Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Jim Shelley (born February 29, 1952) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, writer, painter, and former teacher. Since the release of his first album, 12 Songs in 1979, Shelley has usually recorded his albums in his home studio on a four or eight track machine, more often than not, performing all the instrumental and vocal parts himself, though in recent years he has employed a full band on a number of occasions.Shelley is a relatively prolific writer, having released more than 500 songs on over forty records, most of them since 1989. He played a prominent role in the 1990s lo-fi music scene.Over the last couple of decades, Shelley has performed live for approximately a hundred shows on the East Coast, mostly in or near his home town of Harrisonburg, Virginia, with various rock bands under the names of Book of Proles, The Plague Dogs, The Karl Rove, Fear + Whiskey, and most famously, Book Of Kills.On February 10, 2010, Shelley announced on the "official" band web page, that he was disbanding Book Of Kills "forever," though he left open the possibility that the group might play an occasional benefit in the future. A month later, on March 13, 2010, Book Of Kills performed one final time at the Little Grill in Harrisonburg, the venue where they delivered their first live show in 1994.In early 2010, Shelley created a new, more improvisational group called Fear + Whiskey. Fear + Whiskey disbanded in early 2013 after playing a handful of shows.In August 2013, Shelley played a six song set with original Book Of Kills members, Brian Temples and Dustin Bugg, in McGaheysville, Virginia. A few weeks later, he joined forces with Casey and Jane Firkin, and George Nipe III, all three of whom had formed part of later Book Of Kills line-ups with Shelley from 2000-2010, and performed a forty-five minute show at the Blow Up The Moon festival in Page County, Virginia.. }
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- Jim_Shelley_(musician) abstract "Jim Shelley (born February 29, 1952) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, writer, painter, and former teacher. Since the release of his first album, 12 Songs in 1979, Shelley has usually recorded his albums in his home studio on a four or eight track machine, more often than not, performing all the instrumental and vocal parts himself, though in recent years he has employed a full band on a number of occasions.Shelley is a relatively prolific writer, having released more than 500 songs on over forty records, most of them since 1989. He played a prominent role in the 1990s lo-fi music scene.Over the last couple of decades, Shelley has performed live for approximately a hundred shows on the East Coast, mostly in or near his home town of Harrisonburg, Virginia, with various rock bands under the names of Book of Proles, The Plague Dogs, The Karl Rove, Fear + Whiskey, and most famously, Book Of Kills.On February 10, 2010, Shelley announced on the "official" band web page, that he was disbanding Book Of Kills "forever," though he left open the possibility that the group might play an occasional benefit in the future. A month later, on March 13, 2010, Book Of Kills performed one final time at the Little Grill in Harrisonburg, the venue where they delivered their first live show in 1994.In early 2010, Shelley created a new, more improvisational group called Fear + Whiskey. Fear + Whiskey disbanded in early 2013 after playing a handful of shows.In August 2013, Shelley played a six song set with original Book Of Kills members, Brian Temples and Dustin Bugg, in McGaheysville, Virginia. A few weeks later, he joined forces with Casey and Jane Firkin, and George Nipe III, all three of whom had formed part of later Book Of Kills line-ups with Shelley from 2000-2010, and performed a forty-five minute show at the Blow Up The Moon festival in Page County, Virginia.".