Paul Kelly is an Australian singer-songwriter whose unique mix of rock, country,
and folk has made him one of the continent's most revered musicians. Born in
Adelaide on January 13, 1955, he performed publicly for the first time in 1974
and soon moved to Melbourne, where he began performing under the name Paul Kelly
and the Dots in 1978. Talk, his first album with the Dots, was released in 1981
and peaked at Number 44 in Australia. Although 1982's Manila and 1985's Post
failed to chart, Kelly hit a new peak with 1986's gold-certified Gossip, which
was attributed to Paul Kelly and...