The Life and Death of Incredible Rock and Roll Guitar Icon Randy Rhoads
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ค. 2024
- The last Randy Rhoads Full Documentary was Reflections of a Guitar Icon. It was released in 2022 despite many challenges obtaining interviews and licensing. While that's a great documentary, I wanted to do a full/comprehensive documentary about Randy Rhoad's Early Life and Career, but also, most importantly, his tragic death in a plane crash on March 19th, 1982.
Randy Rhoads is known for his incredible guitar skills. He's inspired generations upon generations of guitarists over the years. However, he was also just an incredibly humble and kind human being. After the crash, autopsies of the bodies showed that the pilot, Andy Aycock, had cocaine in his system. While Randy only had traces of nicotine. Not only do we go into the autopsy results in this video, we also look at Andy Aycock's past and a helicopter crash he was in 6-years prior to the accident.
I hope if you take anything away from this Randy Rhoads Roots Rockumentary it's what a fabulous human Randy was on top of being a focused, determined, and serious musician.
(Also, I have no idea why the video is so pixelated! It's Randy's spirit! Making himself known in the documentary! lol! So sorry about that, but luckily it's not the whole video!)
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Chapters:
0:00-2:27 Introduction
2:27-6:16 Early Life
6:16-8:01 Starter Bands & Teen Years
8:01-10:00 Alice Cooper Side Note
10:00-13:44 Starter Bands & Teen Years Cont.
13:44-27:23 Quiet Riot Years
27:23-29:40 The Ozzie Osbourn Audition
29:40-33:36 Randy Rhoads and Ozzie Osbourn
33:36-48:08 The Tragic Accident | Randy Rhoad's Death
48:08-49:20 Andy Aycock's Troubling Past
49:20-53:04 Analysis
53:04-55:56 Conclusion - บันเทิง
Former student with Randy from the Rhoads N. Hollywood school...looking for other students during the 1975 - 1976 era....?
I hope you find someone else!!! How cool! I’ll pin your comment!!
I met a chick on the bus and she claims she was in Randy Rhodes highschool music class in Burbank CA. She said she was from Burbank so I had to see if she knew Randy? She was about the same age and sure enough 🎉🎉
@@giftedplanksifyIt's spelled Rhoads there's no e in it!
@@lorettasearcy1471 but it's got an H and that is odd
@@giftedplanksify True but thats just the way his dad's family for some reason.
Not only was Randy an extremely gifted guitar genius, but he was kind, humble and genuine.
It’s so difficult to find someone so talented, who’s achieved greatness, who’s remained humble.
He put out two iconic albums in less than a year, and to this day they stand the test of time. His musicality and prowess still put him among the top of the list as a guitar hero. Randy died in 1982, but to this day he inspires kids who are picking up the guitar over 40 years ago. This in itself says it all. RIP Randy.
I was fortunate enough to meet Randy at a guitar seminar in Greensburg, PA 2/2/82. Also attended the show in Pittsburgh that night. We had a smoke break, and I went up up to him. He smoked Winston's. I smoked Marlboro reds. I asked him: "Randy would you like a real cigarette"? He said, "what do you mean? I pulled out my red. He made a cross sign with his arms and said, "oh hell no!! Those things will kill ya"! We both had a good laugh. Everything thing you've heard about his personality is true. He was humble, very nice, had a sense of humor, and he was so gracious with his knowledge. Any lick we asked him to demonstrate, he would show us...once at normal speed and then once slowed down so we could get the fist of it. That night on stage the animal was unleased... he brought the house down with his playing!! That's a memory I will always hold dear to my heart. Six weeks later he died. About every guitarist in Pittsburgh went to that seminar. He actually did 4 1 hr seminars bc of the turnout. But yes, he was a non egotistical and humble and nice guy.
Gist not fist.
Ah! Thank you so much for this memory!!! What a cool/special experience. I totally believed he said "those'll kill ya" too because he was always telling Ozzie the drinking would kill him one day! the world needs more Randy Rhoads!
Great story I believe Paul Gilbert was among those at the seminar
@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Yes he was.
@@ROOTSMUSICHISTORY Indeed.
Randy has been my favorite player since Blizzard of Ozz came out. To me, he is the greatest .
