Chords for Derek St. Holmes the Voice of Ted Nugent's Stranglehold and many other hits
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[Bb] [E] So [G]
[Gb] [G] when you think of Detroit [E] area [Ab] rockers, the first thoughts are usually [Bb] of Bob [E] Seger,
Mark [Em] Farner, [A] Alice Cooper, [Gbm] Ted Nugent, and even Suze [E] Quatro.
And every once in a blue moon, someone will say, hey, what about Derek St.
Holmes?
[G] Most will reply, [E]
Derek St.
who?
So let's try and [F] fix that for those of you who clicked in this video [Gb] not knowing who Derek St.
[E] Holmes is.
First [Bm] off, Derek [F] St.
Holmes is probably one [Gb] of the most unrecognized [F] guitarists and singers
in [E] rock and roll.
His vocals and some guitar work [E] can be heard on quite a few of Ted Nugent's greatest albums,
[Ab] and some of his own albums too.
[E] He has worked a lot [Gb] with Ted Nugent, though he has performed and recorded a lot on his
own, but he has worked with [G] Ted Nugent off and on [Bb] since [A] 1974.
[E] [G] More times than [Em] even he can count.
And even though Ted has shot him twice.
[Gb] More about that later.
[E] So [Gb] now let's kick back and take a [E] quick look back at someone who I [Gb] consider to be one of
the better vocalists and guitarists around, [Bb] Derek St.
Holmes.
[A]
[E] [A]
Derek Bruce [Eb] St.
Holmes [G] was born February [Bb] [Ab] 24th, 1953, and raised in Riverview, Michigan,
a suburb just a few miles south of Detroit.
He got his first guitar for his [Dm] 11th birthday.
[B] His first [Gb] neighborhood band was called the Organized [B] Confusion.
Then [Abm] in 1972, Derek started [F] a three-piece band [A] called Scott.
He was the lead guitarist, [Db] vocalist, and songwriter.
The band opened for an Amboy Dukes show at the Lincoln [F] Park Theater.
The Amboy Dukes and their guitar player, Ted [Abm] Nugent, had already recorded [A] several albums
and were a staple of the Midwest rock [B] scene at the time.
When the Amboy Dukes broke up, [Ab] Ted's road manager [N] contacted St.
Holmes about auditioning
as a lead singer for Nugent's new solo project.
[E]
When asked about [G] first meeting Nugent, here's what Derek had [F] to say in an interview with Eddie [E] Tronk.
That was [Db] 1972, maybe, [E] and we [A] were just a young three-piece rock and [G] roll band out of Detroit.
The band was called [B] Scott.
We used [Bb] to just play our own [A] music, and I didn't play other [Eb] people's stuff.
I just wrote my own songs.
But Ted's ex-tour manager said, you guys should open up for some of Ted's [E] shows.
There's not going to be any money in it, but I think it would be good exposure.
So we did it.
I opened up maybe three or four shows, and before you know it, Ted was showing up at our shows.
[A] I was singer-guitar [Am] player.
It was basically [B] a Cream kind of thing, [Bm] a Jimi Hendrix kind of thing.
Not as good as Jimi Hendrix, but you know what I [A] mean.
So he would see me play, [Abm] and every time I looked over, [Ab] he's on the side of the stage
checking [E] me out.
[B] And it took a long time.
He [G] wasn't crazy about getting [Gb] another guitar player, I think, so it took a [Bm] while.
It took him [B] until [A] 1974.
Ted said, [G] hey, want to come out and rehearse a little bit?
[B] Want to see how it goes?
I said, [G] yeah, I'll drive up.
[A]
So I drive up, and I play with him for [G] 20 minutes in the basement of this farmhouse
on [A] 100 acres, right in the middle of nowhere.
[E] After [E] 20 minutes, he stops playing, and everybody stops, and he looks at me, and he goes, how
many marshals do you want?
And I thought to myself, does that mean I'm hired?
So I just said, I'll take two, [A] and that was it.
Then [A] he said, we're going to go out on tour next week, just [B] do a couple of shows.
You [A] want to go?
I said, yeah, I'll go.
[G] So I [A] went, and we didn't come home for like three or four weeks.
[Em] He lied to me.
We went out, and we rocked it.
We never stopped playing.
[E] We probably used to do 330 [Em] shows a year.
