Robert Randolph & The Family Band
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Nobody in the world plays pedal steel guitar like Robert Randolph. He’s a maniac—a stool-kicking, happy-footed, rubber-kneed virtuoso who did for that instrument what Jerry Lee Lewis did for the piano. But Randolph’s antics still involve praising the lord, in whose house (specifically, the Pentecostal House of God Church in Orange, N.J.) he first learned to play the style known as sacred steel. Randolph employs his cousins in the Family Band, and freely admits his pedal-steel passion saved him from the streets, though the streets certainly inform his funked-up, blues-powered sound, as do influences such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Sly Stone. One of Randolph’s early champions was Eric Clapton, who knows a little something about salvation; Clapton took Randolph out on tour, showcased him in the first Crossroads guitar festival in Dallas and appeared on Randolph’s 2006 album, Colorblind. Randolph’s latest, We Walk This Road, produced by Texan T Bone Burnett, has a June 22 release date—four days before he’ll perform at Clapton’s 2010 Crossroads fest. TWEETS
- The 2010 Lineup
- Amos Lee
- Angus & Julia Stone
- Ashley Cleveland & Kenny Greenberg
- Asleep at the Wheel
- Balmorhea
- Band of Horses
- Basia Bulat
- Beach House
- Bear in Heaven
- Beats Antique
- Blind Pilot
- Blues Traveler
- Broken Bells
- Buddy & The Straight Way Travelers
- Cage the Elephant
- Caitlin Rose
- Carolyn Wonderland
- Charlie Mars
- Chief
- Dan Black
- David Bazan
- Dawes
- Deadmau5
- Devendra Banhart and the Grogs
- Donavon Frankenreiter
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- Elizabeth Mitchell
- First Aid Kit
- Foals
- Frances England
- Frank Turner
- GIVERS
- Gayngs
- Girls
- Gogol Bordello
- Gospel Stars
- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
- Heavenly Voices
- JD & The Straight Shot
- JJ Grey & Mofro
- Jones Family Singers
- Kings Go Forth
- Kinky
- LCD Soundsystem
- Lissie
- Local Natives
- Lucero
- M.I.A.
- Manchester Orchestra
- Martin Sexton
- Matt and Kim
- Maxim Ludwig & The Santa Fe Seven
- Mayer Hawthorne & The County
- Midlake
- Miike Snow
- Monsters of Folk
- Muse
- MyNameIsJohnMichael
- NINJASONIK
- Norah Jones
- Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible
- Okee Dokee Brothers
- Ozomatli
- Pat Green
- Pete Yorn
- Phish
- Ponderosa
- Portugal. The Man
- Q Brothers
- Qbeta
- Rebelution
- Richard Thompson
- Robert Earl Keen
- Robert Randolph & The Family Band
- Ruby Jane
- Run With Bulls
- Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses
- SPEAK
- Sahara Smith
- Sarah Harmer
- The School of Rock All Stars
- Shearwater
- Silversun Pickups
- Slightly Stoopid
- Sonic Youth
- Spoon
- Switchfoot
- T Bird and the Breaks
- TV Torso
- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
- The Band of Heathens
- The Black Keys
- Black Lips
- The Constellations
- The Dough Rollers
- The Eagles
- The Ettes
- The Flaming Lips
- The Gaslight Anthem
- The Henry Clay People
- The Jane Shermans
- The Jellydots
- The Kicks
- The Morning Benders
- The Mountain Goats
- The National
- The Relatives
- The Soft Pack
- The Strokes
- The Sword
- The Temper Trap
- The Verve Pipe
- The Very Best
- The xx
- Those Darlins
- Tom Freund
- Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
- Two Door Cinema Club
- Two Tons of Steel
- Vampire Weekend
- Vonnegutt
- Warpaint
- Wesley Bray & The Disciples of Joy
- White Rabbits
- Yeasayer
Comments
Definitely the best from Friday. I'm surprised they played the little stage.
Richard Garcia , about 1 year agoTHIS BAND SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HEADLINER for Friday (or any day, for that matter). They were BY FAR the best band there on Friday!!
heidi.estrada , about 1 year agosaw them at Antone's earlier this year. Exceeded my expectations!!!!!!
nickquijano , about 1 year agoSaw then with Switchfoot in concert best ever!!
Betty Sanders , about 1 year agoSaw then with Switchfoot in concert best ever!!
Betty Sanders , about 1 year agoAwesome!!
LISA , about 1 year agoOne of the best performers I've EVER seen!
Rachel , about 1 year agoRobert Randolph sounds great. He just made my list.
Roland Garza , about 1 year agoEpic
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