Music Re-Imagined

Let the music live in you!

Leisha Kaye

Vocals

Leisha is the bands lead vocalist. She’s well known in local music circles as "A lady who can belt the blues" but can also sweetly craft a ballad. Her musical sense brilliantly leads the audience on a trip through a wide variety of music.

Steve Pelkey

Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Vocals

“Pelks” is a prolific and sought after musician. Playing guitar is one of his life’s passions. The number of guitars in his collection is only exceeded by the number of bands that count on him... especially One Night Stand.

JJ Johnson

Keyboards, Guitar, Mando and Percussion

"JJ" is versatile performer and brings a wealth of experience. We appreciate his many talents musically with arrangements and with music technology. He’s got a ton of stories about working with famous people...fair warning ....don’t get him started.

Jon Belanger

Fretless Bass and Electric Upright Bass

“Brother Jon” loves racing cars, riding motorcycles and playing music. He’s the founder of “One Night Stand” and loves playing in this group. He’s a music historian as well and loves tracing the roots of our music.

Mike Owen

Drums and Percussion

One of the originial members of the ONS band, Mike sits in on the drums when schedules allow as he also drums in other local bands. You can also find him behind the Lord Of Life Lutheran Church's drum set on almost any given Sunday. "It's all about finding the band's groove and connection. When you get there, it's magical. We all strive to find our groove!"



Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers/Eva Cassidy 

Angel From Montgomery – John Prine/Susan Tedeschi 

Black Horse and a Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall 

Blue on Black – Kenny Wayne Shephard 

Call Me the Breeze – JJ Cale 

Can’t Find My Way Home – Steve Winwood/Rachael Price 

Come Together – John Lennon/The Beatles 

Dance Me to the End of Love – Leonard Cohen/Jorge Drexler 

Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen/Morgan James

Don’t Think Twice – Bob Dylan/Susan Tadeschi 

Double Bogey Blues - Dave Gillon/Mickey Jones

Dream On – Steven Tyler/Post Modern Jukebox 

Drinkin’ Dragons Blood – Ed Volker/The Radiators 

Dust in the Wind – Kerry Livgren/Kansas 

Every Breathe/500 Miles - Sting & Charlie Reid/Pomplamoose

Exs and Ohs – Elle King 

Fast As You – Dwight Yoakam/Runaway June 

Fever -  Eddie Cooley & Otis Blackwell/Ella Fitzgerald 

Ghost Reindeer in the Sky – Stan Jones/The Carolyn Sills Combo 

Gold Dust Woman - Stevie Nicks/Halestorm

Green Onions - Booker T & the MG's

Havana – Camila Cabello 

Heavenly Day – Patty Griffin 

Hit the Road Jack – Percy Mayfield/Becca Krueger 

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For/Stand By Me – U2 & Ben E King/The Light Parade 

Jockey Full of Bourbon – Tom Waits 

Jolene – Dolly Parton/Miley Cyrus 

Knockin on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan 

Landslide – Stevie Nicks 

Long Train Running – Tom Johnston/The Doobie Brothers 

Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan/Adele 

Mercy - Duffy 

One Way or Another - Debbie Harry/Blondie

Only the Lonely - Martha Davis/The Motels

Pipeline – Brian Carman & Bob Spickard/The Chantays 

Please Come Home for Christmas – Charles Brown/The Eagles 

Purple Rain - Prince 

Route 66 – Bobby Troup 

Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding/Sarah Bareilles 

Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel/Morgan James

Songbird - Christine McVie/Fleetwood Mac

Son of a Preacher Man – John Hurley/Eva Cassidy 

Sweet Dreams/Seven Nation Army - Annie Lennox & Jack White/Pomplamoose

Sweet Home Chicago – Robert Johnson/The Blues Brothers 

Take Me to the River – Al Green/Eva Cassidy 

Temptation – Tom Waits/Diana Krall 

Tennessee Whiskey/I'd Rather Go Blind - Dillon & Hargrove/Jordan, Foster & James

The Forecast (Calls for Pain) – David Plen/Robert Cray 

The Story – Phil Hanseroth/Brandi Carlile 

Turn Me On – John D Loudermilk/Norah Jones 

Two More Bottles of Wine – Delbert McClinton/Cheryl Crow 

You Don’t Own Me - John Madara/Grace 

You Say It's Your Birthday - The Beatles

What’s Up – Linda Perry/4 Non Blondes 

White Rabbit – Grace Slick/Jefferson Airplane

Whole Lotta Love - Willie Dixon/Led Zeppelin

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One Night Stand was formed in January of 2009 as a way to help the non-profit organization Viva Musica raise money to keep music in Minnesota schools. The original members were all part of Lord of Life church bands and are pictured on the accompanying poster. Our one time performance was at the Five Event Center of Minneapolis on February 20, 2009.











One year later (January 22, 2010) we performed again for Viva Musica this time at Spill the Wine in Minneapolis. It was a great success and we were encouraged to keep the band together for at least one more year.




We brought our music to our own backyard by performing at Zorbaz on Gull, September 17, 2011. Once again we partnered with Viva Musica to raise money and donations of new and used musical instruments to be donated to schools across Minnesota.

The band took a much needed break and was downsized to our current configuration, The first performance for the leaner, meaner One Night Stand was at The Side Track in Brainerd... that was January 17, 2019.