Paul Mauricio Kelly (born 13 January 1955 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian singer-songwriter and is recognized as an icon of Australian rock music as a member of the ARIA Hall of Fame. He is now based in Melbourne, Australia. His output has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output comfortably straddles folk, rock, and even some country. Life and career Early life Kelly was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the sixth of nine children, in a family of Irish Catholic heritage. He attended Saint Ignatius' College, Adelaide and Rostrevor College, and then Flinders University. Following graduating from university, Kelly moved to Melbourne. Band career In the late 1970s, Kelly was vocalist for the Melbourne pub-rock band "The High Rise Bombers". Following the dissolution of that group, Kelly formed "Paul Kelly & The Dots". The Dots period, which ranged from 1978-

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