"You often write songs with collaborators that you would never write by yourself. 4ft 9in (145 cm) Dolly Parton. Name: Paul Maurice Kelly; Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 13 January, 1955; Australian singer and songwriter; One of eight children; Chart stoppers include 'Dumb Things' and 'To Her Door' Quote: 'Songwriting is mysterious to me. In August, after Armiger left for The Sports and Ford for The Kevins, Kelly formed Paul Kelly and the Dots with Langman and Lloyd. [68][96] He has won six Country Music Awards from the Country Music Association of Australia,[230][231] and four Mo Awards (Australian entertainment industry). Kelly, always one to recognise this, has released a book of his song lyrics, called 'Don't Start Me Talking'. "We'd just chuck ideas around and he'd pick the best bits. "[213] Kelly and The Stormwater Boys recorded it in a bluegrass style as the title track for the 2005 album Foggy Highway. They released their self-titled debut album in March, with each member contributing by composing the music and Kelly providing lyrics. [61] Due to possible racist connotations, the band changed its name for international releases to Paul Kelly and the Messengers. [125] In 2002 and 2003 two tribute albums of Kelly's songs were released: Women at the Well featured songs performed by female artists, including Bic Runga, Jenny Morris, Renée Geyer, Magic Dirt, Rebecca Barnard (Rebecca's Empire), Christine Anu, and Kasey Chambers;[30][126] and Stories of Me, which featured fellow songwriters James Reyne, Mia Dyson, and Jeff Lang. Memphis Kelly starred alongside her parents in the Rachel Perkins short film, One Night the Moon (2001), for which Paul Kelly composed the score. Paul's height in pictures and videos seem to show him taller than he really is. [61] DeGagne observed a style similar to Elvis Costello and Steve Forbert, and said the album provided "acoustically bright story songs and character-based tales with unlimited substance". [53] A recording of the concerts was released by ABC Music as a DVD and a double CD, Before Too Long, with a bonus CD featuring original songs by Kelly, on 19 February 2010. Shakespeare engineered the album and co-produced with Kelly. [28][47] Kelly's involvement in the Melbourne drug culture—he described his heroin addiction as "a long period of occasional use"—resulted in erratic performances. Paul Kelly Popularity . [181][182] In July that year, Kelly performed at Splendour in the Grass. [40][64] Forster indicated that the song demonstrated one of Kelly's finest qualities as a songwriter which is his unforced empathy. One of the last performances, on 20 September 2007 in Toowoomba, was filmed and released on DVD as Live Apples: Stolen Apples Performed Live in its Entirety Plus 16 More Songs, in April 2008. [98], Smoke was released by Paul Kelly with Uncle Bill; the latter is a Melbourne bluegrass band comprising Gerry Hale on guitar, dobro, mandolin, fiddle, and vocals; Adam Gare on fiddle, mandolin, and vocals; Peter Somerville on banjo and vocals; and Stuart Speed on double bass. [12] Paul's oldest sister, Anne, became a nun and went on to write hymns, while a younger sister, Mary-Jo, plays piano in Latin bands and teaches music. [186][187] Later that month, Kelly co-headlined a show with Neil Finn at Red Hill Auditorium in Perth; it was the first music concert at the new venue. His technique is … When I heard the finished version ... the hairs rose up on the back of my neck. [6], Although Kelly was raised as a Roman Catholic, he later described himself as a non-believer in any religion. [228][229], Paul Kelly has won several awards, including 16 ARIA Awards from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and three APRA Awards from either the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) alone or together with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers. Paul McCartney. [13], So Much Water So Close to Home was released in 1989 by Paul Kelly and the Messengers in all markets. The Canadian edition of the release included a four-song bonus EP of out-takes. [66] DeGagne noticed "a folk-filled tinge to each song, but the occasional quickened pace balances out these tunes rather nicely". [56], Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls were named through a joke based on Lou Reed's song "Walk on the Wild Side". [32] The 20-track album peaked at No. [105] These works have resulted in five award wins: ARIA 'Best Original Soundtrack' for Lantana (with Hadley, Haymes and O'Mara); Australian Film Institute (AFI) 'Open Craft Award', Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 'Best Music Score', and Screen Music Award 