The Will Rogers High School Community Foundation, a Jazz Guitar Life interview, and an Oklahoma Senate resolution identify Kelley as a Tulsa-raised guitarist, composer, producer, and educator who studied music composition at the University of Tulsa, moved to Southern California, recorded and toured internationally, taught at USC, and worked on television, film, commercial, and recording projects.
Oklahoma connection
Independent school, interview, and legislative sources document Tulsa childhood, local bands, University of Tulsa study, and the 2003 Hall induction.
Musical work and relationships
Guitarist; composer; producer; educator; Pat and the Panthers; USC Thornton; television/film/studio work.
Hall of Fame account
The Hall catalog lists Pat Kelley as a guitarist inducted in 2003.
