The Soul of 'Sacred Steel' Virtuoso Robert Randolph and The Family Band (Archives)
Summary: <p><span>As a performer, Robert Randolph is nothing like the guys who play pedal steel in country music. He sets off pedal steel fireworks with his gospel-rooted soul-funk; he'll dance around the instrument, wrestle it, push it off its four legs, moved by the spirit - an ecstatic spectacle. Randolph, on his <span>2017 record </span><em>Got Soul,</em><span> </span><span>continues to take the pedal steel where it has seldom been heard before – recruiting special guests like Hootie and the Blowfish singer Darius Rucker, R&B crooner Anthony Hamilton and Snarky Puppy's Cory Henry – and exploring those other musics: rock, funk, soul, jazz, and jam band music. On Fessender pedal steel, Robert Randolph and The Family Band play</span><span> in-</span><span>studio. (From the Archives, 2017.)</span></span></p>
