Derek St. Holmes, born February 1953 is an American rock musician who is most famous for being Ted Nugent's vocalist and rhythm guitar player. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Theodore "Ted" Nugent (born December 13, 1948) (aka
Early years
In Riverview, Michigan Derek had gotten his first guitar for his eleventh birthday. Riverview is a city in Wayne County in the US state of Michigan. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Allowed to practice in his basement, Derek St. Holmes played and learned everything he could from all the rock and roll idols of the era. He started his own neighborhood band, played for all the high school dances and perfected his craft.
Then in 1974, hard-rocker Ted Nugent first saw Derek's band, "Scott", as he opened for a Michigan Nugent show at the Lincoln Park Theater. After several months, Nugent's road manager tracked down and phoned St. Holmes about auditioning for Nugent's band, then called Amboy Dukes. The Amboy Dukes were an American Rock music band of the late 1960s and early 1970s from Detroit Michigan, best remembered for their hit single "Journey The Amboy Dukes had already recorded several albums and was popular among the rock circuit but, after the lead-singer left, Nugent needed a lead singer to give his band the sound that would catapult him into stardom.
St. Holmes was hired and the band of Ted Nugent with Derek St. Holmes, Rob Grange and Vic Mastriani, later changed to be known as The Ted Nugent Band was launched and started immediately on an extensive U. S. tour. Traveling and performing nearly 300 days a year, they played with other popular bands, such as Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Seger, Van Halen and Black Sabbath among other greats. Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Lynyrd Skynyrd (ˌlɛnɚdˈskɪnɝd is an American Southern rock band Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American Rock and roll Singer-songwriter and Musician. Van Halen is a Hard rock band formed in in 1972 They enjoyed success from the release of their self titled debut album in 1978 Black Sabbath are an They created an era of music which has been admired by millions of fans. At only 22 years old, St. Holmes found himself traveling the world and playing to sold out audiences in U.S. and European cities. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Reunited with Ted on an on-again, off-again basis
Although St. Holmes returned to Nugent's band to record numerous albums, not until 1995 did St. Holmes and Nugent co-write another project. This was the first Nugent / St. Holmes writing collaboration in nearly fifteen years. Atlantic Records' Spirit of the Wild was reminiscent of the early Ted Nugent works and confirmed to many fans the Nugent / St. Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock Holmes sound still rocked.
The song "Hey, Baby" was recorded originally by blues legend Koko Taylor, St. Koko Taylor sometimes spelled 'KoKo Taylor' (born Cora Walton 28 September 1928, in Shelby County Tennessee) is an American Blues Holmes said that he could die and go to heaven, as she is certainly a blues icon. His Motown rhythm and blues roots surface on songs such as this. "Motown" redirects here For the city see Detroit Michigan.
The only thing that St. Holmes regrets after all these many years is that most people do not know that he's the voice on such songs as "Stranglehold", "Live It Up", & "Hey, Baby". A chokehold or stranglehold (in Budo referred to as shime-waza, 絞技 "constriction technique" is a Grappling hold that
Derek St. Holmes says he was the inspiration for the name "David St. Hubbins" in Spinal Tap. Spın̈al Tap is a semi-fictional heavy metal band the subject of the 1984 Rockumentary / Mockumentary film This Is {{Unicode|Spın̈al
An episode for VH1's series, "Behind the Music" he talks about this dilemma in late summer '98. VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television Behind the Music was a Television series on VH1 that ran from 1997 to 2006, and continues to air sporadically with new episodes
St. Holmes' new solo CD, Then and Now, is a collection of many St. Holmes' rock material. Bassist Chase Chitty (Pat Travers Band), drummer Steve Pace (Hydra, Krokus, Whitford / St. Krokus is a Hard rock / heavy metal band from Switzerland. Krokus was founded in Solothurn in 1974 by bassist (and original lead vocalist Holmes) and keyboardist Russ Still accompany St. Holmes with songs such as "Dr. Love" and "Surrounded", and the energy rocker "In Too Deep".
In June of 2008 he will be making a new album with ted nugent
Discography
1975 Ted Nugent Ted Nugent (Epic Records)*
1976 Ted Nugent Free-for-All (Epic Records)*
1977 Ted Nugent Cat Scratch Fever (Epic Records)*
1978 Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo! (Epic Records)*
1979 St. Ted Nugent, the first solo effort of the "Motor City Madman" was released in 1975 after disbanding his former group The Amboy Dukes. Free-For-All is the second release from Ted Nugent and his first album to go platinum Cat Scratch Fever is an Album by Ted Nugent released in 1977 as well as the name of the album's title song As exciting as they were Ted Nugent's first three albums lacked the sonic punch in the gut of his outrageous live performances something readily proved by 1978's classic Double Live Gonzo! Paradise St. Paradise (Warner Bros. Records)
1980 & 1995 Whitford/St. Holmes Whitford/St. Holmes (CBS Records) 1981
Ted Nugent Great Gonzos (Epic Records)**
1984 &1985 Michael Schenker Built to Destroy (Chrysalis Records)
1990 & 1993 Vanilla Fudge Live (Rhino Records)
1993 Ted Nugent Out of Control (Epic Records)
1994 Dazed and Confused Movie Soundtrack (MCA Pictures)
1995 Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild (Atlantic Records)
1997 Private Parts Movie Soundtrack (Paramount/WB)
1999 That 70's Show/Rockin TV Sitcom Soundtrack (Volcano Records)
THEN AND NOW
The latest album from Derek. Out of Control is an American Comedy Television series that ran on Nickelodeon from 1984 until 1988 Spirit of the Wild (Atlantic LP 82611 is the eleventh studio album and the fifth Atlantic Records release for American guitartist-singer Ted Nugent. Features: "Standing in the Rain", "Dr. Love" and "Surrounded".
Derek's version of Aerosmith songs are now available online on his website. Derek has re-recorded some famous Aerosmith songs for a special promotion and is making them available to all his fans in MP3 format. MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a Digital audio encoding format using a form of Lossy data compression
Derek is singing in guitar maker Paul Reed Smith's band. Derek has co-written many of the tunes for a new CD including "One In the Same" and "Ice Cold Kisses". The CD is in the vein of 70's rock with some more modern elements. The yet unnamed CD is currently unreleased.
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