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Ep 2: Kelly Badon - Side A, Kelly Badon Project
He studied in the UP Conservatory of Music and has played in numerous bands throughout his storied career covering blues, rock, folk rock and country and jazz.
Kelly is best known as a founding member, lead guitarist, and award winning artist as a member of the "Philippines Premier Band - SIDE A" for 18 years.
Side A has achieved phenomenal success and has earned double and triple platinum sales for albums like the "The WHITE Album",
"The BLUE Album" which has spawned hits like "Hold On" - "Tuloy Pa Rin Ako".
Their 1995 album by your side won two awit awards "Best Performance for the song "By Your Side" and "Best Jazz Performance with vocals for "True Love Can Always Wait".
Side A's 10th anniversary concert at the Cuneta Astrodome which was recorded as a live album called "SIDE A LIVE! THE 10TH Anniversary Concert" went triple platinum.
In 2005 Kelly left the band to move to the US and play in a church band with his brother who is a pastor in Seattle. He was also recruited to play in a big church band (Church of the Nazarene) while also playing in a secular band and did gigs from parties in casinos entertainment for about a year before coming back to he Philippines. Back home he joined Jimmy Bondoc to form the Kelly Badon Project with Kiko Versoza of Freeverse and made an album with the Sabado Boys (comprising of Jimmy Bondoc, Top Suzara, Paolo Santos, Luke Mejares, Mike Chan, and DJ Myke Salomon).
In September of 2020 the original Side A line-up re-released a recording of the song "Di Pa Huli" which is a single as part of the CALESA Bar line-ups reunion project SIDE A REDUX: FIRST ALBUM (which consists of new versions of songs from their eponymous 1989 debut album).
Joining us today from Manila is our second guest Kelly Badon! Check out SIDE A REDUX FIRST ALBUM: https://www.facebook.com/sideareduxfirstalbum/
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He studied in the UP Conservatory of Music and has played in numerous bands throughout his storied career covering blues, rock, folk rock and country and jazz.
Kelly is best known as a founding member, lead guitarist, and award winning artist as a member of the "Philippines Premier Band - SIDE A" for 18 years.
Side A has achieved phenomenal success and has earned double and triple platinum sales for albums like the "The WHITE Album",
"The BLUE Album" which has spawned hits like "Hold On" - "Tuloy Pa Rin Ako".
Their 1995 album by your side won two awit awards "Best Performance for the song "By Your Side" and "Best Jazz Performance with vocals for "True Love Can Always Wait".
Side A's 10th anniversary concert at the Cuneta Astrodome which was recorded as a live album called "SIDE A LIVE! THE 10TH Anniversary Concert" went triple platinum.
In 2005 Kelly left the band to move to the US and play in a church band with his brother who is a pastor in Seattle. He was also recruited to play in a big church band (Church of the Nazarene) while also playing in a secular band and did gigs from parties in casinos entertainment for about a year before coming back to he Philippines. Back home he joined Jimmy Bondoc to form the Kelly Badon Project with Kiko Versoza of Freeverse and made an album with the Sabado Boys (comprising of Jimmy Bondoc, Top Suzara, Paolo Santos, Luke Mejares, Mike Chan, and DJ Myke Salomon).
In September of 2020 the original Side A line-up re-released a recording of the song "Di Pa Huli" which is a single as part of the CALESA Bar line-ups reunion project SIDE A REDUX: FIRST ALBUM (which consists of new versions of songs from their eponymous 1989 debut album).
Joining us today from Manila is our second guest Kelly Badon! Check out SIDE A REDUX FIRST ALBUM: https://www.facebook.com/sideareduxfirstalbum/