Randolph

Pedal-steel virtuoso Robert Randolph returns with his new album, Got Soul. The album reaffirms that Randolph and his Family Band have truly evolved into one of the most exciting and innovative outfits in contemporary music. Got Soul takes stock of Randolph's past as a church musician as it pushes the band forward into new places. There is no shortage of originality on the album with songs that run the gamut from gospel numbers to deep, funky grooves to incendiary rock-and-soul jams.

Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax". Randolph was a major part of the "Nashville sound" for most of his professional career. From the pensive cover-shot down to the "recorded in Hollywood" liner note, "Boots with Strings" signals a completely different approach for Randolph. The saxophonist's tastes and inclinations had always seemed boxed in by Nashville and the 'yakety' style that made him famous, so, here he abandons the rockabilly, soul, country, and r&b tendencies of his Nashville records for a full-blown easy-listening record.