What's going on ?

I know it's been a few months since I entered anything here, so I might have to start backwards.

I have just been recovering from a nasty virus that had me coughing so hard it hurt. I also stupidly hurt my knee while dancing at a birthday party for 

three local friends. That'll never happen again. My dancing days are over, I'm not kidding! (I attempted the splits. It ended badly). 

The band is rehearsing tonight for the first time in a month, without the bass player, who isn't back from a family emergency. The house is so cold, too. 

All I feel like doing in these dark winter months is sit in front of the fireplace with a blanket. Maybe one of these days we'll be moving to a warmer climate.

There has been a lot of good music and new friends made, like the Mike Steed Band, who played a great set at the San Gregorio Store last month. 

They invited Jack to open for them at the Bistro the following week, and that was a lot of fun. That day, though, I had to take a class to renew my Notary

commission, and it was terrible! The instructor was a moron, and it lasted ALL DAY. The test was easy, and I passed. Yes, I do Notary work as a side job 

when I'm not touring Europe and the States promoting my wildly successful music. (Heehee).

I have a few new shows coming up, and that's a good thing. After the summer was over, we had nothing booked! It was a little discouraging. 

And it's hard to regain the momentum once the gigs are over. But here we go, and it will be fun!

See ya later!

The first week back from two weeks off the old day job really sucks! This can't be reality.....

So, we've been in an alternate universe for a bit, with a lot of music, fun, friends, and traveling. We went once again to see Gordon Lightfoot, 

and the shows were great, as well as hanging out with the band and their other friends after the shows. There's just nothing like a Gordon Lightfoot show! 

After all these years, he still has the energy and motivation to play music....hmmmm.

Then we went to Virginia City, Nevada for a couple of days, met our friends there and had a great jam at the Ponderosa Saloon. It is always hard to leave there, 

but we needed to head South to the LA area for the shows we did in Brea. We did go to vegas for about an hour to see the Elvis-A Rama Museum. It's going to 

be moving to Honolulu in October. There we met Cynthia Pepper, an actress who worked with Elvis in "Kissin Cousins". She was very nice.

After that we headed to Southern Cal, where we met Greg Patton, from Brea, and Sonia Milan, from Italy. Together they are called "Ameritalian", a

singer-songwriter duo. Fantastic guitar playing and wonderful harmonies. They are very nice people, too! They also had two back-up singers, Linda and Amy who

have very beautiful voices, and a guitar player named Jay. 

We played a theater there for two nights, and really fell in love with the area, so much so that we didn't want to go home. Especially after the long drive, stuck in 

traffic. Getting home to the cold summer weather..... we need to move.

 

July 27, 2006

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Let the fun begin! Our San Gregorio Store show went very well! It was our first time playing the afternoon slot, so the pressure was on to have a crowd, and we

really did! Of course,it helped that the weather was extremely hot, so many people had to go towards the coast just to escape the opressive heat, 

but still, we had a great time and an appreciative audience. 

The next day, we had to go again, to escape the heat and to check out the bellydancers that were performing that afternoon. What an interesting show! It was

actually surreal, in a way, because this is a rural area kinda in the middle of nowhere, and the scenery around there is like something out of a pastoral fairy tale, so to

see Mediterranean dancers there was a step outside the box! Had a good time there, too!

Then the fun really began! I got a call from a friend and singer who was doing a show involving some players from Moby Grape and the Jefferson Airplane, and Bob

harvey, the original bass player for the Airplane was doing a TV show: The Bruce Latimer Show in Pacifica on a community TV station, and wanted to know if I

would join him and another player, John Mork, at the show. This was Monday, and the show was Wednesday evening, so I said, OK, let's get together and

rehearse a little. It went famously well, we had a great time, and I can say that about the show experience too. Bob will be coming back, hopefully soon, to do a

reunion show with Moby Grape, and he wants me and John to be his band called

"San Francisco Blue", a band he founded years ago before he decided to move to Georgia. His East Coast band is called Georgia Blue, and you can find their CD's on

CD Baby, and they have a My Space account too. Bob was a sweetheart, and loves playing music, like me, and we got along great. The show was a success, and I'll

be getting a copy of the dvd as soon as they send me one. So, many great things are happening, for the band, for me personally, 

and for the people closest to me......

I do love my life!

Lucy Lyons, Leighanna Murphy, Lisa Kelly
(AKA the dancing dresses)
Photo taken by Tom Dodd

This was the 'summer tour' weekend! My daughter and I played a small festival in Loma Mar, a little town in the redwoods, on Saturday. We opened the show for them, played several songs 

perfectly (how did that happen?) and had to leave to go to the La Honda Faire to hear the Jack Mullins Band. I did have time to sit in for a couple of songs with Dan Wills, however. 

The sound on that stage was the best I've ever experienced. It really makes a difference in my performance when it sounds good to me.... then we played at the Gazos Grill from 6 to 8pm, 

and that was a lot of fun too. We're blending together better every time...

Jack's band was great! The La Honda Faire is a special weekend of music, art and crafts, and just a great community party in the sun. I love La Honda for that. 