[G] Derrick recorded [Ab] on many of Nugent's albums, the first being the Ted Nugent album [F] in 1975,
[A] where Derrick had the vocal tracks on Stranglehold, [Abm] Queen of the Forest, Just What the Doctor
[B] Ordered, Snake Skin [G] Cowboys, and Hey Baby, which was one he wrote.
He also recorded some on [F] Free For All [N] in 76, but he didn't see eye to eye with how things
were going and [A] quit.
[Bb] So they called in another [Gb] singer to help finish the [Eb] album, [Ab] Marvin Ade, better known as Meatloaf.
Then Derrick [A] came back and did [Eb] Cat Scratch Fever in 77, [G] and his [Gb] final album of this run
with Ted [Ab] being the 1978 double [E] live gonzo.
In [B]
[E] 1979, [G] Derrick joined up with Ted Nugent's bass player, [A] Rob Grange, [G] and ex-Montrose drummer,
[Ab] Denny Carmasi, to form St.
[D] Paradise.
[C] They released one self [G]-titled album for Warner [Gb] Brothers in [Em] 1979.
[Bb] Next was in 1981, [B] Derrick teamed up with [G] Aerosmith's [Gb] guitarist, Brad Whitford, for the short-lived
Whitford St.
[A] Holmes Band.
[G]
As with St.
Paradise, Whitford St.
Holmes released only one self-titled album, [A] before splitting.
[B] Then in [Gb] 1982, Derrick was back in the studio with [Bb] Ted on the 1982 album [A] titled Nugent.
[E] Derrick sang lead vocals on six of the [Em] ten tracks.
[Gb] Also on this album is Carmen Apiece, drummer of Vanilla Fudge.
A couple of my favorite songs off that album were No No No and Can't Stop [Bm] Me Now.
[Gb] Both have Derrick on lead vocals.
I always thought this was one of Nugent's better albums.
In 1995, Derrick [G] reunited with Ted Nugent for the latter's Spirit of the [B] Wild album,
on which Derrick co-wrote seven songs and sang lead on six.
[Bb] I guess this is as good [A] a time of any as to try and understand the Ted Nugent and [A] Derrick
St.
Holmes relationship.
[Eb] It actually is a good [B] one, I would think.
Except maybe for the part where [Em] Ted shot him a couple different [B] times.
Now one I know was a ricochet.
The other time, [Bb]
well, [Gb] here's what Derrick [Gb] had to say about it and [G] his relationship with [Bm] Ted.
[E] When asked how many [B] times he's been in and out of Ted's band, Derrick [E] answered,
Oh gosh, 50?
[Gb] It's kinda like La [E] Casa [Em] Nostra.
He laughs.
[Ab] It's like Godfather 3.
[G]
Once I think [Bb] I'm out, they pull me [Abm] back in.
[A] I think I'm out and all of a sudden I get a call.
But [C] yeah, I'm probably the [Am] longest standing still [B] alive.
He had [Em] shot me twice.
And [A] that's a whole [Em] nother story.
[A] He shot me in the leg.
We were out shotgun hunting in the winter and he just shot me in the leg.
And then we're in the 80s.
[G] He's shooting at targets and it ricochets back and hits me in the arm.
[E] And I was like, holy shit, this guy's dangerous.
[F] But yeah, it's pretty [C] wild.
I survived [Gb] two shootings.
[F] It's good, he laughs.
[G] If you have ever seen Derrick and Ted [E] on stage together,
they do [G] have some good chemistry.
I saw them [Ab] a couple times back in [G] 77, 78.
And it was really a good show.
[Bb] I heard Derrick might do some [G] tours with Ted in 2022.
[Am] And I saw where Ted will [Gb] be close to me come late [E] summer.
[F]
If Derrick is with him, I just might have [G] to spend a 50 to get [F] in there
and see them together [E] again.
One thing about it is when [Bb] Derrick is with Ted,
the songs [E] sound like they used to.
They sound like the way they did when they [B] recorded them.
Derrick is no slouch and can get it [Ab] done on stage all by himself if needed.
[G] I just enjoy that old Nugent sound.
[Em] [B] [Ab] Well, I hope you [A] enjoyed this short piece on Derrick.
[D] The guy is [F] really a great singer and [E] guitarist.
Get out and see him if you get a chance.
And as always, if you see fit, [A] give me a like and [E] subscribe.
And share the video so others [Em] can watch it.
