Interview with Muscle Shoals’ own Kelvin Holly – longtime guitarist for our very own Little Richard Penniman.
When Little Richard passed on May 10, 2020 at 87 years old, AL.com asked Kelvin what he enjoyed most about playing music with the legendary artist. He said, “There’s just so much. Well number one, just getting to play with such an icon of music, you know? Of course, over the years when we became friends you tend to forget who he is. He’s just Richard. But I would pinch myself sometimes, because I stood right next to him onstage, we’d be playing and I’d go, ‘Damn, that’s Little Richard.'”