Randy
Waller & Country Gentlemen
Bluegrass has always been built on a solid foundation
of old and new, but scarcely in such a lucky combination
as with Randy Waller. Being the son of Country Gentlemen-legend
Charlie Waller he brings a great name and a family
heritage into his music. On the other side he belongs
to the newer generation and went his own way in the
music business before he returned to the pristine
Bluegrass.
He works with the same innovation, which once brought
his dad to the top of the Bluegrass world. He was
born in 1959 in Washington, D.C. and grew up with
the music of the Country Gentlemen, and people like
Eddie Adcock, Jimmy Gaudreau, Jerry Douglas, Doyle
Lawson and many others were a part of the family.
In
the summer he went on tour with his dad and learned
Bluegrass from the scratch. After the school he made
a little career in Country music, but finally he returned
to his Bluegrass family and joined the Gents in 2003.
Randy has always been the greatest fan of his dad
and is an appropriate replacement as lead singer and
guitar player. He is on tour with Steve Block, Dave
Kirk, and Adam Poindexter (the 'new' Country Gentlemen).
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Randy
Waller
(Lead Vocals/Guitars)
Randy Waller was born in Washington D.C. in 1959 Randy
grew up surrounded by the music of The Country Gentlemen.
"Those musicians were like family to me,"
he says, of the giants like Eddy Adcock, Jimmy Gaudreau,
Bill Yates, Ricky Scaggs, Jerry Douglas, and Doyle Lawson.
Spending the school years on a farm in Tennessee with
his dad's sister, he traveled the roads with Charlie
in the summers, soaking up ground breaking music and
learning of life in a traveling bluegrass band.
When
he finished his schooling, he chose to make his living
playing music developing a solo career that found
him opening for major country acts, fronting regional
country and country-rock bands; and also teaching
guitar in Richmond, Virginia. This wide and varied
musical exposure has given Randy a deep knowledge
and understanding of all kinds of music which has
allowed him to draw from many genre. Randy has always
been his dad's biggest fan. "To be able to replace
him as the lead singer and guitar player with The
Country Gentlemen is a dream come true." - Randy
Waller.
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