'Best Soundtrack Album' for One Night the Moon (with Mairead Hannan, Carmody, John Romeril, Deirdre Hannan, and Alice Garner); Valladolid International Film Festival 'Best Music' award for Jindabyne; and six further nominations. Sometimes a sequence of events happens which makes it more a story, but other times it's just that situation". Siân Darling is Kelly's de facto partner. Spencer et al, (2002), High Rise Bombers entry. [28][42], In an October 1982 interview with The Australian Women's Weekly, Kelly indicated he was more pleased with Manila than Talk as "It has more unity ... with this one we didn't have people dropping into the studio to play. [28], Since 1992 Paul Kelly has had a solo career, fronted the Paul Kelly Band, and worked in occasional collaborations with other songwriters and performers. [211] However, Kelly has been quoted as saying "Song writing is mysterious to me. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five. [17] David Fricke from Rolling Stone calls Kelly "one of the finest songwriters I have ever heard, Australian or otherwise. [68][69] Kelly met Kaarin Fairfax, his second wife, in 1988 and they married in 1993. Paula Kelly, Actress: The Red Skelton Show. Get it now. advocacy group, peaked at No. That's how I started writing songs with other people in mind". It's a way of dragging a song out of you that you wouldn't have come up with". [126], Kelly has written songs with and for numerous artists, including Mick Thomas, Geyer, Kate Ceberano, Vika and Linda Bull, Nick Cave, Nick Barker, Kasey Chambers, Yothu Yindi, Archie Roach, Gyan, Monique Brumby, Kelly Willis, Missy Higgins, and Troy Cassar-Daley. [172] Kelly's national 'More Songs from the South' tour in December 2009 included band members Vika Bull on vocals, Peter Luscombe on drums, Bill McDonald on bass guitar and backing vocals, Naylor on guitar, and Cameron Bruce on keyboards. Prior is also a journalist and university lecturer. Rock Singer. [13][49], Paul Kelly stayed with Don Walker (Cold Chisel) in Kings Cross – Walker had lived with Hilary's sister – and wrote new songs on Walker's piano. It's conversations that you have everyday [sic]". 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Kelly showed the timeless quality of his work, the way it spans generations, with a powerful performance of his ’80s song Dumb Things accompanied by Dan … On the album ...Nothing but a Dream, he preferred the opening track, "If I Could Start Today Again", to the radio single, "Somewhere in the City", and found the album generally to be "full of familiar Kelly riffs and trademarks". [175], Paul Kelly published his memoir, How to Make Gravy, via Penguin Books (Australia) on 22 September 2010. [28] Kelly's first television performance was "Billy Baxter" on the national pop show Countdown. Image Name Height; Brenda Lee. Example would be the Let it Be film. Paul Kelly Is A Member Of . [87], Kelly's first post-Messengers solo release was the live double CD Live, May 1992, released in November 1992. [44] After recording Post, Kelly established a full-time band, which included Armiger, Barclay, and Connolly, bass guitarist Jon Schofield, and keyboardist Peter Bull. [17][18] An older brother, Martin, works for Edmund Rice International,[19][20] with another brother, Tony, a drug and alcohol counsellor, who ran as an Australian Greens candidate in the 2001 and 2004 federal elections. [183] On 15 December 2010 he was inducted into The Age EG Awards Hall of Fame. [217], Paul Kelly's first marriage (1980–1984) was to Hilary Brown; the couple had a son, Declan, who later worked as a radio presenter on 3RRR's Against the Arctic from 2006. He always wore shoes with thick heels. "[31] He has resisted the label of 'storyteller' and insists that his songs are not strictly autobiographical; "they come from imagining someone in a particular situation. [16], Josephine raised the younger children alone after John's death, but found time to assist others in need. APRA named "To Her Door", solely written by Kelly,[64] and "Treaty", written by Kelly and members of Yothu Yindi,[79] in their Top 30 best Australian songs of all time in 2001. In March 2014, Wishful performed at the Port Fairy Folk Festival. In 1990, as Mary-Jo Starr, a country music artist, Fairfax released three singles, and an album, Too Many Movies. [196] The Australian Financial Review's Katrina Strickland described the documentary as "not a critique of his music, nor an intrusive look at his personal life" which uses a "much less linear approach to the life of a musician whose career has spanned four decades". He finds such songs more difficult to write but believes he has started to do so. [50] By