Thank you all for watching.
[Gb] [G] when you think of Detroit [E] area [Ab] rockers, the first thoughts are usually [Bb] of Bob [E] Seger,
Mark [Em] Farner, [A] Alice Cooper, [Gbm] Ted Nugent, and even Suze [E] Quatro.
And every once in a blue moon, someone will say, hey, what about Derek St.
Holmes?
[G] Most will reply, [E]
Derek St.
who?
So let's try and [F] fix that for those of you who clicked in this video [Gb] not knowing who Derek St.
[E] Holmes is.
First [Bm] off, Derek [F] St.
Holmes is probably one [Gb] of the most unrecognized [F] guitarists and singers
in [E] rock and roll.
His vocals and some guitar work [E] can be heard on quite a few of Ted Nugent's greatest albums,
[Ab] and some of his own albums too.
[E] He has worked a lot [Gb] with Ted Nugent, though he has performed and recorded a lot on his
own, but he has worked with [G] Ted Nugent off and on [Bb] since [A] 1974.
[E] [G] More times than [Em] even he can count.
And even though Ted has shot him twice.
[Gb] More about that later.
[E] So [Gb] now let's kick back and take a [E] quick look back at someone who I [Gb] consider to be one of
the better vocalists and guitarists around, [Bb] Derek St.
Holmes.
[A]
[E] [A]
Derek Bruce [Eb] St.
Holmes [G] was born February [Bb] [Ab] 24th, 1953, and raised in Riverview, Michigan,
a suburb just a few miles south of Detroit.
He got his first guitar for his [Dm] 11th birthday.
[B] His first [Gb] neighborhood band was called the Organized [B] Confusion.
Then [Abm] in 1972, Derek started [F] a three-piece band [A] called Scott.
He was the lead guitarist, [Db] vocalist, and songwriter.
The band opened for an Amboy Dukes show at the Lincoln [F] Park Theater.
The Amboy Dukes and their guitar player, Ted [Abm] Nugent, had already recorded [A] several albums
and were a staple of the Midwest rock [B] scene at the time.
When the Amboy Dukes broke up, [Ab] Ted's road manager [N] contacted St.
Holmes about auditioning
as a lead singer for Nugent's new solo project.
[E]
When asked about [G] first meeting Nugent, here's what Derek had [F] to say in an interview with Eddie [E] Tronk.
That was [Db] 1972, maybe, [E] and we [A] were just a young three-piece rock and [G] roll band out of Detroit.
The band was called [B] Scott.
We used [Bb] to just play our own [A] music, and I didn't play other [Eb] people's stuff.
I just wrote my own songs.
But Ted's ex-tour manager said, you guys should open up for some of Ted's [E] shows.
There's not going to be any money in it, but I think it would be good exposure.
So we did it.
I opened up maybe three or four shows, and before you know it, Ted was showing up at our shows.
[A] I was singer-guitar [Am] player.
It was basically [B] a Cream kind of thing, [Bm] a Jimi Hendrix kind of thing.
Not as good as Jimi Hendrix, but you know what I [A] mean.
So he would see me play, [Abm] and every time I looked over, [Ab] he's on the side of the stage
checking [E] me out.
[B] And it took a long time.
He [G] wasn't crazy about getting [Gb] another guitar player, I think, so it took a [Bm] while.
It took him [B] until [A] 1974.
Ted said, [G] hey, want to come out and rehearse a little bit?
[B] Want to see how it goes?
I said, [G] yeah, I'll drive up.
[A]
So I drive up, and I play with him for [G] 20 minutes in the basement of this farmhouse
on [A] 100 acres, right in the middle of nowhere.
[E] After [E] 20 minutes, he stops playing, and everybody stops, and he looks at me, and he goes, how
many marshals do you want?
And I thought to myself, does that mean I'm hired?
So I just said, I'll take two, [A] and that was it.
Then [A] he said, we're going to go out on tour next week, just [B] do a couple of shows.
You [A] want to go?
I said, yeah, I'll go.
[G] So I [A] went, and we didn't come home for like three or four weeks.
[Em] He lied to me.
We went out, and we rocked it.
We never stopped playing.
[E] We probably used to do 330 [Em] shows a year.
[G] Derrick recorded [Ab] on many of Nugent's albums, the first being the Ted Nugent album [F] in 1975,
[A] where Derrick had the vocal tracks on Stranglehold, [Abm] Queen of the Forest, Just What the Doctor
[B] Ordered, Snake Skin [G] Cowboys, and Hey Baby, which was one he wrote.
