Feature image photo credit: Kevin Baldes
Kelly Keagy is the drummer, as well as a vocalist and founding member of legendary classic rock band Night Ranger. Night Ranger has sold more than 17 million records, with one of their biggest hits being “Sister Christian” which was sung and written by Kelly. Kelly and Night Ranger have a brand new package that has remastered versions of the band’s classics, as well as a selection of their more recent work. The double album is appropriately titled Best Of Night Ranger, and it comes out August 28th via Frontiers Music.
In this interview, Kelly talks about new remastered alternate takes of classic songs, and why they chose the songs on the new Best Of album. He also opens up about the Feeding Off The Mojo era of the band, working with producer David Prater on a new solo record, his 2017 open heart surgery, and when we might get a book telling his inspiring life story.
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Hello everyone! My name is Scott Itter, but some know me as Dr. Music. I am a music journalist and photographer out of the Chicagoland area, and I have been in practice for over 20 years. I grew up in the 70’s with two big brothers that showed me all kinds of rock and roll. As I grew older I ventured out into different genres like jazz, funk, folk, and whatever else I could wrap my ears around. As I read every liner note and every Circus and Hit Parader like they were the Old and New Testament, I came to realize that I just love sound and appreciate all the people that create it.
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