January 1985, he recorded the self-funded album—at a cost of $3,500—Post. 38. They have three children together: Adrian, Lulu, and Gabriel. A live show is never just knocked together ... the details are always careful". [25][44], Kelly dedicated Post to his former flatmate, Hewson, who had died of a heroin overdose in January. [66] The album became his first number-one album and won him four ARIA Awards at that year's ceremony. Paul Kelly will celebrate 81st birthday on a Saturday 19th of June 2021. [188] In May his memoir, How to Make Gravy, was short-listed for the Prime Minister's Literary Award in the non-fiction category; while in July it was co-winner of 'Biography of the Year' at the Australian Book Industry Awards – with Anh Do's The Happiest Refugee. "[61] In 2010 Carmody and Kelly's "From Little Things Big Things Grow" was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia Registry. [191] Nui Te Koha of Sunday Herald Sun declared "Kelly, an integral part of Melbourne folklore and its music scene, and a noted footy tragic, deserved his place on the Grand Final stage – which has been long overdue ... broadcaster Seven's refusal to show Kelly's performance, except the last verse of 'Leaps and Bounds', was no laughing matter". [197], During February and March 2013, Kelly and Neil Finn undertook a collaborative tour of Australia. [76] This version included samples from speeches by Prime Ministers Paul Keating in 1992 and Kevin Rudd in 2008. In high school, he was dubbed Bono Vox which signified that he had a great voice. Michael Armiger, Connolly, and Frawley were in her backing tour band, The Drive-in Motel. 7 on the albums chart,[66] and achieved gold record status. [199] Later in March, Kelly toured New Zealand with Dan Kelly to promote Spring and Fall by playing in church venues.[200]. [23], Kelly attended Rostrevor College, a Christian Brothers school, where he played trumpet and studied piano, became the first XI cricket captain, played in the first XVIII football (Australian rules), and was named dux of his senior year. "[207], Paul Kelly has been acknowledged as one of Australia's best singer-songwriters. Height: 180 cm (5' 11'') Weight: in kg - N/A: Eye Color: N/A: Hair Color: N/A: Blood Type: N/A: Tattoo(s) N/A: Paul Kelly. [66] Kelly also composed music for the 1994 film Everynight ... Everynight, directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos. I still feel like a total beginner. [141] The 105 tracks are listed alphabetically, and were typically performed over four nights. For the Irish musician, see, Paul Kelly & the Dots' first charting single, ", Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls' highest charting single, ", Paul Kelly recorded a version of "Foggy Highway" for, 1974–1984: Early career and with the Dots, 2000–2009: Soundtracks and tribute albums. It peaked at No. [30] It peaked at No. 15, with singles chart success for "Before Too Long" which peaked at No. Exact sum is $20000000. [28], In 1991 the band released Comedy, which peaked at No. [84][85] Kelly co-wrote "Hey Boys" with Mark Seymour (Hunters & Collectors) for the soundtrack of the 1992 Australian film, Garbo; when released as a single it peaked at No. [Langman never played with the High Rise Bombers and is incorrectly listed as a guitarist on the Melbourne Club album]. Spencer et al, (2002), Kelly, Paul and the Coloured Girls entry. I was incredibly nervous. [133] Sian Prior sang with the Boon Companions on the Fireflies track "Los Cucumbros", which later appeared on Stardust Five. [131] In February ABC Television started broadcasting the series Fireflies, which featured a score by Kelly and Stephen Rae. [151] Kelly toured North America again in 2006,[152] appearing together with The Waifs at clubs and festivals in several US states and the Canadian province of Alberta. But I felt if we had kept going it would have got formulaic and that's why I broke it up. [196] The film is an intimate portrait of Kelly that follows his 40-year career as Australia's foremost singer-songwriter. [45] Paul Kelly and the Dots supplied "Rocking Institution" for its soundtrack and Kelly added to the score. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He also wrote "Personally", which has been widely-covered, and was a hit for soul singer [28][44] Armiger soon left, and the Coloured Girls line-up stabilised in late 1985 as Barclay, Bull, Connolly, and Schofield. Paul Kelly, singer and songwriter, was born 19th June 1940, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. Paul was singing in local groups The Spades and The Valadeers by the time he was a teenager.His first professional break came in the early '60's when Clarence Reid invited him to join his group The Del-Mires. The song is used in this film as a vehicle to explore the characters' interior worlds, something very unusual for a film". It's as if she was never there."