He also recorded some on [F] Free For All [N] in 76, but he didn't see eye to eye with how things
were going and [A] quit.
[Bb] So they called in another [Gb] singer to help finish the [Eb] album, [Ab] Marvin Ade, better known as Meatloaf.
Then Derrick [A] came back and did [Eb] Cat Scratch Fever in 77, [G] and his [Gb] final album of this run
with Ted [Ab] being the 1978 double [E] live gonzo.
In [B]
[E] 1979, [G] Derrick joined up with Ted Nugent's bass player, [A] Rob Grange, [G] and ex-Montrose drummer,
[Ab] Denny Carmasi, to form St.
[D] Paradise.
[C] They released one self [G]-titled album for Warner [Gb] Brothers in [Em] 1979.
[Bb] Next was in 1981, [B] Derrick teamed up with [G] Aerosmith's [Gb] guitarist, Brad Whitford, for the short-lived
Whitford St.
[A] Holmes Band.
[G]
As with St.
Paradise, Whitford St.
Holmes released only one self-titled album, [A] before splitting.
[B] Then in [Gb] 1982, Derrick was back in the studio with [Bb] Ted on the 1982 album [A] titled Nugent.
[E] Derrick sang lead vocals on six of the [Em] ten tracks.
[Gb] Also on this album is Carmen Apiece, drummer of Vanilla Fudge.
A couple of my favorite songs off that album were No No No and Can't Stop [Bm] Me Now.
[Gb] Both have Derrick on lead vocals.
I always thought this was one of Nugent's better albums.
In 1995, Derrick [G] reunited with Ted Nugent for the latter's Spirit of the [B] Wild album,
on which Derrick co-wrote seven songs and sang lead on six.
[Bb] I guess this is as good [A] a time of any as to try and understand the Ted Nugent and [A] Derrick
St.
Holmes relationship.
[Eb] It actually is a good [B] one, I would think.
Except maybe for the part where [Em] Ted shot him a couple different [B] times.
Now one I know was a ricochet.
The other time, [Bb]
well, [Gb] here's what Derrick [Gb] had to say about it and [G] his relationship with [Bm] Ted.
[E] When asked how many [B] times he's been in and out of Ted's band, Derrick [E] answered,
Oh gosh, 50?
[Gb] It's kinda like La [E] Casa [Em] Nostra.
He laughs.
[Ab] It's like Godfather 3.
[G]
Once I think [Bb] I'm out, they pull me [Abm] back in.
[A] I think I'm out and all of a sudden I get a call.
But [C] yeah, I'm probably the [Am] longest standing still [B] alive.
He had [Em] shot me twice.
And [A] that's a whole [Em] nother story.
[A] He shot me in the leg.
We were out shotgun hunting in the winter and he just shot me in the leg.
And then we're in the 80s.
[G] He's shooting at targets and it ricochets back and hits me in the arm.
[E] And I was like, holy shit, this guy's dangerous.
[F] But yeah, it's pretty [C] wild.
I survived [Gb] two shootings.
[F] It's good, he laughs.
[G] If you have ever seen Derrick and Ted [E] on stage together,
they do [G] have some good chemistry.
I saw them [Ab] a couple times back in [G] 77, 78.
And it was really a good show.
[Bb] I heard Derrick might do some [G] tours with Ted in 2022.
[Am] And I saw where Ted will [Gb] be close to me come late [E] summer.
[F]
If Derrick is with him, I just might have [G] to spend a 50 to get [F] in there
and see them together [E] again.
One thing about it is when [Bb] Derrick is with Ted,
the songs [E] sound like they used to.
They sound like the way they did when they [B] recorded them.
Derrick is no slouch and can get it [Ab] done on stage all by himself if needed.
[G] I just enjoy that old Nugent sound.
[Em] [B] [Ab] Well, I hope you [A] enjoyed this short piece on Derrick.
[D] The guy is [F] really a great singer and [E] guitarist.
Get out and see him if you get a chance.
And as always, if you see fit, [A] give me a like and [E] subscribe.
And share the video so others [Em] can watch it.
Thank you all for watching.
