Kelley's next album, Special Company, was released in the United States on January 14, 2008. "The Pop Game" was the first single from his self-produced album and was accompanied by a cartoon video. The digital version of the album was released through iTunes on June 6, 2006, while the physical album was released in stores in the United States on July 25, 2006. Almost Honest was released on August 23, 2005, and featured the hit single, " Only You." Īfter asking to be released from his contract with Hollywood Records, Kelley released his third album, Just Say The Word under his own label, Threshold. Working with John Alagia as his record producer, Kelley released the album, For the Ride Home, on June 3, 2003.Įven though Kelley has stated that the lyrics from his song "Angeles" were fabricated, he moved to Los Angeles from Georgia and recorded the majority of his second album, Almost Honest, in the studio of his home. Kelley released his independent album, Changing Faces, in 2001 and signed with Hollywood Records in 2002. Kelley attended the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, and is a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Kelley played the guitar in the high school jazz band alongside Charles (drums) and Dave Haywood (guitar) from Lady A. By the time he was 14, the band released a CD with five songs on it, which led to a meeting with James Brown. When he was a teenager, Kelley and his brother Charles formed a band called Inside Blue. His younger brother, Charles Kelley, is a musician and singer in the country trio Lady A. Kelley began his musical career at the age of 11. Kelley, a cardiologist, and Gayle Kelley.
Kelley was born in Augusta, Georgia, to Dr.