[225]. The line-up included Missy Higgins, John Butler, Paul Dempsey (Something for Kate), Katy Steele (Little Birdy), Bob Evans, Ozi Batla (The Herd), Dan Kelly, Clare Bowditch, Jae Laffer (The Panics), Adalita Srsen (Magic Dirt), Dan Sultan, and Megan Washington interpreting Kelly's songs, with members of Augie March as the backing band and Ashley Naylor as musical director. 30 on the list. One for every song! She is a big fan of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. by Paul Kelly. [64] It highlights the Gurindji Strike and Vincent Lingiari as part of the Indigenous Australian struggle for land rights and reconciliation. [145][146] On 26 March 2006 Kelly performed at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Melbourne, singing "Leaps and Bounds" and "Rally Around the Drum". [35] Kelly was introduced to Hilary Brown at one of the Dots' gigs and they later married – the relationship is described in "When I First Met Your Ma" (1992). [28][99] Smoke was issued on Kelly's new label, Gawdaggie, through EMI Records in October 1999, and peaked at No. 36. He became involved in the pub rock scene and drug culture, and recorded two albums with Paul Kelly and the Dots. Geminis. His 2017 set Life is Fine found Kelly at a new creative high. Trivia. [218] For Paul Kelly: Stories of Me Declan recalled his feelings whenever he hears "When I First Met Your Ma", which describes Kelly's courtship of Hilary. 45. [31] In 1976, Kelly appeared on Debutantes, a compilation album featuring various Melbourne-based artists, and joined pub-rockers The High Rise Bombers from 1977 to 1978. Spencer et al, (2002), Kelly, Paul Band entry. Songs from the South 1985–2019. United States. [80] Paul Kelly and the Messengers gave their last performance in August 1991, with Kelly set to pursue a solo career. [26] Kelly spent several years working odd jobs, travelling around the country and learning guitar before he moved to Melbourne in 1976.[27][28]. [32] Kelly returned to Australia in 1993 and wrote a collection of lyrics, aptly titled Lyrics, which opens with a quote from Anton Chekhov: "I don't have what you would call a philosophy or coherent world view so I shall have to limit myself to describing how my heroes love, marry, give birth, die and speak. 23 on the ARIA albums charts. [219], Kelly was in a relationship with Sian Prior, a journalist, university lecturer and opera singer, from 2002 to 2011. [66] It won three awards from the Victorian Country Music Association: 'Best Group (Open)', 'Best Group (Victorian)', and 'Album of the Year' in 2000. And in 1974 another hit with "Hooked, Hogtied & Collared" from the album with the same title. [205], On 5 February 2020, Kelly released a single titled, "Sleep, Australia, Sleep". Paul Kelly Quick Facts. [15] Kelly's grandparents started the Italo-Australian Opera Company, which toured the country in the 1920s. It was issued in August 1982, but had no chart success. The maid told police that Raymond got up but that Kelly grabbed him … Records. Both were members of Stardust Five, which released a self-titled album in 2006. [62] The song was included on the soundtrack for the 1988 Yahoo Serious film Young Einstein. Buy/Stream now. 'I've decided I want to be single again,' he told her. [28] In 1992 he was asked to compose songs for Funerals and Circuses, a Roger Bennett play about racial tensions in small-town Australia. [28] Kelly's second anthology of lyrics entitled Don't Start Me Talking was first published in 1999, with subsequent songs appended in the 2004 edition. [39] The band released their debut single "Recognition" in 1979, which did not reach the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart top 50. Who is Paul Kelly His song "We Got Love" was covered by singer Mavis Staples on her 1979 album Oh What A Feeling. PaulKelly.lnk.to. In August 2018, Kelly announced the release of a new album, Nature, in October. Paul Kelly has been described as the poet laureate of Australian music. The couple had a son Harper Simon in 1972 and divorced in 1975. [132] The associated soundtrack CD, Fireflies: Songs of Paul Kelly, included tracks by Kelly, Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions, Professor Ratbaggy, and Paul Kelly with Uncle Bill. [32][131] Bramwell was impressed with their live performance in May: "Kelly steers and shapes not only his music, but the way he presents it. [65], Another single, "Dumb Things", was released in early 1989 