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DETROIT GUITARIST TERRY KELLY PASSED AWAY Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:56 PM PDT Written by guitarist/friend: Robert Gillespie The passing of a friend and great Guitarist, Terry Kelly.. I will miss Terry Kelly like a brother and will cherish the times we've had together jamming and just hanging out, he is finally at peace. I'll be posting some pix soon. A lot of people never heard of him I'm sure, but he was one of THE best guitarists from the Detroit area EVER. Terry was the original guitarist in CACTUS and wrote many of the songs on the first album and just got a thank you, he also played with the Detroit Wheels after Mitch left in the late 60's and many other projects that never really happened. One funny story about Terry; way back in the day he was at the in-famous Massimino Music store on 7 mile and Van Dyke and was trying out a guitar and played a Bone-Shattering lick......Ted Nugent was there with jaw dropped and drooling saying; "let's jam man-show me that?" and Terry said; "Naw I'm tired man" and left. He had it all the taste, the feel, the look and all the chops. Just ask Jim McCarty......Terry did have some Demons as well like so many artists do and that may have been holding him back from success, regardless a chosen few of us that knew him are the ones that know just how talented the man was. I'm sure he'll be fronting the band in the after-life with many more like himself, and it will be one hell of a band!! God Bless Terry Kelly...................RKG There will be a memorial service June 23 Thursday Evening at 7:00 at Memorial Church on Jefferson in Grosse Pointe(right next to The War Memorial) See Robert Gillespie play with Detroit Daggers Saturday July 1st at Marios of Troy FIREWORKS AND PARTY ON THE PATIO...

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