He is the greatest!!! ❤❤ I’m so glad you liked it !
I did like your doc. Keep 'em coming!
a lot of people feel or think he would have surpassed Ed van Halen as the game changer....
I heard the '81 Cleveland simulcast before any studio material. Got me hooked for life. One of my most memorable concerts was seeing Randy with Ozzy Feb.13th, 82.
i didn't know who you were 2 days ago but jimi and randy rhoads videos are both well done.@@ROOTSMUSICHISTORY
I got to see Eddie Van Halen play 7 different times (twice from the front row) from 1980-1988. When I was 17, I got to see Randy Rhoads play only once in 1982 from the front row in Norman, Oklahoma, three weeks before he died in that plane crash. To me, comparing their individual playing is like judging artwork. It's not a contest. It's your personal preference as to how much you like what someone has created and puts out into the world for everyone (including you) to enjoy. Both were incredibly brilliant players and groundbreaking musicians. I was able to take three great shots of Randy Rhoads that night in Norman before crowd control security staff began going down the barricade in front of the stage demanding people's 35mm cameras that had been snuck in underneath their winter coats. (It was February and they didn't use metal detector way back then. They frisked everyone.) I witnessed people having their cameras taken from them and the film ripped out and thrown to the ground before returning their cameras to them. I rewound my camera's film after having taken only around 12 images of Randy, Ozzy and Tommy Aldridge and stuck the film cartridge in my jean's pocket. When security finally got to me-right in front of Randy-I opened the back of my Canon AE-1 camera and showed them that it was empty. I came away with a Fender MEDIUM brown tortoiseshell pick that Randy played with that evening. Randy threw it into the crowd halfway through the concert but whoever was a couple people behind me muffed their catch and actually knocked the pick back into the area between the stage and the barricade I was standing behind. I kept an eye on the pick laying on the concrete in the dark behind security and slightly under the edge of the stage joists for the rest of the show. Once the concert was over, I jumped over the 4-foot barricade and picked up the guitar pick and quickly hopped back over. I was somewhat disappointed that it didn't have Randy's name on it, or Ozzy's logo like all the other picks I'd been lucky enough to come away with from concerts. Around 27 years later, I'd see guitar picks for sale on eBay with the Rolls Royce logos on them claiming that they were authentic Randy Rhoads picks, but the real ones he played with were over-the-counter Fender MEDIUM brown tortoiseshell picks that the public could buy at any music store of that era. I keep my Diary of a Madman concert ticket stub, one of the photos I took that night of Randy playing his polka-dot V, Randy's guitar pick and a newspaper clipping of the plane crash from 41 years ago in a single, clear plastic photo-album page for prosperity to this day. Randy was right up there with Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Edward Van Halen as far as mastery of their individualized craft is concerned. I was so lucky to have witnessed GREATNESS from only a few feet away. • I heard an interview with Joe Lynn Turner (lead singer of Richie Blackmore's Rainbow) around 12 years ago talking about his experience with Andrew Aycock. I couldn't find the original interview where he'd just said that Richie got a horrible vibe about the guy and saw his black aura and refused to board the bus, but apparently Joe Lynn talked about it again in 2022 in a German fanzine radio interview. He included himself as also seeing the black aura this time. (Made me literally cringe. 😬Wish he'd kept his story straight.) Here's what he had to say about the pilot that killed Randy Rhoads and Rachel Youngblood: Joe Lynn Turner recently guested on WESU’s syndicated Noize In The Attic and spoke openly about ghosts, vaccines, Ukraine and foreseeing tragedy leading to guitar legend Randy Rhoads’ death.
Turner: "We were on tour in the United States - Rainbow - and we were in Memphis. We were changing buses because our driver, Bill Miller, from Florida Coach, was taking a holiday. So Ritchie (Blackmore) and I came down a little bit late out of the hotel and everything was taken from one bus to the new bus. So, Ritchie and I were walking toward the new bus, and we looked at the driver, and he looked at me, and I looked at him, and he said 'Do you see it?' And I said, 'I see it.' We saw a black aura around the driver because we were really into this kind of stuff; energies and frequencies, and supernatural paranormal stuff.
