Will (Leo O'Kelly album)

Will is the third album by Irish musician Leo O'Kelly. It was released on 18 March 2011 by Life & Living Records[1] and consists of a collaboration with Liverpool writer John McKeown, who wrote poems that constitute album's lyrics, then adapted in music by O'Kelly.[2]

Will
Original cover designed by David O'Toole. Photo by Peter Mirolo.
Studio album by Leo O'Kelly
Released	17 March 2011
Recorded	22 August 2009 – 2010
Studio	Sirius Art Centre (Cobh, Ireland), Glasthule
Genre	Folk, folk rock
Length	36:52
Label	Life & Living
Producer	Leo O'Kelly
Leo O'Kelly chronology
Proto (2003) Will (2011)

Track listing

All lyrics are written by John McKeown; all music is composed by Leo O'Kelly.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Will"	3:55
2.	"Torch Song"	3:12
3.	"The Day You Love Me"	3:07
4.	"I Prayed To the Devil"	2:20
5.	"Alcohol"	2:33
6.	"Kiki of Montparnasse"	2:35
7.	"A Star in My Palm"	3:54
8.	"Old Testament"	2:58
9.	"She Dances"	4:18
10.	"The End of Love"	4:03
11.	"Grave Light"	3:05
12.	"Will Reprise"	0:53
Total length:		36:52

Personnel

• Leo O'Kelly – vocals, guitars, violin, synthesizer, bongos, drum programming
• Hetty Lane – vocals on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8, harmonica on "The End of Love"
• Garvan Gallagher – bass guitar and Clevinger double bass
• Sonny Condell – Moroccan pottery drums on "Alcohol"
• Holly Cooper (credited as Barry Whiteside) – ukulele on "Will"

Production

• John McKeown – lyrics
• Leo O'Kelly – production, recording and mixing
• Louise McCormick – recording at Sirius Art Centre and mixing at Manor Studio, Cobh on "Alcohol"
• John Crone – recording at Sirius Art Centre on "Alcohol"
• Andy le Wien – mastering at RMS
• David O'Toole – cover design, insert photo
• Peter Mirolo – front sleeve photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom, Ireland	17 March 2011	Life & Living Records	stereo CD	LALR 09

References

1. Leo O'Kelly: "Expecting the new CD to arrive from London around 10 o'clock" (17 March 2011). Retrieved on 28 April 2011.
2. Will purchase page on Life & Living Records website: "The 11 songs on Will are written around the poems of John McKeown, a Liverpool poet who now lives in Dublin."