that, and so much more. The story of Robert Randolph is Hollywood-issue: kid from the gritty Jersey streets is saved from the bad life by playing steel guitar in ...
that, and so much more. The story of Robert Randolph is Hollywood-issue: kid from the gritty Jersey streets is saved from the bad life by playing steel guitar in a House of God Church. Of course, it wouldn't mean a thing if the guy couldn't play, but he can really tear it up. By updating the sacred-steel tradition with heavy doses of blues, funk, and rock, he's not only emerged with his own sound, but he's brought the music full circle, returning those pop-music styles to their gospel roots. The disc reaches some terrific heights from the very start with a fiery trio of opening songs: "Going in the Right Direction," "I Need More Love," and "Nobody" are joyous, uplifting romps brimming with the fervour of gospel music. Four instrumentals show the breadth of the sound, from the country-tinged "Squeeze" to the modal and slightly spaced-out "Calypso" to the scorching gospel-in! fused closer "Run for Your Life." A couple of the slower tunes impede the album's momentum, but at its best Unclassified comes awfully close to capturing the intensity of the Family Band's live shows--which is no small feat indeed.--Marc Greilsamer
Guest Artist(s): Randolph, Robert & The Family Band
Engineer: Jim Scott; Ryan Hewitt
Pieces in Set: 1
Studio / Live: Studio
Stereo: Stereo
Format: Performer
EAN: 93624847229
Catalogue Number: 9362484722
Additional notes
Album Notes: Full performer name: Robert Randolph & The Family Band. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Robert Randolph (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, pedal steel guitar); Lenesha Randolph, Ricky Fowler (vocals); Danyel Morgan (acoustic & electric guitars, bass, background vocals); John Ginty (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Marcus Randolph (drums); Leon Mobley (percussion); Neal Casal, Candice Anderson (background vocals). Producers: Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Jim Scott. Recorded at Cello Studios, Los Angeles, California. Listening to the musical mastery displayed on UNCLASSIFIED, it's hard to believe this is only Robert Randolph's first studio album, arriving on the heels of his in-concert debut record LIVE AT THE WETLANDS. Randolph comes out of the Sacred Steel tradition that mates gospel music with virtuosic pedal steel guitar playing. With the Family Band, he takes that sound a step further by incorporating the jam-band-friendly rock format that's found huge success with live audiences. By turns funky and bluesy, he weaves his fiery-but-lyrical steel lines in and around a groove-based rhythm section, through songs that leave plenty of room for instrumental prowess. The gospel rave-up aspect of it all is what gives UNCLASSIFIED such a distinctive feeling, giving the proceedings a particularly celebratory, somehow redemptive feeling. Whether you get the spirit or not, the bombs-away jamming that is the group's stock-in-trade is undeniably exciting, and Randolph's work is downright soulful.
Album Reviews: Rolling Stone (8/21/03, p.73) - 4 stars out of 5 -"Randolph sings expressions of devotion to a lover or a higher power...with a believer's conviction, then relies on his wailing, writhing, soaring-at-eagle-altitude guitar lines to bring his point home..." Entertainment Weekly (8/8/03, p.75) - "...[Features] a signature sound that suggests Sly's own Family meeting the brothers Allman and Doobie at a gospel throwdown." - Rating: B CMJ (8/11/03, p.7) - "...UNCLASSIFIED is Randolph's boldest statement yet, packing the good-time fury of his live shows into compact radio nuggets....you will be moved." Living Blues (9/03, p.48-9) - "...Always inventive - and thanks to his choice of instrument, never derivative - Randolph is single-handedly constructing his own genre of blues- and gospel-influenced rock..."
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