Having taken the long route from little-known gospel artist to the Jimi Hendrix of sacred steel, Robert Randolph is the rare musician who has managed to carve out a unique place in the American music continuum with little more than hard work and musicianship.
Trained in the "sacred steel" style native to Pentecostal House of God churches, Robert Randolph tackles the pedal-steel guitar with a virtuosic ferocity. Randolph and his Family Band (featuring his cousin Marcus and sister Lenesha) arerenowned for their incendiary live shows, which marry fervent gospel tunes and an irresistible rock 'n' roll swagger.