therandybandits
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The Randy Bandits formed in 2002 by accident, fate and kismet. They have been making various kinds of music since then. The band is:
Jim Knable: Lead Vocals and accoustic guitar
Russ Kaplan: Keyboards and vocals
Spiff Wiegand: Banjo, Accordion, guitars, harmonica, jaw harp, fiddle, trumpet, vocals, etc.
Chris Q. Murphy: Electric Guitar, mandolin, percussion, vocals
Jay Buchanan: Bass and vocals
Sunny Knable: Drums and vocals
The Randy Bandits regularly play at The Knitting Factory, Rockwood Music Hall, Banjo Jim's, The Living Room in NYC and various and sundry other venues outside of NYC.
They released REDBEARD in 2006.
They will release GOLDEN ARROW in 2008.
They have been favorably compared to The Band and Moxy Fruvous. They are a roots rock band whose roots extend in all directions.
Name: The Randy
Age: 106
The Randy Bandits are the love child of Neil Young, Janis Joplin, Scott Joplin and Neil Armstrong. Their music swings from Rock to Country to Bluegrass to Jazz to Soul to Blues to Gospel with lots of hybrids, a jillion instruments traded amongst the musicians, and soaring vocal harmonies. The band's lyrics reflect the sensibility of their leader, award-winning playwright-turned-songwriter Jim Knable ("Spain"), who sings, plays acoustic guitar and sax, and is joined in THE RANDY BANDITS by Russ Kaplan (keyboards, vocals), Stephen Aleman (vocals, percussion), Spiff Wiegand (vocals, trumpet, mandolin, electric guitar, accordion and more), Chris Murphy (bass, vocals, electric guitar) and Adam Farrell (drums).
Buy their Full Length Album REDBEARD at CD Baby, Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, Tower.com and MusicItch.com! Come to their CD release at The Knittng Factory Tap Bar on Friday Feb. 17th. $10 tickets at www.randybandits.com and www.knittingfactory.com.
City: Brooklyn
Hometown: Brooklyn
Country: United States
Occupation: Singers of Songs
Schools: Yes
Companies: Soul Kebab, Inc.
Interests and Hobbies: Archery
Late Night Conversations
Entertaining groups of people
Bettering the world through song and dance
Movies and Shows: Lawrence of Arabia
The Adams Family
Music: The Band-The Brown Album
Miles Davis-Bitches Brew
Beethoven-6th Symphony
Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Rogers and Hammerstein
Stevie Wonder-The 70's albums
Books: The Brothers Karamazov
Catch-22
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Revelations
Tender is the Night (the first half)
Don Quixote (the first half)
Website: http://www.randybandits.com
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