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A trip to the Grand Ole Opry

Isn’t it wonderful to see the sun and the beautiful flowers blooming. I just got back from Nashville, Tennessee, and would you believe that it was snowing a little there and very cold. Anyway, it’s always good to be home.  more >

Sis is back in the ‘Champagne’ music lifestyle

I’m so pleased that my sister Barbara Ellis has decided to return to the stage. Barbara is truly a great singer and entertainer and I always felt that it would be a shame if she didn’t go back to working on stage.  more >

Favourite bar has the ‘personal touch’

TIME just seems to fly by – can you believe it’s Christmas again? Christmas has always been my favourite time of year – mainly because I’m home with my family in Sligo. I actually can’t think of any place I’d rather be.  more >

The night Johnny Cash was the king of Markree Castle

Hi everyone, Sandy here to finish my short story about meeting and working with Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash.  more >

Recording ‘with the Man in Black’ (wearing safaris!)

Hi everyone. Hope all has been well in your world since I last wrote my column. I want to pick back up the Johnny Cash story where I left off.  more >

‘Hi, this is Johnny Cash. Is that Sandy Kelly?’

Lots of things have been said and written about Johnny Cash since his death and more so since the film of his early career “Walk the Line.”  more >