Gabriel Kelley - Only Thing To Do

OK, so this isn't a new song.  But it is new to me.  And the rules of Music Truffler blog are that if they aren't new, they should be songs that are rarely heard.  This track by Nashville based and Georgia raised Gabriel Kelly - The Only Thing To Do - comes from his debut album, It Don't Come Easy.  And it certainly didn't for Kelley, who had to raise the majority of the funds ($26,000) with a Kickstarter campaign.  But he was stubborn and committed and grafted for 6 years to get it exactly how he wanted it. 

Even thought he might be relatively unknown over here in the UK, he has received some good write ups in the music press and on line.  His work has been described as having the ability to blend "Harvest era Neil Young songcraft with a modern day approach to mine his own emotions in the creation of powerful songs." 

Over in the UK during June, and playing around London, most of us sadly won't have had the opportunity to catch him, and I have no idea when he will be coming over gain.  But the album is certainly worth checking out... as is the wonderful video to Only Thing To Do.


http://www.gabrielkelley.com