Georgia-based singer/songwriter Kelly Hogan moved fluidly among indie rock, traditional country, and jazz pop while pursuing an even wider range of styles throughout her career. In the early 1990s she served as singer and guitarist for the Jody Grind, where her expressive and adaptable voice quickly drew attention to both her and the band. The group issued two albums, One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure in 1990 and Lefty's Deceiver in 1992, before a car accident claimed the lives of two members and ended the project. Hogan then joined the arty garage rock revivalists the Rock*A*Teens and contributed to their self-titled debut EP in 1996; the same year she issued her first solo album, The Whistle Only Dogs Can Hear, which mixed original songs with covers of material by Palace and Vic Chesnutt. Following the Rock*A*Teens’ full-length debut Cry in 1997, she departed the band and began working with alt-country and indie rock figures such as Will Oldham and the Waco Brothers. In 2000 she delivered her second solo album, Bloodshot Records’ inaugural release Beneath the Country Underdog, backed by Jon Langford’s Pine Valley Cosmonauts, with guest vocals from Edith Frost and photography by Neko Case. The following year she returned with Because It Feel Good, an eclectic collection that included performances by Andrew Bird and interpretations of songs originally recorded by the Statler Brothers, Smog, Charlie Rich, and Randy Newman. Over the ensuing years she appeared on recordings and collaborated with Bird, the Minus 5, and Drive-By Truckers while also serving as a full-time member of Neko Case’s backing band. Her second solo outing, I Like to Keep Myself in Pain, came out on ANTI in 2012.
