Upcoming Shows

Sunday, October 18, 2026 - The Farm House - Belmont, CA - Veil and Kelly
Join Julia Veil and David Kelly for a Double Down Time Unplugged event.  Join Julia and David for an acoustic performance at the Farm House, 1301 6th Avenue, Belmont, CA.  This event is celebrating local artists in a community hub that also looks like a fine restaurant.  We're excited to be playing for you!


Sunday, October 25, 2026 - Ludwig's Biergarten - Mountain View, CA - Kelley and Kelly
David Kelly and Kelley Adams - a wonderful singer and songwriter - will be playing at Ludwig's Biergarten, 383 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA from 3:00-5:00pm on Sunday, October 25th.  Ludwig's is a great German-style restaurant in downtown Mountain View, and music on the outdoor patio is alway a blast.  We hope to see our friends there!
 

Sunday, November 1, 2026 - The Cats - Los Gatos, CA
Double Down Time is very pleased to come back to The Cats Restaurant, 17533 Santa Cruz Highway (Rt. 17), Los Gatos, CA, from 6:00 - 8:00pm, on Sunday, November 1st.  We always enjoy playing our Cats shows and we hope you'll enjoy some great BBQ, cocktails, and us!

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Videos & Music

Daughter of the Scorpion King - in all those adventurer in the depths of the secret lair of the bad guys, the dude never goes home with Anna May Wong.  This is just wrong.  A lyric video.

Welcome to Stunted Hope - another lyric video.  A shaggy dog western tale (of which I have several).

Barb Wire Halo - the title track from the 4th album.  Relationships are complicated…

Three Sides to Every Story - the title track from the 2nd album.  Truth is complicated too.

About Tempus Fugitives & David Kelly

This is the online presence for Tempus Fugitives, which is to say, the music of San Jose based singer-songwriter David Kelly (that would be me, actually). My fixation on guitars started with my older brother playing when I was a kid, but more importantly, when a friend taught me Michael Row the Boat Ashore on a YMCA camping trip when I was 12. I begged and groveled to my parents, who got me my first guitar that Christmas.

I never had much confidence in my playing or singing, so it was relatively late in life when I joined my first band and was required to sing a few tunes in addition to slamming away on rhythm guitar. No one was more surprised than I was to discover that I enjoyed the singing part (of course I loved the guitar playing). So a monster was created.  It led to a fixation on songwriting, which I have been doing for several years.

Songwriting led to producing, recording, mixing, and mastering four self-produced CDs of original tunes, plus a stack of singles. A “greatest hits” package featuring tunes from all four albums is available on all of the streaming sites - search for “Tempus Fugitives” and you'll find Lock Up Your Daughters. And there you are!

And my songwriting led to my joining Double Down Time - Julia Veil, Lisa Rutta, and Brian Shimada - to play roots, blues, and cabaret tunes in the Bay Area. Gaps in Double Down Time's schedule has led to my playing solo and duo acoustic gigs. No idea how it happened, but this music thing has really taken on a life of its own!

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