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Stephen Paul "Steve" Kelly (6th August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his melodic and haunting songs. Although generally based around the acoustic guitar his recordings frequently feature self-arranged orchestral settings. His primary instrument is the guitar, though he is also proficient at keyboards and percussion. He records and produces his music himself.

He readily acknowledges that his work is influenced by artists such as Nick Drake, Lee Hazlewood, The Moody Blues and Nick Cave.

He has produced 15 albums to date.

He was born in North London in 1954.

He has worked in professional archaeology and co-authoured a book on a project at The Tower Of London.

He now resides in Ceredigion, Wales.

Biography
A Muswell Hillbilly boy !!!!

He was born in Alexandra Park Nursing Home, North London in 1954 and lived in Hornsey for 2 years before his family moved eastwards to Essex.

Steve's memories of the 1950s include the death of Buddy Holly - starting school - steam trains - his first tricycle - and his parents rock 'n' roll party's.

In 1963, with the advent of The Beatles he began to buy weekly music papers and became aware of the music associated with the Civil Rights Movement. Thus began a lifetime admiration for the work of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan.

He remembers the 1960s clearly, which of course means that he wasn't there - so he must have one hell of an imagination. Sometimes he mutters on about England winning the World Cup - but that can't be right - THAT must have been a dream - but then what isn't ?

Although always interested in politics and current affairs it was the miners' strike and the abolition of the Greater London Council during the mid 1980s that greatly politicised him. As a result he became involved in local politics for a number of years.

Between 1995 and 2002 he drifted into professional archaeology, the highlight being a co-authoured book 'Tower of London New Armouries Project' (published in 2006).

Steve rarely ventures forth from his lair apart from occasional forays to the living rooms and kitchens of unsuspecting victims.

Somewhat miraculously (considering that he suffers from stage fright, can't sing, can barely manage more than three chords and can't remember the lyrics to his songs) he performed several times at the very wonderful Catweazle Club in Oxford during 2000/2001. Stunned silence all round!

After being run out of Oxfordshire Steve skulked off to the equally wonderful Carmarthenshire - to keep ahead of the pack he has recently relocated to Ceredigion.

He'll run out of land if he moves any further westwards !!!!

A once upon a time archaeologist and full-time vegetarian (or vegehairian, as he likes to put it), Steve has played at numerous digs (yes digs, not gigs) across England (hello Eton, Witley Court, Bicester, Reading and various places in Kent for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link excavations) where people were very kind and fed him tea, biscuits and assorted chemicals in an effort to keep him quiet. It was not for the want of trying that they failed.

Steve has been married since 1972 and has four children and six grandchildren.

Incredibly he has fifteen albums to his name, all of which have sold in ridiculously small quantities. Undaunted, or to be more accurate stubbornly, Steve is now working on his sixteenth album provisionally titled 'Book Of Days' - it is unlikely to ever see the light of day - but, hey, it keeps him quiet !!!!!

Albums
2009 - The Gospel According To St.Eve 2008 - Tipping Point 2007 - Bedrock 2006 - Cinders In The Soup 2000 - Pushing The Envelope 1999 - Acoustic Shock Therapy 1998 - Sound 1997 - Hard Disc Prosody 1996 - The King Of The Strange 1996 - Scuffed Rainbows 1995 - Boss 1995 - Skin Beat 1994 - Populuxe 1994 - The Long Slow Curve 1993 - Postcards From A Dream