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ [E] _ So [G] _
_ [Gb] _ _ [G] _ when you think of Detroit [E] area [Ab] rockers, the first thoughts are usually [Bb] of Bob [E] Seger,
Mark [Em] Farner, [A] Alice Cooper, [Gbm] Ted Nugent, and even Suze [E] Quatro. _
And every once in a blue moon, someone will say, hey, what about Derek St.
Holmes?
[G] Most will reply, [E]
Derek St.
who?
So let's try and [F] fix that for those of you who clicked in this video [Gb] not knowing who Derek St.
[E] Holmes is.
_ First [Bm] off, Derek [F] St.
Holmes is probably one [Gb] of the most unrecognized [F] guitarists and singers
in [E] rock and roll.
_ His vocals and some guitar work [E] can be heard on quite a few of Ted Nugent's greatest albums,
[Ab] and some of his own albums too.
_ [E] He has worked a lot [Gb] with Ted Nugent, though he has performed and recorded a lot on his
own, but he has worked with [G] Ted Nugent off and on [Bb] since [A] 1974.
[E] _ [G] More times than [Em] even he can count.
And even though Ted has shot him twice.
_ [Gb] More about that later.
_ [E] So [Gb] now let's kick back and take a [E] quick look back at someone who I [Gb] consider to be one of
the better vocalists and guitarists around, [Bb] Derek St.
Holmes.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A]
Derek Bruce [Eb] St.
Holmes [G] was born February [Bb] _ [Ab] 24th, 1953, and raised in Riverview, Michigan,
a suburb just a few miles south of Detroit.
He got his first guitar for his [Dm] 11th birthday.
[B] His first [Gb] neighborhood band was called the Organized [B] Confusion.
Then [Abm] in 1972, Derek started [F] a three-piece band [A] called Scott.
He was the lead guitarist, [Db] vocalist, and songwriter.
The band opened for an Amboy Dukes show at the Lincoln [F] Park Theater.
The Amboy Dukes and their guitar player, Ted [Abm] Nugent, had already recorded [A] several albums
and were a staple of the Midwest rock [B] scene at the time.
When the Amboy Dukes broke up, [Ab] Ted's road manager [N] contacted St.
Holmes about auditioning
as a lead singer for Nugent's new solo project.
[E] _
When asked about [G] first meeting Nugent, here's what Derek had [F] to say in an interview with Eddie [E] Tronk.
_ That was [Db] 1972, maybe, [E] and we [A] were just a young three-piece rock and [G] roll band out of Detroit.
The band was called [B] Scott.
We used [Bb] to just play our own [A] music, and I didn't play other [Eb] people's stuff.
I just wrote my own songs.
But Ted's ex-tour manager said, you guys should open up for some of Ted's [E] shows.
There's not going to be any money in it, but I think it would be good exposure.
So we did it.
I opened up maybe three or four shows, and before you know it, Ted was showing up at our shows.
[A] I was singer-guitar [Am] player.
It was basically [B] a Cream kind of thing, [Bm] a Jimi Hendrix kind of thing.
Not as good as Jimi Hendrix, but you know what I [A] mean.
So he would see me play, [Abm] and every time I looked over, [Ab] he's on the side of the stage
checking [E] me out.
[B] And it took a long time.
He [G] wasn't crazy about getting [Gb] another guitar player, I think, so it took a [Bm] while.
It took him [B] until [A] 1974.
_ Ted said, [G] hey, want to come out and rehearse a little bit?
[B] Want to see how it goes?
I said, [G] yeah, I'll drive up.
[A]
So I drive up, and I play with him for [G] 20 minutes in the basement of this farmhouse
on [A] 100 acres, right in the middle of nowhere.
[E] After [E] 20 minutes, he stops playing, and everybody stops, and he looks at me, and he goes, how
many marshals do you want?
And I thought to myself, does that mean I'm hired?
_ So I just said, I'll take two, [A] and that was it.
Then [A] he said, we're going to go out on tour next week, just [B] do a couple of shows.
You [A] want to go?
I said, yeah, I'll go.
[G] So I [A] went, and we didn't come home for like three or four weeks.
[Em] He lied to me.
We went out, and we rocked it.
We never stopped playing.
[E] We probably used to do 330 [Em] shows a year.
_ _ [G] Derrick recorded [Ab] on many of Nugent's albums, the first being the Ted Nugent album [F] in 1975,
[A] where Derrick had the vocal tracks on Stranglehold, [Abm] Queen of the Forest, Just What the Doctor
[B] Ordered, Snake Skin [G] Cowboys, and Hey Baby, which was one he wrote.
