His father was a bandleader , trumpeter and vocalist in the 1930s and 1940s in St. Louis .
Kennedy was born and grew up in Maplewood , Missouri , in 1957 .
Kennedy 's father was a bandleader , trumpeter and vocalist in the 1930s and 1940s in St. Louis .
Kennedy was born and grew up in Maplewood , Missouri , in 1957 .