Kellie Parr & Her SideCars are a high-energy, vintage-rock, alt-country, rockabilly-inspired band from St. Simons Island, GA. With influences ranging from country icons like Hank Willliams and Patsy Cline, to rock bands such as Blondie and The Clash, along with rockabilly greats Wanda Jackson and Johnny Burnette, you could say they are quite eclectic… and always a blast! Kellie writes their original tunes, sings lead vocals and plays rhythm guitar. Her smokin’ hot backing band, the SideCars, consists of Don Bledsoe on lead guitar, Pete Jock on upright & electric bass, and Lee O’Neal on drums. Attending a Kellie Parr & Her SideCars show will guarantee a night of dancin’, laughin’ and a whole lotta fun!
…at the 2023 Gram Parsons Guitar Pull & Tribute Festival in Waycross, GA. Kellie has played the festival every year since 2015. Other notable gigs include the Shrimp & Grits Festival on Jekyll Island, GA (2019, 2022), Brunswick PorchFest (2018-2023) and opening for Bill Kirchen in 2023. Kellie’s songs have been played on various radio shows including “The Train Wreck” with DJ Joltin’ Joe, “Spam & Grits” with Marc Miller and “Big Ass Happy Family Jubilee” on SiriusXM Outlaw Country.
Kellie Parr grew up on the coast of Georgia with a family of music lovers, especially her mother who taught her to sing country harmonies to Hank Williams tunes at a very young age. Later, Kellie discovered rock music when she learned to play AC/DC songs on her uncle’s beat-up electric guitar through a Sears amp. It was only natural to combine those two influences into her obsession with vintage-rock and rockabilly. Kellie’s original songs are passionate and candid with lyrics that are honest, heartfelt and very often humorous. Kellie’s love for playing is apparent in her energetic live performances as well as her studio recordings. (Click HERE for full bio) Her most recent project is a new EP of remixed songs from the Kellie & the Kruze-o-matics album with her backing band, the SideCars.
REVIEWS:
“Kellie Parr & Her SideCars – It’s wise to be wary of combos citing lodestars as disparate as Hank, Wanda Jackson, Blondie, and the Clash. But those contentions enjoy validity in the present instance, as quickly becomes apparent. Wonderfully free of lifted-nose airs, Kellie and the straightforward sparkplugs she’s assembled submit carbonated performances that are shoes-off comfortable in both hay bale and citified circumstances.” ~DC Larson’s Jukebox Jury
“Kellie is very appealing on-stage. She’s really good at engaging the audience. She’s obviously having a good time in front of the lights and she pulls everyone in with her enthusiasm.” ~Stanley Booth, Jr., music author (from liner notes of HaynesParr album “New World”)
“Singer-songwriter Kellie Parr combines heart-on-her-sleeve raw, confessional lyrics with no frills earthy folk rock in a winning combo that has garnered her a faithful following both locally and regionally.” ~Cyle Lewis, Golden Isles Mag
“In the tradition of troubadours before her, Parr not only sings about love and loss, but speaks out musically on issues that are important to her, particularly the environment and social justice. It seems she was destined to do exactly what she’s doing.” ~Mary Starr, Coastal Illustrated
“Parr offers unapologetic honesty and rawness of emotion in her lyrics… Her vocals and straightforward songs are reminiscent of Shawn Colvin.” ~Teresa Stepzinksi, Florida Times Union
***Click HERE to contact Kellie for booking information for solo and full band shows.