and attained No. I don’t feel like I have got it nailed yet.' Paul Kelly Lambing TimeWritten By Paul Kelly & Andy CoxVideo Produced By Steve Bloor Media, Directed By Andy Cox I'm fifty pounds underweight, and I've been drinking." Actor, Singer, Writer, and Director, PHILIP PAUL KELLY, has been performing most of his life. Less now". Spencer et al, (2002), Kelly, Paul and the Dots entry. Since 1976, Paul David Hewson (popularly known as Bono) has been the lead singer of the rock band U2. He was not well enough to play sport with me. Find out Paul Kellynet worth 2020, salary 2020 detail bellow. [61] The same short story was used for the 2006 film, Jindabyne, for which Kelly composed the soundtrack. Rock Singer. [157][158], Kelly made his first appearance at the Big Day Out concerts across Australia in early 2008,[159] while in March he performed at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. [28] AllMusic's Brett Hartenbach noted that Kelly's band had fleshed out his songs in the studio, but he was still able to show "his vignettes of life, love, and the underbelly of both have plenty of power on their own". Ozzy Osbourne married the TV host and the multi-talented woman Sharon Osbourne in 1982. In September 2019, Kelly performed at the MCG in the Virgin Australia Pre-Game Show at the 2019 Toyota AFL Grand Final Day. The film was part of the Official Selection at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2012[237] and the Canberra International Film Festival in that year. [72] DeGagne preferred "Everything's Turning to White" and "Sweet Guy" to the other album tracks, which "seem a little weak in the content department". I don't feel like I have got it nailed yet". Paul Kelly (Irish musician) (born 1957), Irish traditional, bluegrass and country musician. [38] Their son, Declan, was born in 1980. Currently, Paul Kelly is 80 years, 9 months and 15 days old. [28][32] The album featured a mix of old and new Kelly songs treated in classic bluegrass fashion. His biographical film, Paul Kelly: Stories of Me, directed by Ian Darling, was released to cinemas in October 2012. Kelly has won 14 Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards, including his induction into their Hall of Fame in 1997. [177] The related audio book on 16×CDs has Kelly joined by Australian actors, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Judy Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ben Mendelsohn each reading a chosen chapter. She was married to Richard L. Turner and Harold Dickinson. [31], His first published song, "It's the Falling Apart that Makes You", was written after listening to Van Morrison's Astral Weeks at the age of 19,[24] although in an interview with Drum Media he recalled writing his first unpublished song: "It was an open-tuning and had four lines about catching trains. Kelly's Top 40 singles include "Billy Baxter", "Before Too Long", "Darling It Hurts", "To Her Door" (his highest-charting local hit in 1987), "Dumb Things" (appeared on United States charts in 1988), and "Roll on Summer". [11] Paul Kelly was thirteen years old when his father died. EMI released a DVD, Paul Kelly – The Video Collection 1985–2008,[165][166] a collection of Kelly's home videos made over the past 23 years. '"[225] The split occurred after she had filmed her interview and "after the breakup, [she] requested the footage not be used. [32] DeGagne noted that "[it] bursts at the seams with blustery, distinguished tunes captivating both the somberness and the intrigue thrown forward from this fine Australian storyteller". The Merri Soul Sessions was released December 2014, and features contributions from the Bull sisters, Kira Puru, Clairy Browne and Dan Sultan. [42] Problems with his marriage and drug use disrupted his career, and by 1984 the marriage had broken up. 's girlfriend? Also included are several live performances. Dan Kelly, his nephew, is a singer and guitarist in his own right. 8. Country Singer, Singer. Kelly collaborated with members of indigenous band Yothu Yindi to write "Treaty", which peaked at No. [10] John Kelly died in 1968 at the age of 52, after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease three years earlier. [143], In June 2005 Kelly put together Timor Leste – Freedom Rising, a collaboration of Australian artists donating new recordings, unreleased tracks, and b-sides to make connections between a wide range of music to raise money for environmental, health, and education projects in East Timor (Timor-Leste). [101], In 1999 Kelly formed the band Professor Ratbaggy with Hadley (bass guitar, backing vocals), Haymes (keyboards, organ, backing vocals) and Luscombe (drums). The