Music on Tap

KELLY McGRATH

"Don't wake up, just keep on dreaming.. They say we're sleeping, but they've got clouds in their eyes. Let them be. Jump off that mountain and into the fountain of this life.. Oh, go and make yourself across a million miles". These are words that I live by, my own words! It's simple, I am a country girl living in the city and music is my aeroplane. Born and raised in rural Tennessee, I grew up in a log cabin on the TN river and though my family were all quite musically gifted, none had ever sought out a career in music. I have been singing since I could talk and writing poetry since I could comprehend it.

My beloved father, Jim McGrath, was a football coach, teacher, and basically a natural at anything he pursued. A proverbial light in the room, he served as the biggest influence in my life. His untimely passing when I was eleven was the beginning of a trail of tragic losses and unfortunate obstacles I was challenged to overcome throughout my childhood. As a way to escape, I channelled the adversity of my experiences and overcoming them, in writing and singing.
Being left virtually on my own since 11th Grade, I learned the meaning of serenity, and after graduating from a private Christian University with a degree in Broadcasting in only three years, I knew I could accomplish anything I set my mind on. While in college, I was divinely given a guitar for my birthday, which I then taught myself to play and immediately began writing songs. During my senior year in college, I performed on stage just me and my guitar for the first time and like a beacon of light, I realized that I had found my true calling.

So shortly after graduation, I moved to Memphis. I lived there for a year, writing and performing in the city's numerous blues clubs, while co-producing a Christian talk radio show. After putting an egg in the microwave and blowing up the kitchen at the station, I was told I was going to Hell and in turn I put in my resignation with the "Holy Rollers". Feeling the need to spread my wings, I moved on to Nashville for three hard-but-enlightening years, which took me from a hard working amateur to a hungry, professional performing artist.
Though Nashville is one of the music capitals of the world, I once again found my ambitions yearning for broader and more varied opportunities. So I held another garage sale and headed west to the City of the Angels. Now, five years later, I'm still reaching for my higher self, and along the way, I try to be a proverbial light shining through a window of peace and love to all... especially the many other talented people out there on similar journeys. As an independent artist living in the Mecca of the entertainment industry, I have had an interesting and colorful journeyhis c with the one constant of music flowing out of me as it flows out of this city. When I have a guitar or a microphone in my hand, I am literally music on tap! I now present to you all of the amazing talented artists that we are so blessed with in this city and this world, every Sunday night. So relax and pour yourself a glass of ...  Music On Tap!!

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