[NewMusic] RIP: Boots Randolf

[Phillip Greenlief]

Not new music, but Boots was hella cool...
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Sax player Boots Randolph dead at 80

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Boots Randolph, whose spirited saxophone
playing on songs like "Yakety Sax" made him one of Nashville's top
musicians, died Tuesday. He was 80. Randolph suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage June 25 and had been hospitalized in a coma. He was taken off
a respirator earlier Tuesday, said Betty Hofer, a publicist and
spokeswoman for the family. Randolph played regularly in Nashville
nightclubs for 30 years, becoming a tourist draw for the city much like
Wayne Newton in Las Vegas and Pete Fountain in New Orleans. He recorded
more than 40 albums and spent 15 years touring with the Festival of
Music, teaming with fellow instrumentalists Chet Atkins and Floyd
Cramer. As a session musician, he played on Elvis Presley's "Return to
Sender," Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman," Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Round
the Christmas Tree" and "I'm Sorry," REO Speedwagon's "Little Queenie,"
Al Hirt's "Java" and other songs including ones by Buddy Holly and
Johnny Cash. In 1963 he had his biggest solo hit, "Yakety Sax," which he
wrote.

His final recording was on the Zoho label

Boots Randolph A Whole New Ballgame Zoho Music 200706 Street Date: June
12, 2007 Boots Randolph tenor sax, Roddy Smith guitars, Steve Willets
piano, Tim Smith bass, Ray Von Rotz drums & percussion, Jason Webb -
keyboard strings, Mark Stallings - Hammond B 3

http://www.zohomusic.com/

Phillip Greenlief
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