![]() At that time, I suffered multiple facial fractures and wounds and was left for dead. Croix gang who eventually murdered 8 American tourists. Croix in 1969, I was the first victim of a vicious St. At that time, a former housemate of mine, the famous conjurer and actor Ricky Jay, who's also the greatest living "slight of hand" artist, blew the audience away with his magic. One of the bands, "Chin", was the first electrified band to play on the island of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. My close friend Alex Brooks set up a club, "The Minor Key room" at the St. One of the bands was named "The Iguana Gulch Blues Band". I played in a couple of other bands in the Caribbean in 1967 through 1969. I also attended the New School For Social Research in New York City. I also studied at Alliance Francaise in Paris, and at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. I graduated Cornell in 1967 with a BA in Psychology and English. My first band was the "Oz & Ends" in Ithaca NY. At age 15, an older friend taught me some blues and boogie woogie and I began to play music by ear.ĭuring High School and later at Cornell University, I started playing keyboards in Rock & Roll bands. I preferred other endeavors and stopped playing after a couple of years. My mother studied piano at the New England Conservatory and wanted me to study classical piano at the age of 6. We were fortunate to be influenced by a rich and eclectic combination of music, including Jazz, Calypso, Blues, Afro-Cuban, South American, South African, and of course, a wide range of classical music. Everyone played the piano and some played other instruments. The Kelly household was constantly filled with music. I was one of 5 siblings in the Kelly family. but grew up outside of Boston where my father was a Professor of city planning. ![]()
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