Jagger Pallay knows how to lower the boom as a quarterback and as a bassist in his band

Look for Jagger Pallay on a fall Friday night and you’ll find him riffing on a defense as the quarterback for the Hudson football team.

On Saturday nights, he’s still shredding, but in a much different way.

You’ll find his golden locks cutting it up on stage as the bassist for The Pallay Boys.

If he’s not wielding his axe to Van Halen, it’s Motley Crue.

If it’s not Crue, it’s the Ramones or maybe Foreigner.

Heck, it could be Cheap Trick, Prince, Kenny Loggins or Beastie Boys.

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Regardless, he’s rocking out somewhere.

“My dad [Damon] did the same thing we’re doing when he was in a band growing up,” Jagger said. “He obviously stopped when he had us, but then he kept playing guitar and singing and stuff like that. And he always tried to get us to do it. At one point, my brother Colt gave in and he was kind of doing country and then they both wanted me to play so they kind of forced me into it, so I started playing.”

How it started, how it's going

Dad’s band was Love Tribe.

The Pallay Boys play a ton of 1970s and 80s rock songs, but also have a four-song EP of original songs ready to drop.

The first song The Pallay Boys played was “Wanted Dead or Alive” by Bon Jovi.

Fast forward a year and half later and it’s a Hudson quarterback reunion on stage.

Jagger – no he’s not named after Mick – is on backup vocals and bass. His brother is the lead vocalist and guitarist.

Jackson Parker is on keyboard and also assists with backup vocals.

The only outlier is drummer Alex Manson, who is in the marching band as a senior at North Royalton.

By the way, Colt is also the quarterbacks coach at Hudson. Parker is the special teams coach.

“I just think it's so cool,” Explorers coach Jeff Gough said. “You don’t see that a whole lot anymore with brothers and friends kind of sticking together. They've all been through it. I think Jagger doesn't want to disappoint those guys.“When he's out on the field I’m sure it's the same way as it is when they're performing. Most kids are hanging out with their friends. His friends are a couple of guys, they have a band together and they're out playing together.”

They just played a gig at Paninis in Twinsburg last weekend and they’ll be back there Oct. 22 and Nov. 12.

They’ll be at Chuggers in Streetsboro on Nov. 23 and have already played at The Basement in Northfield and Twinsburg and at Longos in Mentor.

They’ve played on ESPN 850 for Tony Rizzo and tore it up at Euclid Tavern.

“Honestly, it's a lot of work to learn the songs but once you step on stage and you start playing, you just kind of forget about all the stresses of school and football and all that stuff,” Jagger said. “It's, amazing to just kind of get away and just actually play the music that you love and stuff and make other people happy and dance and all that stuff.”

Jagger Pallay is a baller with bass

It’s a limelight Jagger loves and one that correlates to the football field.

As a bassist, he is the backbone of any song the band plays. As the quarterback, he’s the leader.

Without him, the band can’t play on and neither can the football team.

“If you’re looking at him as a bassist and as a quarterback there are a lot of similarities,” Hudson wide receiver Jack Jenkins said. “You’ve got to learn songs and you’ve got to learn plays. If I don’t know where I’m supposed to run my route, he’ll tell me.”

As Hudson rolls into Wadsworth on Friday undefeated, Jagger and his 67 percent completion percentage and six total touchdowns have the Explorers rolling as much as The Pallay Boys are rocking.

“It’s easiest for him to be out in front when the pressure is on,” Gough said. “You know I really don’t ever see him getting nervous, he just wants to do his best at all times which is pretty unique for a kid to be like at 17 or 18 years old. “When you walk in and Friday night, you are trying to manage the game and make the right reads. Saturday night, you're setting up and you're playing with your band in front of a crowd. It's a wild scenario”

Contact Brad Bournival at bbournival@gannett.com and follow him on Twitter at @bbournival.

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