RECKLESS KELLY BRINGS "EXPLOSIVE" LIVE SHOW TO NASHVILLE'S THIRD & LINDSLEY OCTOBER 30

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — When Willy Braun, frontman and principal songwriter for the Grammy-winning band, Reckless Kelly, began writing songs for Long Night Moon, he quickly found a theme emerging. “About halfway through writing this record, I noticed that almost all of the songs I was writing, whether they were songs about the road, life, or love, had something to do with traveling. It started as an accident and I decided to just go with it. Before we knew it, there was a definite theme.” It’s honest, original and constantly evolving.

The group is known for their explosive live shows and a passion for making albums of substance. Long Night Moon is no exception to this rule.

“Reckless Kelly’s Long Night Moon twists and turns like an endless highway. Bandleader Willy Braun recently spoke with CMT Edge about evolving as a songwriter, working with steel guitarist Lloyd Maines and the band’s excellent new country-rock album.”

— CMT / The Edge

“Again, Reckless Kelly has delivered a complete album; substantive, and authentic with expert musicianship and story songs crafted by a thoughtful lyricist.” 

— The Daily Country

Reckless Kelly is set to bring their show to Nashville's 3rd & Lindsley on Thursday, October 30 @ 8:00 p.m.  Joining Reckless Kelly will be Mickey & The Motorcars.

Reckless Kelly's 8th studio album, Long Night Moon, is the follow-up to 2011's Grammy nominated Good Luck & True Love, which took home four Lone Star Music Awards, and sent three singles to #1 on Texas Radio.

Produced by band members Willy & Cody Braun, along with Lead Guitarist David Abeyta, Long Night Moon was mixed by Ray Kennedy (Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris), and features additional instrumentation from legendary steel guitar player Lloyd Maines, as well as Bukka Allen (piano, organ) and Jeff Plankenhorn (dobro).

New Music: "Good Luck and True Love" - Reckless Kelly

This one's actually been out since September, but I just found out about it and thought I'd pass it onto you.

CD: "Good Luck and True Love"

Artist: Reckless Kelly

Release: 2011
Label: No Big Deal Records

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Track Listing:

1. Give It A Try

2. Save Me From Myself

3. Guarded Heart 

4. She Likes Money, He Likes Love 

5. I Never Liked St. Valentine

6. Weatherbeaten Soul

7. Good Luck & True Love

8. I Stayed Up All Night Again

9. New Moon Over Nashville

10. Hit The Ground Runnin'

Reckless Kelly To Release Independent CD on September 13

RECKLESS KELLY
RETURN WITH ‘GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE’
TO BE INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED SEPTEMBER 13 

 RECKLESS KELLY--known for straddling rock and country with strong songs and performances--are returning September 13 with their ninth album GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE on their own No Big Deal Records label.  GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE marks the Austin-based band’s first studio album of all-new material since 2008’s BULLETPROOF and is the follow-up to their 2010 release SOMEWHERE IN TIME, a tribute to one of their songwriter heroes, Pinto Bennett.  Both of those albums hit the top 5 on the Billboard “Heatseekers” chart and top 20 on the Americana charts and SOMEWHERE IN TIME was voted the #10 best album of the year by the Americana Music Association in 2010.  



After having released music via Sugar Hill and Yep Roc Records, RECKLESS KELLY--Willy Braun, lead vocals/rhythm guitar/Wurlitzer piano; Cody Braun, fiddle/mandolin/harmonica/bouzouki/harmony vocals; David Abeyta, lead guitar & piano; Jay Nazz, drums & percussion; and Chris Schelske, bass guitar--are now releasing the self-produced GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE on their own, and are now self-managed. “In 15 years as RECKLESS KELLY we've had to learn things the hard way and figure out what works for us and what doesn't,” says the band.  “Trial and error.  We've always recorded to 2-inch analogue tape and we've always earned our fans one at a time. (Grass roots baby!) Over the years we've dabbled in conventional methods of promotion, touring and, of course, recording. Starting a record company and releasing our own records is something we have strived for our entire carrier. Now we feel we are finally in the perfect position with our business and band and are doing just that.”



GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE is quintessential RECKLESS KELLY with a blend of the gritty and the sublime.  There are road songs ("Weatherbeaten Soul," "Hit The Ground Running"), tunes about music ("New Moon Over Nashville," "I Stayed Up All Night Again") and others about hard times (“Save Me From Myself”) and good old-fashioned heartbreak (“Give It A Try,” "Guarded Heart," "She Likes Money, He Likes Love" and "I Never Liked St. Valentine").  “Taking our old school approach a little bit further on this record, we made a rule that if someone in the band can't play it, it's not going on the record,” explains the band.  “We are proud to say that with the exception of an outstanding harmony vocal by our good friend Dani Flowers, we played every instrument on this record and tracked almost everything live.”



RECKLESS KELLY formed in Bend, OR in 1996 but quickly established themselves as a strong live act in and around Austin, TX and have been praised by Country Weekly for “injecting its hooky songs with rock ’n’ roll propulsion without sacrificing melody or meaning” (2009 review of Bulletproof).  Michael Corcoran of the Austin American Statesman called them “a rock band that writes country songs” and said "Bulletproof is an aggressive album with an anti-war song that outprotests James McMurtry. Even in the most stagnant of subgenres (alt-country), the Kellies strive to remain fresh…(6/11/08)”



Bulletproof earned the group a #1 Americana and #1 Texas Charts song spot with “Ragged As The Road.”  That album also earned them an Americana Music Association nomination for “Duo or Group of the Year(2009).”

Check out http://recklesskelly.com for upcoming tour dates and news