We had the road manager entice Bill Miller, our original driver, to stay on. We paid him double, I think, but he stayed on, because we wouldn’t get on the bus with this guy. Because when you get on a bus with your driver, you gotta be really safe because we were in Germany when Metallica’s bus turned over. We were about a half hour behind them, and you know what happened there. • I enjoyed this video by ROOTS Music History. ☮ Randy will always be 25-years-old to all of his fans. What a talent.
Holy cow!!! This may be my favorite comment ever!! I’m so glad you are here!!
Great to hear all of that.
I am a former Randy student from N. Hollywood, Call.
He was teaching by day & gigging with quiet riot in the eves. At the Starwood theater in Hollywood. 1976, he was only two years older than me...at my request, he taught me the Brighton Rock riff by Brian may.
Randy an awesome player at only 19 yrs of age when l had lessons.
Great story. I think EVH was great, but he turned to the synth. Hagar was playing guitar. That bothered me a bit. Randy was Very Special. To me. You’re right it’s all opinion based. But EVH didn’t even know cords or how to read music. He was a natural. Randy was a natural, but w/training on top. Ppl think a song like “Crazy Train” is easy to play. Randy was 1 of them 😂 he couldn’t understand why ppl loved such an easy riff
The solo in that song is crazy!! Ppl don’t realize the speed he had. Made it look simple. Just starting out, was w/Quiet Riot for a bit, but him & Ozzy & those 2 albums are amazing. Wish he was still here.
I’m a guitar player of over 50years this year. I saw Randy play with Ozzy. I sat front row and was absolutely blown away by Randy’s playing. I covered a lot of Randy’s music over the years in bands. As well as also covering Van Halen. Eddie was a fantastic guitarist but had no idea what the notes were on the neck. He could play insane lines on guitar but definitely couldn’t read music and definitely didn’t know what the scales he played were called. Where as Randy not only taught guitar but studied classical guitar. And was rumored that he was going to leave Ozzys band to get a degree in classical guitar. I grew up obsessed with both players and love them both for different reasons. Randy knew exactly what scale he was playing over chord changes. Eddie was just going for it. I hope this makes sense. I really wish we could’ve gotten a lot more from Randy. Who knows what guitar would be like today if he was able to keep going and becoming even more of a legend than he already is. I really love what you are doing with your channel. Please keep up the great work.
Your a Very Lucky man! I can only imagine your magical experience at that Awesome concert!
Oozy said it best. What made Randy different is that his guitar was an extension of his personality. For Most guitar players,it’s an extension of their ego.
We'll never know what Randy could've given us were he not taken away so soon. For someone to have as strong an impact as Randy had after only two albums, we can rest well assured it would've been spectacular. God Bless Randy R.I.P. Randy Rhoads.
*DEE was played on an acustic guitar, just a note to the podcast host*
I lived in LA in the late 80s for a year and some how I wound up living three blocks away from his Moms (Dolores) Music school. I visited it and talked to her quit a few. times and even played DEE for her, which she critiqued. She told me alot of people had played theyre version of DEE for her, but enjoyed my version the best because of my 'jazzy" voicings. She was a beautiful person and loved to talk about Randy and how he loved everything about music, even selling music stuff in the store, which Randy did. She told me how important timing and tapping your foot was and to never ever never forget the AND, she was so specific about that, she was a love. She said i would be teaching in her school, if i could sight read, which i couldn't, i could read but would have mto work through a piece, The last time mi went to see her,, I walked by the house, it was getting dark out and she was in the main room where the piano was, sitting and playing the flute, with a candle lit, so i jst left her the flowers i had brought out front....
Finally A real documentary on Randy.Thank you for this
When he died, I was 17 and started playing a year before his passing.. I wont ever forget that day.. I still play guitar and I model my playing behind his style and EVH and others.. Thank you for covering Randy... He will always live in my heart as a guitarist! Cheers!
