Jeremy Kelly

The folksy jangle and ethereal riffs of guitarist Jeremy Kelly reverberate back to the late '60s when groups such as the Byrds and the Zombies were smitten by ringing guitars and dreamy textures. However, while ghosts of the past are echoed in his work, Kelly fashioned a distinctive style that cannot be placed in any time period. In the early '80s, Kelly was a member of the Lotus Eaters, a band that recalled the Smiths' adolescent woe and the Left Banke's sublime pop. Kelly recorded one LP with the Lotus Eaters, No Sense of Sin, in 1984, but its poor sales prompted Arista Reco...