![]() His collaborator Steve Dawson confirmed the news in a post to Phelps’ Facebook. The result is ‘Brother Sinner and the Whale’, a record that may very well come to be recognized as the best of an already very impressive body of work. Kelly Joe Phelps, the celebrated singer-songwriter whose music blurred blues, country, and jazz, has died. Copyright 2006 by Pilgrim's Way Publishing. Together Phelps and the veteran producer embarked on a three-day recording odyssey that marked their fourth collaboration since Dawson played slide on ‘Slingshot Professionals’, produced ‘Tunesmith Retrofit’ and released ‘Western Bell’ after it proved too daring for Rounder Records. Lyrics from Crow's Nest by Kelly Joy Phelps from Tunesmith Retrofit. ![]() Three years later, his journey has wound its way to a recording studio in Vancouver, and Kelly Joe has once again beaten a path to Steve Dawson’s door with a new batch of songs tucked into his satchel that reflect both the new insights gained along the journey as well as things that have been dropped by the wayside. Kelly Joe PhelpsTunesmith Retrofit 2006 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group. Artist: Kelly Joe Phelps Title: Tunesmith Retrofit Year Of Release: 2006 Label: Rounder Genre: Blues, Blues Folk Quality: flac lossless (tracks) Total Time: 00:44:54 Total Size: 224 mb WebSite: Album Preview Tracklist 01.Kelly Joe Phelps has been doing lot of soul searching since his last record, ‘Western Bell’ came out in 2009. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupTunesmith Retrofit Tunesmith Retrofit A year and a half after his remarkable live album, Tap the Red Cane Whirlwind, Kelly Joe Phelps returns to the studio with his restless, searing, intimate vision and remarkable skills as both an instrumentalist and a songwriter. It’s a lonely road to go down and like the old gospel says, you’ve got to walk it for yourself. It’s as thin as the edge of a razor, the road separating Heaven from Hell, sin from salvation, redemption from despair.
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