Joe Kady

Joe began performing professionally in grade school as a singer in rodeo bands and dances around cowboy towns in South Dakota. He has toured extensively including performances in New York City, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Chicago, Anchorage, Boise, and hundreds of cities throughout the U.S. and Europe. Joe has performed in a couple hundred plays and sung in many major musical stage productions, performing eight shows per week in productions like The Buddy Holly Story at the Post Street Theatre in San Francisco, The Hank Williams Story at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek, and River’s End at Marin Theater. He has sung the roles of Tevya in Fiddler on the Roof, Daddy Warbucks in Annie, Doolittle in My Fair Lady, and many more. He even sang polka music (some in Polish) as the bandleader of The Vibratones in regional theater productions of Evelyn and the Polka King. His most viewed non-musical performance was when Joe Kady played Norman Schwarzkopf for The History Channel. Joe Kady is a Bay Area solo artist and member of SAG/AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association performers’ unions. He has a rich, soulful voice and a guitar style featuring CGDGBE tuning on custom-made guitars played through high-fidelity gear. Joe’s acoustic sets draw from a large catalogue of original compositions and distinctive interpretations of songwriters like Bob Dylan, Greg Brown, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Richard Thompson, Leadbelly, Bonnie Raitt, John Prine, Michael Smith, Hank Williams, and Joni Mitchell. Joe also showcases obscure classics and under-recognized composers with whom he’s worked over the years, who have given him a rich collection of music waiting to be recorded. Joe Kady’s recent song list: I’D BE LOST WITHOUT YOU Laurie Lewis I COULD HAVE BEEN IN HAWAII Joe Kady I CAN’T SLEEP Steve Goodman THAT’S NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE Leonard Cohen HEART OF A SATURDAY NIGHT Tom Waits INTO THE MYSTIC Van Morrison FRIEND OF THE DEVIL Robert Hunter HELLO IN THERE John Prine MAKIN’ WHOOPEE Gus Kahn/Walter Donaldson GO HOME GIRL Arthur Alexander FISHIN’ BLUES Traditional A CASE OF YOU Joni Mitchell NOBODY KNOWS YOU Jimmy Cox IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR LOVE The Steel Drivers DIAMOND JOE Traditional MISS THE MISSISSIPPI AND YOU Bill Halley THE HARD ROAD Joe Kady THE BLUES RUN THE GAME Jackson C. Frank CRAZY MARY Michael Smith STEAL AWAY Jimmy Hughes COLD, COLD, HEART Hank Williams BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER Bob Dylan LEAN ON ME Bill Withers BLAME IT ON THE MOON Mike Batt ANGEL FROM MONTGOMERY John Prine TROUBADOUR George Strait ALL THINGS MUST PASS George Harrison ANYTIME Herbert Lawson IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH DECEMBER Merle Haggard BIG RIVER Johnny Cash TOUCH OF GREY Robert Hunter BLUE SKIES Irving Berlin BRAND NEW '64 DODGE Greg Brown BURY ME NOT Traditional BY WAY OF SORROW Julie Miller CITY OF NEW ORLEANS Steve Goodman SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE Bob Dylan COLD SHOT Stevie Ray Vaughn COW BIZ Unknown THAT’S THE WAY LOVE GOES Merle Haggard MY CROSS EYED GAL Traditional SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN Kris Kristofferson THE DAY IS PASSED AND GONE Traditional YOU THREW ME AWAY Joe Kady CUTTING THE RUG Tom Peterson DIMMING OF THE DAY Richard Thompson DIXIE CHICKEN Little Feat EARLY Greg Brown ENGINE, ENGINE, NUMBER 9 Roger Miller FENNARIO Traditional FETCHING YOUR OLD MAN Tom Peterson FOR FREE Joni Mitchell FOOLED ME ONCE Greg Brown GHOST IN THIS HOUSE Hugh Prestwood GHOST OF TOM JOAD Bruce Springsteen GIN DONE DONE IT Traditional GINNY’S GOTTA GO Joe Kady GOOD TIME CHARLIE Charlie Rich HANDS OFF THAT BOTTLE Justin Nelson HIGH LOW RANGERS Joe Kady IF I HAD A BOAT Lyle Lovett IF I HAD KNOWN Greg Brown LOUISIANA Randy Newman IF I DIE TOMORROW Tom Peterson DO I LOOK WORRIED Tedeschi Trucks Band I HEARD THE ANGELS SINGING Rev. Gary Davis I HEARD THE LONESOME WHISTLE Hank Williams I’LL FLY AWAY traditional I’M JUST AN OLD CHUNK OF COAL John Anderson I’M SATISFIED Mississippi John Hurt THE PORT OF AMSTERDAM Jacques Brel IT AIN’T ME BABE Bob Dylan IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE Paul Anka I SLEPT ALL NIGHT BY MY LOVER Greg Brown LEAVIN’ CHEYENNE Traditional LEGACY Pierce Pettis LET’S DO LUNCH Tom Peterson LET ME DOWN EASY R. Douglas/B. Armstrong LIVE FOR THE MOMENT Willie Schwarz LONELY OLD FROG Tom Peterson WAYFARING STRANGER Traditional LOVIN' IN MY BABY'S EYES Taj Mahal LOUISE Paul Siebel MUDDY MUDDY MO Tom Peterson NEW YORK TOWN Woodie Guthrie NIGHT RIDER’S LAMENT Mike Burton NO PLACE TO RUN Bob Lucas EVERYTHING IS IN THE PAWN Elizabeth Cotton ON BROADWAY The Drifters ONE MEATBALL Josh White ON YOUR WAY DOWN Alan Toussaint PILGRIM Steve Earle PANCHO AND LEFTY Townes Van Zandt RAMBLIN’ ROUND Woodie Guthrie ROCKSALT AND NAILS Utah Phillips RUNAWAY Del Shannon SWEET THING Traditional SEA OF HEARTBREAK Hal David THE DAY IS PASSED AND GONE Traditional WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG Sam and Dave SHORE WISH IT’D RAIN Jack Nelson/Joe Kady SISTER MARY MAGDALENE Tom Peterson SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE Charles E. Calhoun SPOON RIVER Michael Smith RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA Tony Joe White THE STAR OF THE COUNTY DOWN Traditional SWEET WYOMING HOME Bill Staines THE SWIMMING SONG Loudon Wainwright ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE Kate Wolf THINK ABOUT YOUR TROUBLES Harry Nilsson THE VALLEY Los Lobos TIME AFTER TIME Cyndi Lauper TO MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE Bob Dylan WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE Tom Waits A WHITER SHADE OF PALE Procol Harum 1952 VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING Richard Thompson WAITING FOR A TRAIN Jimmy Rogers WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Percy Sledge WHEN I WAS A COWBOY Lead Belly WHO'S YOUR BABY NOW Mark Knopfler WILD FOR YOU BABY Bonnie Raitt WON'T BACK DOWN Tom Petty YOU CAN’T BE BELIEVED Joe Kady YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART Hank Williams

Hayward, CA