Tour Dates
5/21 Diamond Joe Casino - Northwood Iowa (w/Jamie O'Neal)
6/11 CMA Fest - Nashville, TN (wJamie O'Neal)
6/24 Red River Exhibition - Winnepeg, MB (w/Collin Raye)
6/25 Chippewa Valley Country Fest - Eau Claire, WI (w/Collin Raye)
6/26 Turtle Creek State Park - Manhattan, KS (w/Collin Raye)
7/4 Independence Fair - Shreveport, LA (w/Collin Raye)
7/6 Los Angeles, CA - The Tonight Show (w/Billy Ray Cyrus)
7/7 Los Angeles, CA - KTLA (w/Billy Ray Cyrus)
7/9 Waukegan, WI (w/Jamie O'Neal)
7/10 Indian Ranch - Webster, MA (w/Collin Raye)
7/13 New York, NY - The View (w/Billy Ray Cyrus)
7/14 New York, NY - Fox & Friends (w/Billy Ray Cyrus)
7/15 New York, NY - Jimmy Fallon (w/Billy Ray Cyrus)
7/21 Independence Fair - Batesville, AR (w/Collin Raye)
7/22 Indianapolis (w/Jamie O'Neal)
7/23 Indianapolis (w/Jamie O'Neal)
7/30 Oregon Jamboree - Sweet Home, OR (w/Collin Raye)
7/31 Oregon Jamboree - Sweet Home, OR (w/Laura Bell Bundy)
8/5 Schuykill Fair - Summitt Station, PA (w/Collin Raye)
9/4 Schaghticoke Fair - Schaghticoke, NY (w/Jamie O'Neal)
9/9-9/10 Gstaad Festival - Switzerland (w/Laura Bell Bundy)
9/24 Carlisle Theater - Carlisle, PA (w/Collin Raye)
9/30 TBA - Holland, MI (w/Collin Raye)
10/1 TBA - Colomo, MI (w/Collin Raye)
10/22 Harbor Amphitheater - Rockwall, TX (w/Collin Raye)
11/1-11/12 Desert Star Playhouse - Murray, UT (w/Collin Raye)
12/11 Edgewater Casino - Laughlin NV (w/Jamie O'Neal)
4-16-11
The 3rd Annual Stars Go Blue benefit show on March 16th was a huge success raising $41,000! This years show was extra fun as we had a couples theme complete with songs, laughter and marital advice. Josh and Jennifer Turner, Linda Davis and husband Lang Scott, Paul and Jamie Martin and Nan and I rounded out a great cast of singers, songwriters and performers. Storme Warren hosted and we made him bring his beautiful wife Allison, to keep the theme going from all angles. Take a look at the pictures and you'll see how much fun was had by all! The proceeds again went to the Blue Note Fund (www.bluenotefund.com) which gives financial assistance to colon cancer patients in need. Many thanks to everyone involved, the artists, the staff at the Hall of Fame, Kim Detwiller, Daniel Prewitt, Joy Mangrum, Lisa Lancaster, Ryan Joseph, Ric Simenson, all our sponsors and the list goes on. It takes so many people to pull this event together and I'm proud of everyone involved.
I'll be on the road with Collin Raye, Jamie O'Neal and Laura Bell Bundy this year, so check their web sites for the dates and if we're in your neck of the woods please come by and say hello. All three of these artists are great people as well as entertainers and I can promise you a good time at any show!
I've just finished Ryan Joseph's EP and you can hear some clips on the discography page. Ryan is one of the best fiddlers in Nashville and sings a unique mix of country, pop and bluegrass to round out this project. In addition to playing his own shows, he's on tour with Chris Cagle this year as well as Laura Bell Bundy. Learn more about Ryan at www.ryanjosephofficial.com
Next up....Tay Humphrey. We'll be going in to record his first EP in the next few weeks and should be wrapped up by the end of May. Tay is another great artist with a combination of attitude, grit and soul and I'm looking forward to getting his music out there to you, check him out at www.tayhumphrey.com
Wishing you all a good spring and good health!