He also recorded some on [F] Free For All [N] in 76, but he didn't see eye to eye with how things
were going and [A] quit.
[Bb] So they called in another [Gb] singer to help finish the [Eb] album, [Ab] Marvin Ade, better known as Meatloaf.
Then Derrick [A] came back and did [Eb] Cat Scratch Fever in 77, [G] _ and his [Gb] final album of this run
with Ted [Ab] being the 1978 double [E] live gonzo.
In [B] _
[E] 1979, [G] Derrick joined up with Ted Nugent's bass player, [A] Rob Grange, [G] and ex-Montrose drummer,
[Ab] Denny Carmasi, to form St.
[D] Paradise.
[C] They released one self [G]-titled album for Warner [Gb] Brothers in [Em] 1979.
_ [Bb] Next was in 1981, [B] Derrick teamed up with [G] Aerosmith's [Gb] guitarist, Brad Whitford, for the short-lived
Whitford St.
[A] Holmes Band.
_ [G]
As with St.
Paradise, Whitford St.
Holmes released only one self-titled album, [A] before splitting.
_ [B] Then in [Gb] 1982, Derrick was back in the studio with [Bb] Ted on the 1982 album [A] titled Nugent.
[E] Derrick sang lead vocals on six of the [Em] ten tracks.
[Gb] Also on this album is Carmen Apiece, drummer of Vanilla Fudge.
A couple of my favorite songs off that album were No No No and Can't Stop [Bm] Me Now.
[Gb] Both have Derrick on lead vocals.
I always thought this was one of Nugent's better albums.
In 1995, Derrick [G] reunited with Ted Nugent for the latter's Spirit of the [B] Wild album,
on which Derrick co-wrote seven songs and sang lead on six.
_ [Bb] I guess this is as good [A] a time of any as to try and understand the Ted Nugent and [A] Derrick
St.
Holmes relationship.
[Eb] It actually is a good [B] one, I would think.
Except maybe for the part where [Em] Ted shot him a couple different [B] times.
Now one I know was a ricochet.
The other time, [Bb]
well, [Gb] here's what Derrick [Gb] had to say about it and [G] his relationship with [Bm] Ted.
_ [E] When asked how many [B] times he's been in and out of Ted's band, Derrick [E] answered,
Oh gosh, 50?
_ [Gb] It's kinda like La [E] Casa [Em] Nostra.
He laughs.
[Ab] It's like Godfather 3.
[G]
Once I think [Bb] I'm out, they pull me [Abm] back in.
[A] I think I'm out and all of a sudden I get a call.
But [C] yeah, I'm probably the [Am] longest standing still [B] alive.
He had [Em] shot me twice.
And [A] that's a whole [Em] nother story.
[A] He shot me in the leg.
We were out shotgun hunting in the winter and he just shot me in the leg.
And then we're in the 80s.
_ [G] He's shooting at targets and it ricochets back and hits me in the arm.
[E] And I was like, holy shit, this guy's dangerous.
[F] But yeah, it's pretty [C] wild.
I survived [Gb] two shootings.
[F] It's good, he laughs.
[G] If you have ever seen Derrick and Ted [E] on stage together,
they do [G] have some good chemistry.
I saw them [Ab] a couple times back in [G] 77, 78.
And it was really a good show.
[Bb] _ I heard Derrick might do some [G] tours with Ted in 2022.
[Am] And I saw where Ted will [Gb] be close to me come late [E] summer.
_ [F]
If Derrick is with him, I just might have [G] to spend a 50 to get [F] in there
and see them together [E] again.
One thing about it is when [Bb] Derrick is with Ted,
the songs [E] sound like they used to.
They sound like the way they did when they [B] recorded them.
_ Derrick is no slouch and can get it [Ab] done on stage all by himself if needed.
[G] I just enjoy that old Nugent sound.
[Em] _ _ [B] _ [Ab] Well, I hope you [A] enjoyed this short piece on Derrick.
[D] The guy is [F] really a great singer and [E] guitarist.
Get out and see him if you get a chance.
And as always, if you see fit, [A] give me a like and [E] subscribe.
And share the video so others [Em] can watch it.
