I may have solved a riddle ?

It may have already been suggested and if so please send me to it

As Jeremy Clarkson says "here's what I think" 

Andrew Kelly of the brothers

Connections

Norfolk Virginia, Dillard Crume, Fip Flop (Willie Stephen)

 

Edited January 2, 20223 yr by Blackpoolsoul

I've got a Kelly Brothers CD - Sanctified Southern Soul on US Excello which has the same tracks and pic sleeve as the Kent release. The liner notes on the Excello disc are by Robert Pruter but I'm not sure if the Kent CD uses the same notes. Anyway, the detailed info mentions R Crume (songwriter and producer on the Pat Bryan disc) it says-

"Robert Kelly played guitar and two other gospel musicians worked with the group , two members of the notable Crume family, brothers Dillard and Rufus. The Crume brothers shared in many of the song credits on Simms"

The notes end by saying that Excello dropped the group in 1970 and they returned to Chicago. They performed their hits but were getting asked to do gospel material again. Offe Reese ( who was part of the Kelly Brothers) had a record label in Chicago that recorded both gospel and R&B. It doesn't say the Kellys recorded either together or solo. As of 1996 the Kelly Brothers all live in Chicago and occasionally get together to perform . 

There's no mention of  Kelly and the Soul Explosions but that doesn't mean there was no connection, maybe a little more research could prove fruitful. Over to you.