I was just 14 when I first heard Ozzy with this incredible guitarist. I wanted to see Ozzy that year in 81 at a smallish venue in Daytona Beach. My older sister wouldn’t take me and I was really bummed. The next year there was a rock super bowl w/Bryan Adams, UFO, Then Ozzy W/ Randy, and the headliner Foreigner. I was so happy I would finally get to see who this incredible guitarist is and if he could really play what I was listening too. I was on a bike path with a radio listening to WDIZ in my hometown port Orange. An announcement came on and announced there had been a plane crash that killed Randy. I was so beyond distraught. I still went but I probably should have just stayed home because I didn’t have any fun at all I remember. Such a terrible thing to happen to such a gifted young man.
I was born the day he died. I missed out
@@FortessofShred wow that’s a trip! Are you a fan of him?
I was 17 too. dude, i balled my eyes out like a baby for a few days. i just couldnt believe that he was actually gone.....i was like , this is just a dream and i will wake from from it. I am still in that terrible dream 41 years later. I had tickets to see him at the Spectrum in Philly and i was like to all my friends "I got tickets to see the greatest guitarist of all time" and then? he's dead........fuck fuck fucccck! i still can't believe it! with him being gone there went my dreams!
Ya, when Randy passed away, my first year living in Oklahoma. Was a very sad day...R,I.P.
Nice job !
I grew up in this era. Some of the best music ever made.
Real talent. Real music.
Thank you!! I agree!
Good job roots I used to live less Than 3 minute walk from Randy's monument in san Bernardino CA ,-mtn, view cemetery before the locked gate was added to it because some IDIOT scratched the surface by Randy's name with a nail or something similar, I would stop by all the time walking home from Pacific H,S 1992 till 1995: now I live in Missouri .you did a bad ass job on the doc. Thanks you 👍
The people that owned the bus company are the "Calhoun Brothers" was also their house in Leesburg Florida the person that was killed in the helicopter crash was the Calhoun Brothers son..The Beechcraft Bonanza with the V-tail they call it the Doctor Killer..In another interview Ozzy and Sharon said how important Randy was to the group they knew Andy was driving for 24 hours doing cocaine and having marital problems why was his wife be on the bus in the first place..Ozzy or Sharon should have grabbed Randy by the arm and said this guy's been up for 24 hours he's a very unstable individual and he killed before..People told Sharon this guy was very unstable she is the manager controlling everything she should have did more research before hiring him..If Andy's wife Wanda wasn't on the bus most likely this crash probably would have never happened..RIP🎸Randy 🎸
Thank you for making this video. Randy deserves to be remembered.
BTW, Eddi VH was born on Jan 26, 1955, Randy was born Dec 6, 1956. (I was born Jan 30 1955 and have played guitar and keys all my life) Eddie was the guitarist who led my generation into the "New age of Rock music" because of how innovative he was in coming up with technique. I was introduced to Randy's music by a much younger brother-in-law who was a much better guitarist than me and who knew all the newer music coming out, like Crazy Train, so I always thought Randy was much younger but actually Eddie, myself and Randy were within a year of each other! Holy mackerel! That means, no matter how you figure it, Eddie and Randy are both creative masters and leaders. Amazingly, Randy had done it even though he lived only 25 years! I knew him as one of my heroes...now I know why. Thanks much for the brilliant bio!
I smell an Eddie Van Halen video on the horizon!!! 🙃
I had the coolest Dad in the world! He took me to see Ozzy, when I was 9½ years old. The most momentous show of my life March 18, 1982 in Knoxville TN.
BTW - Greatest guitarist ever stepped foot on planet earth!
That is one very cool dad! Was it one of those times he said "don't tell your mother" hahaha!
@@ROOTSMUSICHISTORY right on but she was cool too. I also had my 2 brothers which were much older than me Bro Rick(22y) & Bro Randy (20y)[RIP BRO RANDY 11-9-03]. Also that show was Randy Rhodes last show ever RIP RANDY RHODES!!
@@vincevegas8529 the one in Knoxville? It's the one I was at. And Randy's last.......
@@vincevegas8529 man I wish you were there. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. The steps, castle, hanging the midget. Man. I'm speechless. But I still want to talk about it. I can't hardly find anyone who was there. Just me and my brother. He's over 60 now. And it's hard to find someone under 60 [now-a-days] who went. One brother and my dad has since passed away. You know I could be the only person on the planet under 55 who has seen that show. (Especially the Knoxville one) I didn't see any kids there except for me.