Thank you all for watching. _ _ _ _
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_ [Gb] _ _ [G] _ when you think of Detroit [E] area [Ab] rockers, the first thoughts are usually [Bb] of Bob [E] Seger,
Mark [Em] Farner, [A] Alice Cooper, [Gbm] Ted Nugent, and even Suze [E] Quatro. _
And every once in a blue moon, someone will say, hey, what about Derek St.
Holmes?
[G] Most will reply, [E]
Derek St.
who?
So let's try and [F] fix that for those of you who clicked in this video [Gb] not knowing who Derek St.
[E] Holmes is.
_ First [Bm] off, Derek [F] St.
Holmes is probably one [Gb] of the most unrecognized [F] guitarists and singers
in [E] rock and roll.
_ His vocals and some guitar work [E] can be heard on quite a few of Ted Nugent's greatest albums,
[Ab] and some of his own albums too.
_ [E] He has worked a lot [Gb] with Ted Nugent, though he has performed and recorded a lot on his
own, but he has worked with [G] Ted Nugent off and on [Bb] since [A] 1974.
[E] _ [G] More times than [Em] even he can count.
And even though Ted has shot him twice.
_ [Gb] More about that later.
_ [E] So [Gb] now let's kick back and take a [E] quick look back at someone who I [Gb] consider to be one of
the better vocalists and guitarists around, [Bb] Derek St.
Holmes.
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Derek Bruce [Eb] St.
Holmes [G] was born February [Bb] _ [Ab] 24th, 1953, and raised in Riverview, Michigan,
a suburb just a few miles south of Detroit.
He got his first guitar for his [Dm] 11th birthday.
[B] His first [Gb] neighborhood band was called the Organized [B] Confusion.
Then [Abm] in 1972, Derek started [F] a three-piece band [A] called Scott.
He was the lead guitarist, [Db] vocalist, and songwriter.
The band opened for an Amboy Dukes show at the Lincoln [F] Park Theater.
The Amboy Dukes and their guitar player, Ted [Abm] Nugent, had already recorded [A] several albums
and were a staple of the Midwest rock [B] scene at the time.
When the Amboy Dukes broke up, [Ab] Ted's road manager [N] contacted St.
Holmes about auditioning
as a lead singer for Nugent's new solo project.
[E] _
When asked about [G] first meeting Nugent, here's what Derek had [F] to say in an interview with Eddie [E] Tronk.
_ That was [Db] 1972, maybe, [E] and we [A] were just a young three-piece rock and [G] roll band out of Detroit.
The band was called [B] Scott.
We used [Bb] to just play our own [A] music, and I didn't play other [Eb] people's stuff.
I just wrote my own songs.
But Ted's ex-tour manager said, you guys should open up for some of Ted's [E] shows.
There's not going to be any money in it, but I think it would be good exposure.
So we did it.
I opened up maybe three or four shows, and before you know it, Ted was showing up at our shows.
[A] I was singer-guitar [Am] player.
It was basically [B] a Cream kind of thing, [Bm] a Jimi Hendrix kind of thing.
Not as good as Jimi Hendrix, but you know what I [A] mean.
So he would see me play, [Abm] and every time I looked over, [Ab] he's on the side of the stage
checking [E] me out.
[B] And it took a long time.
He [G] wasn't crazy about getting [Gb] another guitar player, I think, so it took a [Bm] while.
It took him [B] until [A] 1974.
_ Ted said, [G] hey, want to come out and rehearse a little bit?
[B] Want to see how it goes?
I said, [G] yeah, I'll drive up.
[A]
So I drive up, and I play with him for [G] 20 minutes in the basement of this farmhouse
on [A] 100 acres, right in the middle of nowhere.
[E] After [E] 20 minutes, he stops playing, and everybody stops, and he looks at me, and he goes, how
many marshals do you want?
And I thought to myself, does that mean I'm hired?
_ So I just said, I'll take two, [A] and that was it.
Then [A] he said, we're going to go out on tour next week, just [B] do a couple of shows.
You [A] want to go?
I said, yeah, I'll go.
[G] So I [A] went, and we didn't come home for like three or four weeks.
[Em] He lied to me.
We went out, and we rocked it.
We never stopped playing.
[E] We probably used to do 330 [Em] shows a year.
