D.C., area, she began performing in her boyfriend (and future
husband) Mas Palermo's band at the age of 16. Her powerhouse Vocals were so
popular with club audiences that soon the group was renamed Kelly & the
Fireballs in her honor. After Willis graduated high school, the band moved to
Austin, Texas, only to break up six months later.
As a result, Willis began learning to play guitar while drummer Palermo honed
his songwriting chops. The duo started a new band, Radio Ranch, with guitarist
David Murray, steel player Michael Hardwick, and bassist Michael Foreman. One of
Radio Ranch's performances so impressed singer
Nanci Griffith that she began lobbying her label, MCA, to sign to group,
leading to Willis' 1990 debut, Well-Travelled Love. In an attempt to capitalize
on Willis' stunning looks, she was marketed as a girl-next-door type, and
despite the presence of the full band, only her name appeared on the album
jacket. Despite the glowing reviews, the LP fared poorly, and so, for her 1991
sophomore effort, Bang Bang, she was depicted as a coquettish pinup. Again,
however, the good publicity the record received did not translate to radio
airplay, let alone chart sales.
For her third album, comprised largely of her own songs, Willis joined forces
with pop producer Don Was; the self-titled 1993 effort suffered the same fate as
its predecessors, however, and she was dropped by MCA shortly after its release.
Following a few years of relative inactivity, she resurfaced in 1995 duetting
with Son Volt's Jay Farrar on the Red Hot & Bothered compilation, and after
issuing a 1996 independent label EP, Fading Fast, announced plans for a 1997 LP
on A&M. In late 1996, she married fellow Austin musician
Bruce Robison.
As the '90s drew to a close, Willis inked a deal with Rykodisc. Her fourth
album, What I Deserve, appeared in 1999 and it was a breakthrough hit for
Willis. Time Magazine hailed the album as "the smartest, most consistently
worthwhile country CD" to have been released that year. Three years later,
Willis returned to the scene with Easy, which included collaborative efforts
with
Vince Gill, Union Station's
Dan Tyminski, and
Nickel Creek's
Chris Thile. Willis tossed her hat into the crowded yuletide scene in 2006
with the amiable Happy Holidays, followed by her seventh album, the Chuck
Prophet-produced Translated from Love in 2007. In 2008, Willis announced she was
taking some time off from the road. She made only sporadic appearances, usually
as a guest with
Robinson, but otherwise kept a low profile. She finally emerged from her
long silence with Cheater's Game, a collaborative album with her husband. The
set featured songs by Dave Alvin, Robert Earl Keen, Hayes Carll, and others; it
was released in in time for Valentine's Day in 2013. Critical and popular
reception of the recording proved so promising, the two decided to collaborate
on another duets collection with the same producer. Our Year was released in the
spring of 2014. In 2018, Willis released her first solo effort since 2007; Back
Being Blue included ten songs, six written by Willis, with Robison serving
as producer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Willis
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Style musical : Contemporary Country, Traditional Country
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 02/1990 | SP MCA 53807 (US) | . | I Don't Want To Love You / Drive South |
| 02/1990 | SP MCA MCA-79002 (US) | . |
I Don't Want To Love You (But I Do) / Drive South |
| 06/1990 | SP MCA 75053 (US) | . | River Of Love / Red Sunset |
| 10/1990 | SP MCA MCAS7-53944 (US) | . | Looking For Someone Like You / I'm Just Lonely |
| 04/1991 | SP MCA MCAS7-54050 (US) | . | Baby Take A Piece Of My Heart / Standing By The River |
| 10/1991 | SP MCA MCAS7-54198 (US) | . | Heart That Love Forgot / Too Much Too Ask |
| 01/1992 | SP MCA MCAS7-54251 (US) | . | Settle For Love / Bang Bang |
| 06/1993 | SP MCA MCAS7-54678 (US) | . | Whatever Way The Wind Blows / World Without You |
| 09/1993 | SP MCA MCAS7-54733 (US) | . | Heaven's Just A Sin Away / Get Real |
| 1996 | CD A & M 31458 1851 2 (US) |
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FADING FAST - Fading Fast (LP version) / What World Are You Living In? / He Don't Care About Me / Aren't I True |
| 1998 | CD RYKODISC VRCD-0458 (US) (promo) |
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Take Me Down / When My Baby’s Beside Me |
| 1999 | CD RYKODISC VRCD 0458-2 (US) (promo) |
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Not Forgotten You |
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Albums
| 05/1990 | CD MCA MCAD-6390 (US) |
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WELL TRAVELLED LOVE - My Heart's In Trouble Tonight / Hole In My Heart / Don't Want To Love You (But I Do) / Looking For Someone Like You / Don't Be Afraid / River Of Love / I'm Just Lonely / One More Time / Drive South / Well Travelled Love / Red Sunset | ||
| 04/1991 | CD MCA MCAD-10141 (US) |
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BANG BANG - I'll Try Again / Too Much To Ask / Heart That Love Forgot / Sincerely (Too Late To Turn Back Now) / Baby Take A Piece Of My Heart / Bang Bang / Hidden Kings / Not Afraid Of The Dark / Standing By The River / Settle For Love | ||
| 1993 | CD MCA MCAD-10789 (US) |
