Aside from being a kick ass performance troupe, brilliant musicians and worthy writers, the men of Reckless Kelly are master marketers. They have over 140,000 fans on their Facebook page, and that ain’t easy. They are a perpetual motion machine, touring incessantly. The brand new album, Good Luck & True Love, comes out today. Yippee! The album packaging is wonderful, imaginative, as it always is with these guys. They patterned it with an old timey motif. You remember those art deco scales that told your weight and gave you your fortune? Yeah, it’s like that. This album’s artwork recalls the days of silent films and arcades and sideshows. And then there is the music. It is a tasty, controlled, and tight album. After all, the band has been cranking ‘em out for fifteen years. We debuted one of the songs that is on the new CD a while back, “I Never Liked St. Valentine,” which Willy wrote with Todd Snider. If you missed it, watch it here. Actually, if you've seen it, watch it again! And there are lots of moving parts for the purchase of this album, including vinyl and even a thematic guitar.
Reckless Kelly is playing their album release show tonight at intrepid Austin venue Antone’s, where you know they will rock the house. They are calling it the CD "Relief" Party, and are donating 100% of the door to fire relief for the families here in Central Texas that have lost everything in the wildfires that have swept the Austin area. The money will go to two local charities in Bastrop, Texas. They head out west soon, as they will be appearing again at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco on October 1st, among lots of other dates on the road. If you have never seen them, well, you have to promise me you will. They tour all the time and you will have a blast!
Music Fog most recently recorded Cody and Willy Braun during MusicFest at Steamboat in January 2011. The song that we bring you today is not from the new album, but is a favorite from Wicked Twisted Road. Our version is with just the two Brauns, and it is haunting and beautiful. Here is “Seven Nights In Eire.”
- Jessie Scott