_ _ [G] Derrick recorded [Ab] on many of Nugent's albums, the first being the Ted Nugent album [F] in 1975,
[A] where Derrick had the vocal tracks on Stranglehold, [Abm] Queen of the Forest, Just What the Doctor
[B] Ordered, Snake Skin [G] Cowboys, and Hey Baby, which was one he wrote.
He also recorded some on [F] Free For All [N] in 76, but he didn't see eye to eye with how things
were going and [A] quit.
[Bb] So they called in another [Gb] singer to help finish the [Eb] album, [Ab] Marvin Ade, better known as Meatloaf.
Then Derrick [A] came back and did [Eb] Cat Scratch Fever in 77, [G] _ and his [Gb] final album of this run
with Ted [Ab] being the 1978 double [E] live gonzo.
In [B] _
[E] 1979, [G] Derrick joined up with Ted Nugent's bass player, [A] Rob Grange, [G] and ex-Montrose drummer,
[Ab] Denny Carmasi, to form St.
[D] Paradise.
[C] They released one self [G]-titled album for Warner [Gb] Brothers in [Em] 1979.
_ [Bb] Next was in 1981, [B] Derrick teamed up with [G] Aerosmith's [Gb] guitarist, Brad Whitford, for the short-lived
Whitford St.
[A] Holmes Band.
_ [G]
As with St.
Paradise, Whitford St.
Holmes released only one self-titled album, [A] before splitting.
_ [B] Then in [Gb] 1982, Derrick was back in the studio with [Bb] Ted on the 1982 album [A] titled Nugent.
[E] Derrick sang lead vocals on six of the [Em] ten tracks.
[Gb] Also on this album is Carmen Apiece, drummer of Vanilla Fudge.
A couple of my favorite songs off that album were No No No and Can't Stop [Bm] Me Now.
[Gb] Both have Derrick on lead vocals.
I always thought this was one of Nugent's better albums.
In 1995, Derrick [G] reunited with Ted Nugent for the latter's Spirit of the [B] Wild album,
on which Derrick co-wrote seven songs and sang lead on six.
_ [Bb] I guess this is as good [A] a time of any as to try and understand the Ted Nugent and [A] Derrick
St.
Holmes relationship.
[Eb] It actually is a good [B] one, I would think.
Except maybe for the part where [Em] Ted shot him a couple different [B] times.
Now one I know was a ricochet.
The other time, [Bb]
well, [Gb] here's what Derrick [Gb] had to say about it and [G] his relationship with [Bm] Ted.
_ [E] When asked how many [B] times he's been in and out of Ted's band, Derrick [E] answered,
Oh gosh, 50?
_ [Gb] It's kinda like La [E] Casa [Em] Nostra.
He laughs.
[Ab] It's like Godfather 3.
[G]
Once I think [Bb] I'm out, they pull me [Abm] back in.
[A] I think I'm out and all of a sudden I get a call.
But [C] yeah, I'm probably the [Am] longest standing still [B] alive.
He had [Em] shot me twice.
And [A] that's a whole [Em] nother story.
[A] He shot me in the leg.
We were out shotgun hunting in the winter and he just shot me in the leg.
And then we're in the 80s.
_ [G] He's shooting at targets and it ricochets back and hits me in the arm.
[E] And I was like, holy shit, this guy's dangerous.
[F] But yeah, it's pretty [C] wild.
I survived [Gb] two shootings.
[F] It's good, he laughs.
[G] If you have ever seen Derrick and Ted [E] on stage together,
they do [G] have some good chemistry.
I saw them [Ab] a couple times back in [G] 77, 78.
And it was really a good show.
[Bb] _ I heard Derrick might do some [G] tours with Ted in 2022.
[Am] And I saw where Ted will [Gb] be close to me come late [E] summer.
_ [F]
If Derrick is with him, I just might have [G] to spend a 50 to get [F] in there
and see them together [E] again.
One thing about it is when [Bb] Derrick is with Ted,
the songs [E] sound like they used to.
They sound like the way they did when they [B] recorded them.
_ Derrick is no slouch and can get it [Ab] done on stage all by himself if needed.
[G] I just enjoy that old Nugent sound.
[Em] _ _ [B] _ [Ab] Well, I hope you [A] enjoyed this short piece on Derrick.
[D] The guy is [F] really a great singer and [E] guitarist.
Get out and see him if you get a chance.
And as always, if you see fit, [A] give me a like and [E] subscribe.
And share the video so others [Em] can watch it.
Thank you all for watching. _ _ _ _
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