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KELLY WILLIS - Take It All Out On You / Heaven's Just A Sin Away / One More Night / That'll Be Me / Whatever Way The Wind Blows / Get Real / I Know Better Now / Up All Night / World Without You / Shadows Of Love | ||
| 02/1999 | CD RYKODISC RCD-10458 (US) |
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WHAT I DESERVE - Take Me Down / What I Deserve / Heaven Bound / Talk Like That / Not Forgotten You / Wrapped / Cradle Of Love / Got A Feelin' For Ya / Time Has Told Me / Fading Fast / Happy With That / They're Blind / Not Long For This World | ||
| 1999 | CD RYKODISC RCD 10458 ADV (US) (promo) |
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WHAT I DESERVE - Take Me Down / What I Deserve / Heaven Bound / Talk Like That / Not Forgotten You / Wrapped / Cradle Of Love / Got A Feelin' For Ya / Time Has Told Me / Fading Fast / Happy With That / They're Blind / Not Long For This World | ||
| 09/2000 | CD MCA 088 170 153-2 (US) |
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ONE MORE TIME - Looking For Someone Like You / River Of Love / Don't Want To Love You (But I Do) / Sincerely (Too Late To Turn Back Now) / Baby Take A Piece Of My Heart / Heart That Love Forgot / I'll Try Again / Hidden Things / Little Honey / Heaven's Just A Sin Away / Get Real / Take It All Out On You / I Know Better Now / Whatever Way The Wind Blows | ||
| 08/2002 | CD RYKODISC RCD-10622 (US) |
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EASY - If I Left You / Easy (As Falling Apart) / What Did You Think / You Can't Take It With You / Getting To Me / Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim / Wait Until Dark / Find Another Fool / Not What I Had In Mind / Reason To Believe | ||
| 2002 | CD RYKODISC P2A 310622 (US) (promo) |
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EASY - If I Left You / Easy (As Falling Apart) / What Did You Think / You Can't Take It With You / Getting To Me / Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim / Wait Until Dark / Find Another Fool / Not What I Had In Mind / Reason To Believe | ||
| 10/2003 | CD Boar's Nest 33 (US) |
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS - KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON - Santa Baby / A Winter's Tale / In The Bleak Midwinter / Baby, It's Cold Outside / The Christmas Waltz / Please Daddy, Don't Get Drunk / Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | ||
| 02/2005 | CD GEEZINSLAW GEEZ CD 2004-01 (US) |
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THE ECLECTIC HORESMEN - The GEEZINSLAWS with WIllie NELSON & Kelly WILLIS & Kinky FRIEDMAN) - Put Another Log On The Fire / Big Harlan Taylor / Stairway To Heaven / I Gave Her My Ring / Doo Wacka Doo / My Way / It's In The Freezer / Thank You Miss Audrey (For Breaking Hanks Heart) / Copenhagen / Jesus Was A Capricorn / Marilyn & Joe / Twirl / Here Comes That Rainbow Again / If No News Is Good News | ||
| 08/2006 | CD RYKODISC RCD-10882 (US) |
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS - KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON - Santa Baby / Winter's Tale / In The Bleak Midwinter / Baby, It's Cold Outside / Christmas Waltz / Please Daddy, Don't Get Drunk / Blue Christmas / Shut In At Christmas / Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy / Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas / Oklahoma Christmas | ||
| 06/2007 | CD RYKODISC RCD-10886 (US) |
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TRANSLATED FOR LOVE - Nobody Wants To Go To The Moon Anymore / Sweet Little One / Don't Know Why / Teddy Boys / Losing You / Too Much To Lose / The More That I'm Around You / Sweet Sundown / Success / Stone's Throw Away / I Must Be Lucky / Translated From Love | ||
| 02/2013 | CD PREMIUM / THIRTY TIGERS 499093 (US) |
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CHEATER'S GAME - KELLY WILLIS & BRUCE ROBISON - Cheater's Game / Border Radio / We're All The Way / Long Way Home / 9,999,999 Tears / Leavin' / But I Do / No Kinda Dancer / Lifeline / Ordinary Fool / Born To Roll / Waterfall / Dreamin' | ||
| 02/2013 | LP 12" & CD PREMIUM ? (US) |
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CHEATER'S GAME - KELLY WILLIS &
BRUCE ROBISON :
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| 05/2014 | CD PREMIUM 225593 (US) |
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Our Year - BRUCE ROBISON - KELLY WILLIS - Departing Louisiana / Motor City Man / Carousel / Lonely For You / A Hangin' On / Shake Yourself Loose / Harper Valley PTA / Anywhere But Here / I'll Go to My Grave Loving You / This Will Be Our Year | ||
| 05/2018 | CD PREMIUM 34245CD (US) |
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Back Being Blue - Back Being Blue / Only You / Fool's Paradise / Modern World / Freewheeling / Afternoon's Gone Blind / What The Heart Doesn't Know / I'm A Lover (Not A Fighter) / We'll Do It For Love Next Time / Don't Step Away |
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| 06/2019 | CD The Next Waltz MTM-002 (US) |
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Beautiful Lie - BRUCE ROBISON & KELLY WILLIS - If I Had A Rose / Astrodome / Nobody's Perfect / One Dime At A Time / Beautiful Lie / Can't Tell Nobody Nothin' / Coming Down / Lost My Best / Brand New Me / Heartache To Houston |
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