Revered Detroit singer Kelly Corrigan dead at 37 [View all]

Kelly Corrigan was the best harmony singer I’ve ever heard. She came to prominence in the Detroit music scene singing backup for Alison Lewis and later Ty Stone, wending her way into the rough-around-the-edges Inside Outlaws Music Collective in River Rouge on the merits of her inimitable voice.


Fans of Americana music often speak of “blood harmonies,” those crystalline singing arrangements that only siblings could possibly produce. And while they weren’t related by blood, Kelly Corrigan and Alison Lewis were sisters. When they sang together, it was joyous — beautiful even. Many nights at the Ghost Light in Hamtramck or at the Lager House in Corktown, Kelly’s harmonies set to Alison’s songs stopped the show, made it nearly impossible for anyone else to follow (believe me, I had to play after them one night at Lager).

That whole Downriver Inside Outlaw crew has grit and swagger, but Kelly was always quiet and humble, as if unaware of how gifted she was. She cherished singing friends’ songs, though, and when she lent her voice to a number, you didn’t forget it.


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