M Ward is far from "hippie shit".
After a six-year stint with the trio Rodriguez, M. Ward began sketching out songs deeply rooted in the classic traditions of American country-folk. Rodriguez's home was in San Luis Obispo, CA, and they eventually recorded Swing Like a Metronome with Granddaddy's Jason Lytle.
And Robert Randolph, a steel pedal playing African-American, is far from generic, though there is hippie appeal.
Robert Randolph set the music world on fire in late 2000 and early 2001 when he began to play his first club dates in New York City. These were a result of being discovered playing his pedal steel guitar at the first Sacred Steel Convention in Florida in the spring of 2000. Randolph started playing the pedal steel as a teenager and started playing at his Orange, NJ, church just outside of Newark. The House of God Church, an African-American Pentecostal denomination, has been implementing steel guitars (or "Sacred Steel") in services since the '30s, with the pedal steel in particular being introduced during the '70s. Randolph learned to play by watching other steel players in his church.
Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
Originally posted by Bags:
Who is Robert Randolph?
See also: Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds, M. Ward, O.A.R., generic hippie shit. [/b]