Randy took over that first album, The best guitar I've ever heard he was only beginning
I do not think people really know what Randy did on those two albums, people assuming as Vito BRatta talked about people assumed he was using chorus pedals on his rhythm tracks and tracking multiple solos and putting together the best parts for one solo like guys like Ed did and other peers.
Randy would record his stuff in one take and then track another right after it.
He played live with the band when they recorded their parts. Hewas doing stuff that was not really common in terms of recording. I saw someone do an analysis of Randy and they said he really created the perfect solo idea, do it one take, score it .......whereas most guys would do different versions and figure out the best take or best parts.
The assistant was Dana Strum who was in Slaughter later on. Dana also introduced Ozzy to Jake E.Lee after Randy's tragic death. Jake E Lee then took over lead guitar for Ozzy's next two albums, Bark at the Moon and The Ultimate Sin
I went to a Ozzy show when I was 5 or 6. My grandfather was a preacher and I had to stay with my uncle David!! He made me swear that I wouldn't say anything about what we were going to do!! He put me on his shoulder's before we walked into the building. But when they opened up with I don't know! I was amazed at what Randy was doing! Whenever it was over I told my uncle......... I'm going to do that and I'm gonna get me a electric guitar!! He's been a inspiration for me for most of my life! But I'm still amazed at his talents! I play every day and I have since I was 5!
It's very tragic being in the wrong place at the wrong time, so sorry we lost these lives in this accident. And Randy sounds like he was a good Kid taken at such a young age.
Randy's end is truly sad. I can only imagine what more great music and love he would have shared with the world. RIP 🙏
I saw Randy twice, Capital theater in Passaic NJ and the Palladium in NYC.. Seeing him play live compared to the albums is a gift...I just wish there was more concert footage of him .
Saw the Blizz tour in Cleveland with Randy. He was so diminutive, Ozzy picked him up by his leg as he played a solo on stage.
Long live Randy. And like Edward Van Halen, one of a kind. Neither is better than the other. To me. Love and miss both of them. R.I.P. 🤘😕
I was fortunate enough to see Randy with Ozzy in February of 1982, just six weeks before he died. Such a terrible loss.
As for Alice Cooper, I saw him in 1981 and 1986. His shows are events, not just mere concerts.
I remember when this happened. I was like No Way!!!!! I was fortunate enough to see Randy live with Ozzy and I promise that Randy was beyond Badass on that Guitar 🎸 R.I.P. Brother
My favourite guitarist is Michael Schenker and I'm sure I read that Randy was influenced by him, when I first heard Randy on Blizzard of Ozz I thought I had found another maestro guitarist and was devastated when I heard about his death.
Saw him in 81...with Defense Leopard and Joe Perry Project...Nassau Colesium...I couldn't pick my jaw off of the floor...amazing!!...I've never gotten over the loss.RIP legend
M.s rocks! Ulrich roth influence E.V he said in the past.
Love early scorpions and UFO!
I was a kid just getting heavily into Guitar around 82’ …. I remember hearing all the classic Ozzy / Rhoads tunes and was so psyched to buy the next album. It was actually the first album I ever bought with my own money … Speak Of The Devil. And I’m looking at it thinking … where’s Randy? The guy at the record shop says … he died earlier this year. I was floored. 😢
Still am
RIP Randy Rhoads
I love both Eddie and Randy. They are so different you can’t compare them. I think the music scene back then was a bunch a bunch of young guys trying to outdo each other just like athletes do at that age. They are both my fav two guitarists.
Nicely done young lady!
Also, Rudy Sarzo is quite a humble master musician, and one hard working dude. Im glad RR had hom as a fellow traveler
Really well researched and thorough! Randy singlehandedly moved heavy metal forward and inspired a lot of the NWOBHM in the early 80's. He brought a classical composition style to heavy music, which EVH never really did. When I heard Blizzard in 1981 it changed my musical life, and it still sounds great today. I think I prefer Diary though, even if it was rushed. The title track is one of the most awesome pieces of music of the entire genre.
yYou know Randy was going to get sued for plagiarism regarding Diary but he died
@@dlee6612 I didn't know that. By whom? I mean most of the stuff he borrowed was centuries old.
