Artist:Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Song:Shake Your Hips
Album:Live At The Wetlands
Do you know what a pedal steel guitar is? It's an instrument that's been closely identified with country music for decades. It gives country that extra twang. But Robert Randolph started playing pedal steel guitar in his New Jersey church as a teenager. And that has converted him into a major crossover star. Randolph's music is basically gospel but the harder edge of his music makes him more popular with a rock audience and he's toured with rock bands so he's been marketed in that direction. John Ginty's organ provides a great counterpoint to Randolph's playing. This CD on the independent Dare label got Randolph a contract with Warner Bros. His music is very energetic and fun to listen to but it's not immediately identified as gospel though that's what it is. Very interesting.
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