
Email: Kelly
Kelly Derrick/Vocals- I think the scariest sight I've ever
witnessed is the look on my big boss's face the first time he showed up at
a Stagepass show after the Classic Chevrolet Christmas party at the now
demolished Wine Press in Painesville, Ohio.
Our Sales Rep. leaned over to our Senior V.P. Gary Sneed
in the middle of a Rockin' rendition of Bruce
Springsteen's "Prove it All Night" and gently whispered "He's the
same guy
that loans out millions of dollars of your money
every month." But actually at the song's end he came up and said "nice
job". I let out a big sigh of relief cause I didn’t know what he was
gonna
think. Well I'm alive & well still 14yrs as V.P. and Senior Loan officer of
Bank One Credit Company, the fourth largest Bank in the country sitting
atop a $148 Million portfolio. That's right, Banker by day, Rocker by
night.
Prior to that, I was on the other end of the loan spectrum as a
collection agent in Houston, TX. registered under such aliases as Chuck
Justice & Jim Day. Attended University of Houston briefly during the Phi
Slamma Jamma days with Hakeem Olajuwan & Clyde the Glyde Drexler majoring in
Speech & Drama. But shortly after my stint in Texas I relocated back to my
home town of Painesville, Ohio .
Most recently being lead singer of local popular acts Stagepass & Festivus I
find myself singing anything from MSB to Barry White covering all types of
music. However, anyone who knows me is aware I'm the consummate
"Retro-Rocker". Bruce Springsteen is my idol & anyone that's ever
attended
one of his live shows knows where I'm coming from. We as a band feel we've
raised the bar so to speak with the Stone Pony project & promise to deliver
nothing short of a high energy show found nowhere else except maybe on the
Jersey Shore itself. Its been a long time since my 1st band Crystal Rain at
the old Painesville Agora-and guess what...Better Days are Comin'-see ya at
the gig.