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Randy Waller and the Country Gentlemen
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Randy Waller and the Country Gentlemen
Bluegrass
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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 Mark Delaney, David Kirk, and Gary Creed (the 'new' Country Gentlemen). Mark Delaney began as an eleven year old and learned to play the banjo from his grandfather with great success. He is heavily influenced by Earl Scruggs, his playing has brought him a lot of fame. Highlights in his career are the work with Charlie Waller and Buzz Busby as well as recording with Mike Auldridge and Frank Wakefield. David Kirk comes from a typical musical family, learned at an early age to play the mandolin and later on to sing tenor. He's been working with Southfork, the Hazel River Band and Virginia Blue. He hails from Virginia, where he still lives with his family. Gary Creed, too, learned not only to play the banjo and guitar from his grandfather, but the building of those instruments as well. He took over this business in the third generation. During his time with the navy he played in the Navy Bluegrass band "Dixie Almanac" all over Europe, and he has work and recordings with Jerry Butler, Ben Isaacs and Sonny Smith to his credits. |
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