in Baltimore, Maryland. He played guitar for "Rock and Roll", then sang and played "Stranglehold" (Ted Nugent). St. Holmes is actually the voice heard in the track recording. He also performed "Stranglehold" with Get the Led Out at the Nokia in New York City in March 2009 and again in Baltimore in May 2010. In 2010, St. Holmes participated in a tribute album titled Mister Bolin's Late Night Revival, a compilation of 17 previously unreleased tracks written by guitar legend Tommy Bolin prior to his death in 1976. The CD includes other artists such as HiFi Superstar, Doogie White, Eric Martin, Troy Luccketta, Jeff Pilson, Randy Jackson, Rachel Barton, Rex Carroll, Kimberley Dahme, and The 77's. A percentage of the proceeds from this project will benefit the Jackson Recovery Centers. He toured again with Nugent from 2011 to 2014 and appeared on Nugent's 2014 album Shutup & Jam! Whitford/St. Holmes reunited for a 2015 tour and the follow-up CD Reunion was sold at these shows. Also in 2014, St. Holmes announced that Gibson would release a signature guitar in his name later in the year. The guitar is a white Gibson SG custom with an ebony fingerboard and three humbucker pickups. The guitar is fitted with a vibrola. St. Holmes performed at the 2015 Dick Wagner Memorial "Remember the Child" benefit concert in Detroit, and he co-headlined the same event in 2016 with Brad Whitford and The Frost. In 2017, St. Holmes surprised and delighted fans by joining an REO Speedwagon performance for an impromptu rendition of Stranglehold during the annual NAHA(Native American Heritage Assoc) benefit Rock Legends Cruise. St. Holmes is known for playing a variety of guitars throughout his career, including Fender Stratocasters, Gibson Les Pauls, PRS Guitars, and various Gibson hollow-bodies. Discography Main albums with Ted Nugent 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) 1982 Ted Nugent Nugent (Atlantic Records) 1995 Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild (Atlantic Records) 2014 Ted Nugent Shutup & Jam! (Frontiers Records) Main albums – Others 1979 St. Paradise St. Paradise (Warner Bros. Records) 1981 Whitford/St. Holmes Whitford/St. Holmes (CBS Records) 1991 Vanilla Fudge The Best of Vanilla Fudge Live (Rhino Records) 2000 Derek St. Holmes Then & Now (Perris Records) 2009 Blood of the Sun Death Ride (Brainticket Records)