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WELCOME TO THE OFFICAL KELLY MCGUIRE MYSPACE PAGE!!!!



A long time resident of the Clear Lake, TX (Houston/NASA) area, McGuire is known for his original gulf coast flavored songs ranging from country to calypso/tropical, folk and rock. His CD "Redfish Island", released in 2000 contains a collection of songs he wrote inspired by his sailing experiences in the Bahamas, Florida Keys, Mexico and on the Texas Gulf coast. Redfish Island was an island in Galveston Bay close to the ship channel and until the last hurricane washed it away, was the favorite anchorage for all the local boating crowd.



Listening to his music one notices a Jimmy Buffett influence and Kelly readily admits, after hearing Buffett sing about sailing and islands, I dreamed of getting a boat and writing songs about that whole lifestyle. A few years later his dream began to materialize.



Growing up in Missouri, Kelly traveled Oklahoma, New Mexico, Missouri and Canada performing at local clubs, restaurants and a chain of family pizza parlors called Shotgun Sams. The pizza business was big-time for singers in the 70s and 80s providing a great alternative to the club scene. Kids would sit all around the edge of the stage and sing along with me. "Even now I love to get kids up on stage with us singing and shaking the tambourine and shakers".



Kelly soon made the move to the Clear Lake area and took a job selling yachts and teaching sailing while living aboard his 32' sailboat. Moving up his dream ladder he was now immersed in the boating world daytime and sang at the floating and legendary Turtle Club at night.



After many years of performing five and six nights a week, McGuire took a much needed break from singing to recharge his creative batteries. Within a year he began to do what he had wanted to do all his life- write songs. They say 'write what you know' and he had an ocean of inspiration from his cruising trips, islands and boats.



Several of his songs have won awards from organizations such as Austin Songwriters Group, Fort Bend Songwriters Assoc. and The Nashville Network (TNN).



Kelly is also passionate about art since childhood and paints in oil and watercolor. Studying with some of the best plein aire painters in the country he loves the practice of painting on location as the impressionists did.



Kelly is a supporter of Galveston Bay Foundation, protecting the coastal estuaries, and donated a portion from the sale of his CD Redfish Island. He is also an avid supporter of Boys & Girls Harbor and the American Cancer Societys Silver Dollar Ball in the Bay area, performing with acts such as Jerry Jeff Walker, The Bellamy Brothers and Asleep At The Wheel to raise funds for cancer research.