Info needed: John Kelly of Tijuana Brass

[dianevickery]

I recently purchased a signed lithograph by the artist John Kelly (reportly of the Tijuana Brass). I purchased it solely for it's austetic value, as it is a very well executed scene of a cablecar on Powell Street in S.F., but now would like more info on the artist. Can anyone help?

Thank you in advance,

Diane Vickery

 

[Captain Bacardi]

I recently purchased a signed lithograph by the artist John Kelly (reportly of the Tijuana Brass). I purchased it solely for it's austetic value, as it is a very well executed scene of a cablecar on Powell Street in S.F., but now would like more info on the artist. Can anyone help?

John Kelly was never a member of the Tijuana Brass. What you describe may be from the time that some of Herb Alpert's music and paintings were being played/displayed on some cable cars in San Francisco some years back. How Kelly fits into this, I don't know. Maybe someone from the area knows more about this?


Capt. Bacardi

 

[Steven J. Gross]

Perhaps it was a different "Brass", (Nashville,etc.)?

 

[jimac51]

Strange that a google search for "John Kelly"+ brass(in case it was Nashville,Mariachi,etc.)comes up with a site of his paintings and a short bio that claims he "is a member of the Tijuana Brass musical group". Strange,too, use of the present tense since there hasn't been a formed TJB,touring or recording, for years. another site has him as a musician (and occasional actor)as a secondary profession,"touring with Jimmy Rogers,"The Brass",and worked with the Letterman". Notice there is no mention of the "Tijuana Brass" here,but if indeed he worked with Jimmy Rogers there could be an A&M connection. Mac

 

[DAN BOLTON]

Could he have been a studio session player, or maybe a member of the group that played at the Crescendo in '63...?

Dan

 

[thetijuanataxi]

Perhaps he's the mysterious second trumpeter that appeared on the TJB's first Hollywood Palace show.
Or perhaps, the 1984 touring TJB. If I remember correctly, there were 2 or 3 backup trumpets in that ensemble.

David,
grabbing at straws, on line......

 

[Steven J. Gross]

Lookie here: http://members.aol.com/fineartwk/kelly.htm
Still never heard of him though myself.

 

[DAN BOLTON]

Perhaps he's the mysterious second trumpeter that appeared on the TJB's first Hollywood Palace show.
Or perhaps, the 1984 touring TJB. If I remember correctly, there were 2 or 3 backup trumpets in that ensemble.

David,
grabbing at straws, on line......

I thought Chuck Findlay and Ken Kaplan were the touring trumpeters in '84, but I don't have a program from that era...


Dan...this is a real mystery...

 

[Greg Shannon]

From the aol website above:

"The President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, commissioned him to paint the tall ships coming into New York harbor in 1976. He is also a member of the Tijuana Brass musical group."

Hmmm. The President of the United States in 1976 was Gerald Ford. The election was in 1976. Carter was inaugurated in January of 1977. Perhaps Mr. Kelly has a faulty memory. Rereading the above line, perhaps Mr. Kelly believes that Jimmy Carter is a member of the TJB.

Greg Shannon

 

[Rudy]

Rereading the above line, perhaps Mr. Kelly believes that Jimmy Carter is a member of the TJB.

Good one!

And welcome aboard Greg.

 

[Captaindave]

I do not believe that anyone named John Kelly ever had any connection with the Tijuana Brass...

 

[DAN BOLTON]

Perhaps he's the mysterious second trumpeter that appeared on the TJB's first Hollywood Palace show.
Or perhaps, the 1984 touring TJB. If I remember correctly, there were 2 or 3 backup trumpets in that ensemble.

David,
grabbing at straws, on line......

I thought Chuck Findlay and Ken Kaplan were the touring trumpeters in '84, but I don't have a program from that era...


Dan...this is a real mystery...

Still a mystery, but an even bigger one is why I keep getting Chuck and Bob Findlay mixed up...Bob played with the TJB, not Chuck...sorry...

Dan

 

[DAN BOLTON]

I have been attempting to contact Mr. Kelly through the link to the website provided here earlier, so far...no reply...


Dan

 

[Rudy]

Of course not...he's still touring with the TJB.

 

[Mr Bill]

Of course not...he's still touring with the TJB.

<Sound> Rim Shot</Sound>!

Maybe he was the "Mystery Artist" who did the giant painting on the Bullish tour???

--Mr Bill

 

[DAN BOLTON]

Of course not...he's still touring with the TJB.

<Sound> Rim Shot</Sound>!

Maybe he was the "Mystery Artist" who did the giant painting on the Bullish tour???

--Mr Bill

That was Danny Denton....


Dan

 

[Steven J. Gross]

.....book 'em Danno!

 

[Brasil_Nut]

From the aol website above:

"The President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, commissioned him to paint the tall ships coming into New York harbor in 1976. He is also a member of the Tijuana Brass musical group."

...Rereading the above line, perhaps Mr. Kelly believes that Jimmy Carter is a member of the TJB.

Ha! Ha!! Ha!!! That's one of the funniest things I've read in a while...Jimmy Carter a member of the TJB!!!!

Then again, perhaps Mr. Kelly also believes that John F. Kennedy was married to Claudine Longet!

Jon

...tickled online...

 

[Rudy]

Then again, perhaps Mr. Kelly also believes that John F. Kennedy was married to Claudine Longet!

Hey, if the bullet fits... Wasn't she dating Lennon in 1980 also?

OK, enough black humor... (smacks self)