Channel Islands-- The Concerts by the Sea attendees got a special treat Saturday, August 27, as Kelly’s Lot filled in for Ray Jaurique & The Uptown Brothers, that had to cancel for unforeseen circumstances and delivered a solid blues performance.
KELLY’S Lot performed great original songs packed with heart that got the crowd celebrating and dancing.
Singer/Songwriter Kelly Zirbes said she got the call Thursday, 25, to step in for Ray Jaurique.
“Ray Jaurique & The Uptown Brothers is one of my favorite bands,” Kelly said.
Kelly said writing a Blues song is digging deep about something you lack, desire, or want, you’re not getting, or someone has been taken away from you.
“I have a lot of songs about that because my Mother was a single Mother with five kids,” she said. “I write a lot about my Mom.”
Kelly noted her song “Woe is Me” is about her.
“It’s a parody on blaming, but it’s always me,” she said. “I do write political songs and songs about people and what they’re going through. I don’t write a lot about me.”
She asks her Facebook friends to give her a word then she’ll write a song in about…