02-17-11
Stars Go Blue 2011 is on! March 16 at 7:00 pm at the Ford Theater inside the Country Music Hall of Fame
We're off and running again for the Stars Go Blue show this year and I'm excited about the line up and the concept. We're going with a 'couples of country music' theme and Nan has agreed to perform with me for the first time since we started this benefit! So, we'll sing a few originals and a few classic duets together along with Josh Turner and his wife Jennifer and Linda Davis and her husband Lang Scott. Josh is of course one of the Grand Ol Opry's newest members and has had a string of hits in the last few years and Jennifer tours with him as the keyboardist of the band. In addition to having her own career, both Linda and Lang toured with Reba McEntire. They are also the very proud parents of Hillary Scott, who is part of the trio Lady Antebellum. Congrats to them for their Grammy awards last week!
Once again we'll have hand painted bar stools by the artists and a reception to follow. Proceeds go to the Blue Note Fund which has officially starting taking applications and will deliver the first gifts of monetary assistance to patients this spring. Very happy that this has become a reality and it would not have happened without the support of everyone at the Colon Cancer Alliance and in particular, Jeannie Moore who is part of the patient support team. The Blue Note Fund has been a big dream for her too and I'm proud that she's a part of it! And, most importantly, it has happened because of those who have donated to the fund, without you, it's nothing more than a dream, but because of your generosity, we will truly be helping some people fight cancer and helping to save some lives!
So, if you happen to be around Nashville in March or if you want to take a trip to Tennessee to see the show, it promises to be a good time! www.thestarsgoblue.com
Good health to everyone!
CK
Links to Articles about the Event
http://blog.gactv.com/blog/tag/the-colon-cancer-alliance/
http://askjimmycarter.blogspot.com/2011/02/colon-cancer-alliance-announces-3-rd.html
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/87092/the-stars-go-blue-once-again-for-the-colon-cancer- http://www.musicrow.com/2011/02/stars-go-blue-benefit-concert/
http://www.looktothestars.org/news/5774-country-stars-go-blue-for-colon-cancer-charity
http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EntertainmentNews.aspx?Section=2&Id=1549889&SM=1
12/10/10
Just in time for Christmas , Nan and I have recorded a new song. It's a happy, little Christmas number sure to make you tap your feet or maybe even get up and dance around the tree! I wrote the song with LynnMarie a couple years ago and but never released it, so Nan and I decided to record it and get it out there. You can get the track and add to your Christmas playlist at www.charliekelley.bandcamp.com Merry Christmas!
10/12/10
Less Of An Ass is now available for download! This song was written in direct response to a friends comment on my impending colon cancer surgery in 2008. Mike Zimmerman, asked if I would be less of an ass%#@& after I recovered from having about a foot of my colon removed....yeah he's one of those funny guys! No comments from the peanut gallery please! I'm sure there are plenty of you out there who doubt the surgery's effectiveness including Nan most of all...right baby! Well, it worked on my colon, but as for my personality, well, you'll have to be the judge of that!
Go to http://charliekelley.bandcamp.com to check it out. The download fee is only $1 or you can make a larger donation. Either way, your help is greatly appreciated, you are providing hope in a difficult time.
Written with my friend Peter Cooper, the song addresses the way that a surgery can affect you in more ways than just the physical. It was a fun song to write and Peter's wit really shined through, he's a great talent not to be overlooked. So check him out at www.petercoopermusic.com.
The release of the song has been timed in conjunction with the founding of the Blue Note Fund. This fund will help give hope and a little financial assistance to those in need that are battling colon cancer. The fight against any cancer can put a big dent in your finances. I learned this first hand when my wife Nan Kelley and I battled two different cancers in the same year. We were swamped with bills even though we had insurance. I knew that I needed to find a way to help others going through this often, "too embarrassing to talk about" type of disease. So, I initiated the creation of the Blue Note Fund with the Colon Cancer Alliance to help others who might need a leg up. The money from every download of Less Of An Ass will go straight into this fund and directly to a patient in need. If you ever wondered where your donations go, with the Blue Note Fund, you can be sure that your contributions do not end up covering office expenses and salaries. In this case, your financial assistance will help someone cover a mortgage payment, utility bills, even travel expenses to and from treatments. The last thing you want to think about when your fighting cancer, is a bill you can't pay.
Thank you!
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