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Kelly Richey (born November 30, 1962) is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and composer based out of Cincinnati, Ohio Kelly Richey was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, United States,] in a conservative Christian household that avoided rock music. Her first instrument was the piano. Her second instrument was a drum kit that her neighbor let her take home. After a couple of months of playing drums in her bedroom, her father offered to buy her anything she wanted; she chose the guitar. She started learning guitar at age 15; she reached a point where she was practicing 12 hours a day Kelly Richey joined Kopana Terry, Kiya Heartwood and Tony Nagy in 1986. In 1988 she sat in with Albert King at the Cuckoo Club in Nashville. In 1990, she formed The Kelly Richey Band (KRB). In 1997 she moved from Lexington, Kentucky to Mount Auburn, Cincinnati. Writing of her 2001 album Sending Me Angels, Guitar Player praised her “fiery solos“ and her “fast, powerful picking hand“, which she c
