Early life
Born in
Augusta,
Georgia Josh Kelley began his musical career at the age of 11. He later
formed a band with his younger brother, Charles, called Inside Blue. At age 14,
the band released a five-song
CD that garnered the attention of a major label.
Kelley attended the
University of Mississippi in
Oxford,
Mississippi and is a member of the
Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
Music career
He released his
indie album,
Changing Faces, in
2001, signing with
Hollywood Records in 2002. Working with
John Alagia as his
producer, Kelley released For The Ride Home on June 3, 2003. He also
made an appearance at the
Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2003.
Even though Josh has stated that the lyrics from his song "Angeles" were
fabricated, he moved to Los Angeles from Georgia and recorded the majority of
his album, "Almost Honest," in the studio of his home.
Josh has toured with many artists including
Third Eye Blind,
Toby
Lightman, and
Counting Crows.
Josh released his third album,
Just Say The Word, on
iTunes on
June 6,
2006, under his own
label, Threshold. The physical album was released in the
United States on July 25, 2006. "The Pop Game" was the first single from his
self-produced album and was accompanied by a cartoon video.
Josh's current album,
Special Company, was released in the United States on
January 14,
2008.
Kelley remains a supporter of
file
sharing applications for independent artists who have a difficult time
receiving an audience. In fact, Kelley was "found" after targeting Eric Clinger
at
Hollywood Records with private
spam, "If you like
James
Taylor, Try Josh Kelley," messages using the
Napster
program.
Personal life
Kelley married actress
Katherine Heigl on
December
23, 2007, at
the Stein Eriksen Lodge in
Park City, Utah[1],
after meeting on the shoot for the music video for Kelley's song 'Only
You' in 2005. They were engaged in June 2006.[2]
The reside in
Los Feliz,
California,
in a $2.5 million house.
Kelley's mother and his brother John Kelley live in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina; his father and two sisters live in
Young Harris, Georgia.
Kelley's younger brother, Charles Kelley, is one-third of the
country music group
Lady Antebellum.
Albums
Singles
- 2003 - "Amazing"
- 2004 - "Everybody Wants You"
- 2005 - "Only
You"
- 2005 - "If I Were An X-Man" (techno
remix of the hit 1987 song by The Cure)
- 2005 - "Almost Honest"
- 2006 - "Get
With It" (digital only)
- 2006 - "Pop Game"
- 2006 - "Just Say The Word"
- 2008 - "Unfair"
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