Rock Party released a 12" single, "Everything to Live For", which was produced by Joe Wissert, Phil Rigger, and Phil Beazley. Adult Alternative Pop/Rock Alternative/Indie Rock Contemporary Singer/Songwriter. His nephew Dan Kelly is also a famous singer/guitarist in Australia, playing with Paul on his latest album, and releasing an album of his own. Kelly moved to Sydney by 1985, where he formed Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. There's a poem by James Fenton, a British poet, called "The Mistake", which is probably an influence on the lyrics. Dan performed with Kelly on Ways and Means and Stolen Apples. At the end of the 1980s, Kelly returned to Melbourne, and in 1991 he disbanded the Messengers. [96] Kelly won the 'Best Male Artist' award again in 1998, and has been nominated for the same award a further seven times. [168] In February, in response to hearing about the devastation to the Yarra Valley region of Victoria in Australia, Cohen and Kelly donated $200,000 to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal in support of those affected by the extensive Black Saturday bushfires that razed the area just weeks after their performance at the Rochford Winery for the A Day on the Green concert. [28][40] Rock music historian, Ian McFarlane described it as a "delightful, ska-tinged" track. [13][105] After the couple separated in 2001, Madeleine and Memphis stayed with Fairfax, but Kelly maintained contact with his daughters. Paradoxically, it can also be heard as a wake up call - a critique of the widespread attitude amongst humans that we are the most important life form on the planet. I can't really remember how it went – I remember I had a lot to drink afterwards from relief. [210] Tim Freedman (The Whitlams) acknowledges Kelly, Peter Garrett (Midnight Oil), and John Schumann (Redgum) as inspiring him by "[furnishing] our suburbs with our own myths and social history". [17][136] They met when Kelly was interviewed on her Sunday Arts ABC radio program. [66] The line-up for the majority of the tracks was Kelly, Mick Albeck (fiddle), James Gillard (bass guitar), Rod McCormack (guitar), Ian Simpson (banjo), and Trev Warner (mandolin). [28] "Darling It Hurts" peaked at No. [7][8] He is the great great grandson of Jeremiah Kelly, who emigrated from Ireland in 1852 and settled in Clare, South Australia. [37][51] Both Walker and Hewson encouraged Kelly to continue with his song-writing. Nominations include the ADG Award in 2013 for Best Documentary Feature and AACTA Award 2013 for Best Sound in a Documentary. [68] In September he announced that he had reacquired the rights to his old catalogue, including those originally released by Mushroom Records—later bought out by Warner Bros. 44 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. Below we countdown to Paul Kelly upcoming birthday. 15, and "Darling It Hurts" which reached No. Top-20 albums include Gossip, Under the Sun, Comedy, Songs from the South (1997 compilation), ...Nothing but a Dream, Stolen Apples, Spring and Fall, The Merri Soul Sessions, Seven Sonnets and a Song, Death's Dateless Night (with Charlie Owen), Life Is Fine – his first number-one album – and Nature. Women at the Well (2002) had 14 female artists record his songs in tribute. [28] Release was delayed by line-up changes and because Kelly was assaulted in Melbourne – he had his jaw broken. I thought about 'it' every day for a long time. She was inspired to perform by Gene Kelly. [41] Their debut album, Talk, followed in March 1981, which reached No. That year Kelly won two ARIA Awards, for best male artist and best adult contemporary album. [134][135] Prior, an opera singer, became Kelly's girlfriend in 2002. [28][32] The High Rise Bombers included Kelly (vocals, guitar, songwriter), Martin Armiger (guitar, vocals, songwriter), Lee Cass (bass guitar), Chris Dyson (guitar), Sally Ford (saxophone, songwriter), John Lloyd (drums), and Keith Shadwick (saxophone). [215] Kelly and Carmody's "From Little Things Big Things Grow" was analysed by Sydney University's Linguistics professor James R Martin. "[They] render the story as a narrative ... with the familiar Orientation, Complication, Evaluation, Resolution and Coda staging". [171], On 13 and 14 November, radio station Triple J presented a Kelly tribute concert—marking his 30th anniversary as a solo artist—at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne, and highlighted his contribution to Australian music. On 22 September 2010 Kelly released his memoir, How to Make Gravy, which he described as "it's not traditional; it's writing around the A–Z theme – I tell stories around the song lyrics in alphabetical order".