High Energy

By: Kell

Origin: Stratford, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Side 1

6 tracks

Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms

#1 Side 1 02:05
Mounty from Perth County

#2 Side 1 02:23
Spiders

#3 Side 1 02:14
Nothing to Say

#4 Side 1 02:50
Paradise

#5 Side 1 03:00
Jay Gould's Daughter

#6 Side 1 03:00

Side 2

7 tracks

You Closed Your Eyes (And I Was Gone)

#1 Side 2 02:35
Tequila

#2 Side 2 00:28
I'm Satisfied with My Gal

#3 Side 2 01:53
Father and Son

#4 Side 2 03:24
Perceive It

#5 Side 2 02:54
Traveling Music

#6 Side 2 01:45
Battle of New Orleans

#7 Side 2 03:00

About This Title

The Kells and Ross Whitney released an album together in 1981 under the name Kell entitled ‘High Energy’ featuring studio sessions done at Waxworks in St. Jacobs, Ontario plus live material from The Blue Moon in Petersburg, Ontario (featuring Gary Halliwell on bass). In the early ’90’s Billy Kell released an independent cassette called “Too Old to Quit Now”. Billy Kell succumbed to cancer July 23, 1991.
-Ross Whitney and John Sakamoto

Billy Kell (The Creamcheeze Good~Time Band): acoustic guitar, lead vocals, harmonica, whistle, kazoo, autoharp
James 'Jimi' Kell (The Creamcheeze Good~Time Band): lead guitar, vocals, drums, kazoo, recorder; lead vocals on 'Spiders' & 'Perceive It'
Patti Kell (The Creamcheeze Good~Time Band, Bob Burchill): autoharp, vocals, washboard, tambourine, kazoo, recorder; lead vocals on 'Spiders' & 'Perceive It'
Ross Whitney (Mike Biker and The Kickstands, Miss Demerol and the Narcotics, Dirty Dishes at HRL): bass guitar, vocals, kazoo; piano on 'Father and Son'
Gary Halliwell: lead vocals on 'Tequila'; bass on 'Spiders'
The Four-In-The-Morning Choir: background vocals

Produced by Kell and Steve Morris at The Waxworks, St. Jacobs, Ontario for Rotund Productions
Studio tracks recorded at The Waxworks, St. Jacobs, Ontario
Engineered by Steve Morris, assisted by Shirley Preitauer
Live sound mixing by Shirley Preitauer
Mobile recording engineering for live tracks by Paavo at Ice House Sound, Stratford, Ontario
Live tracks recorded at The Blue Moon Hotel, Petersburg, Ontario

Photography by J. Kunkel and M. Simpson