I saw a friend wearing a really cool dress, so she took me to the booth where she bought it, I found another one in a different color, she really had wanted that color but couldn't find her size.

I said "Let me wear it to my show tomorrow, then we'll trade". So, I wore it Sunday with the band, we played, I was a little nervous-don't know why- but we got through the set without 

too much trouble, and it was a success all-around. A photographer for the San Mateo Times was taking pictures, so he got our names after we played...my bass player, Larry, was unable

to be there, so we got our friend Rob to fill in for the show. 2 rehearsals, he was great! OK, then my friend and I traded dresses, freaked everybody out, then my sister came and bought 

another dress just like ours, different color. During the David Elias set, the three of us got up and danced, and it looked like part of the show because we were dressed alike. Someone 

took some pictures.... I'll post them when I get them.

Now it's Monday, and I bought a paper to see if we made it into the news, and SURE ENOUGH!! There's a close up of Rob, the bass player, and nobody else! At least they mentioned 

the Lisa Kelly Band....

Rob's going to be so stoked! First time on stage with us, and he gets in the paper!

I would so love to play music and not much else, it was so much fun!

June 5, 2006

I spent the weekend being a little bit productive doing yard work and washed the cars, which, by the way, looked worse after the washing than before. The weather was sunny and warm,

just like summer! We don't get much of that in this area, close to the ocean. It stays pretty cool most of the time. Sunday I went to see my new local favorite band, the Atkinson-Kincheloe Band

at the San Gregorio General Store. They are a singer/sonwriter trio and I love their music and harmonies. Very inspiring! Lisa Atkinson has a radio show, and she said she played my cd on her 

show. How very cool!! Radio airplay! Then Jack played at Gazos Grill, the venue with a menu, and did really well. Sold a cd too.

Another cool place I was introduced to is www.mixposure.com, a band page for submitting music which then gets reviewed and rated. My two submitted songs are currently on the weekly

folk charts at numbers 3 and 4, and on the monthly chart at numbers 8 and 10. Now, if I can only figure how to get some more songs up there.....

My niece, Alicia, has a couple of songs up there too in the new age category, and she is doing very well. Too bad she moved back to Kauai.

Friday night we sat in with our friends the Falling Stars at the Mountain House, and ended up staying a bit late....it's always so much fun there, especially when lots of people are there. 

A couple of cowboys rode in on horses, too, and when they were leaving, I helped one of them put the bit back on his horse, who was having none of it.

I started writing another song, and wanted to see what I could do with the music, but instead found an unfinished song from months ago and finished it instead. Ha! The muse is waking up, I hope.

Later!!

May 17, 2006

Happy Birthday, Jack!!

I made a cheesecake just for you. And I'm bringing home a small present, to hold you over til you tell me what you actually really want. OK.

So, Here's the thing. Things are starting to happen, and I feel a bit overwhelmed by it, and at the same time, very excited. I'll have to wait until everything is confirmed, but it's possible that I'll 

be doing some traveling, all over the country, to do some music. Details will be forthcoming.

I have recently discovered (gotten hooked on) MySpace.com. It is so cool, to meet new people and find old friends. The Bangles actually signed my page (they sign everyone's though)....

Chicken parmesian for dinner tonight, yummmm....

Lisa

March 14, 2006

Sunday was a very special day! My daughter and I played together at a gig at the Gazos Grill, which is a nice little diner on the coast highway between Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay. 

The new owners are great, and the menu is fantastic. The bar area is large and warm, and the acoustics are great too. Plus, there is a panoramic view of the ocean outside the huge window.

Great place to watch the sunset, have a glass of wine, and listen to live acoustic music. We had a good audience, including family and friends, but some passersby also who were from 

out of state and just stopped in for a bite to eat and were nicely surprised to get to hear some music too. We got up there and did a couple of songs together, and I was blown away by 

my daughter's voice and the way our voices blended. It was like having two of me up there! She did some familiar songs and one of her own, I did some of mine, and it was so much fun! 

Then we took a break, and I invited my niece, Alicia Lyons, who just recently moved back here from Kauai, do a couple of songs. She was really great too! Then Jack did a couple, 

and Andrea and I got back up there and finished up. We have been invited back in June for another, and we also will be playing at a private party this weekend.....

What a fun time we had!

February 22, 2006

I'm certainly ready for Spring. It's been very cold around here.....

Last night we played at The Bistro in Hayward, a nice little pub that has music every night. I really hope they have us back, because it turned out to be a fun evening. After the first set 

I was afraid we wouldn't have an audience to speak of, because it was Tuesday night and nobody knows us over there....but my daughter, niece, and friend showed up and suddenly

the place was full! It really helps the vibe to have an audience, and I really enjoy playing for people, even if I can't for the life of me play a perfect show! I wonder if it has anything to 

do with my day job. I have decided to start setting more time aside to practice and write, and learn more songs. The laundry can wait.....

So, one of the best moments last night was when Andrea got up there and we did a duet of "Down By The Schoolyard". It was her very first time performing on stage, and she was 

very good! The audience liked it too. She'll be joining me for the Gazos Grill show on March 12th, and I can't wait!