Dana Strum, bassist from Slaughter is who turned Randy on to the Ozzy gig. Randy got Rudy the gig after Bob Daisley was no longer in the band. His plan was to do one more album with Ozzy then go back to school to get his degree in classical music.
Thank you for keeping the legacy of Randy Rhoads alive. Salute !!
Mxr into a old Marshall sound is epic the first tome i heard the diary of a madman on my cassette player was so profound, i was around 12!
I was just a kid at the time, but I bought blizzard of Oz when it was new, and was instantly blown away. I had posters of Randy all over my room and I bought a cheap electric guitar and was trying to learn how to play. I idolized Randy so much and still do to this day. And then I remember when I found out he had been killed. I refused to believe it at first. I was devastated. The guy I wanted to be like was gone and I lost my will to play guitar after that and ended up selling my guitar. I actually play drums
now, but I remember a few years
after his death was when the Ozzy and
Randy tribute album was released. I bought the cassette tape new and I still have it to this day.
I love Randy Rhoads, unfortunately I will always rber his death as it my birthday, 19th march, I was four years old at the time, big ozzy fan seen him many times but never Randy unfortunately, the guy was a freak, truly phenomenon guitar player, in my option the best guitarist of all time, R. I. P. My friend😪
Great Documentary . Yes aTrue sad story. Randy is # 1 guitarist .
Randy was one of the most important guitarists in music. Like Hendrix, Randy made such an impact in music in such a small amount of his time on this earth.
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So true about nobody hearing him on the radio back in the day ,even when i heard him with Ozzie , i heard Ozzie, sadly ,and it wasn't until after his death ,i really thought wow ,what an awesome guitarist Randy is ,He is the professor !!
Before Aycock was the bus driver for Ozzy he was supposed to drive Ritchie Blackmore 's tour bus, Blackmore said he saw a dark aura around Aycock and got bad vibes from him so he got someone else to drive the tour bus. Rudy didn't know Ozzy or Sharon to be able to put in a good word with them about Randy, when Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake were fired from the band Randy recommended Rudy for the bass playing position and told Ozzy and Sharon that he was a good guy, didn't do drugs and was very professional. When Sharon contacted Rudy he was living with Kevin Dubrow. Rudy turned down the offer at first because he was playing with the band Angel and because of the person that Rudy is he didn't want to just up and leave them. Kevin told him Are you Crazy?! Turning down an offer to go play with Ozzy?! Luckily Ozzy called back and Rudy accepted. Rudy in every interview tells how much he loves Randy and appreciates how he got him the opportunity that got his career off the ground. Rudy is one of the coolest, nicest guys in the business.
Randy was a phenomenal musician and inspiration. Heard a lot about Randy from one of his former students that I had the pleasure and honor of teching for. Janet Robin formally of precious metal who is nominated for a Grammy is in many ways similar to Randy. Long Live the memory of the incomparable talent and genius of Randy. RIP Randy.
I want to thank you so very much for putting this together and sharing it. I don't know how to express how much I enjoyed it.. Lifelong fan of RR.. A true gamma ray burst.. Through his guitar playing he truly is immortal.. Because every generation of guitar fans and players that stumble upon it feel his magic. it will live on forever.. What an incredible story and obviously a huge, huge loss to music.. Just my opinion but I think he played a classical guitar on the track "Dee" written for his mother.. I think you stated that he used an electric.. Not trying to correct you or step on your toes in any way because you really did do an incredible job with this.. Just offering that observation as a fan.. Again, thank you, thank you, thank you for your hard work and effort to clarify and tell his amazing story..
I cried so hard the day he died. Not because he was a great player, but because he was a great person
Randy was actually the founding member of Quiet Riot AND Blizzard of ozz, the band he formed with Ozzy Osbourne and Bob Daisley. I know the Osbournes have tried to rewrite history....
You are a rockstar, @theRockoracle thank you for these added details!
Yeah looking at everything decades later Sharon was a greedy woman like few.
Funny how that works. History is written by the Victor.
I truly believe Sharon set this up for randy to be offed. He has wasn't going to record another album with ozzy.
He was going a different direction.
Sharon screws over every musician kzzy has ever had.
I have zero respect. For her or ozzy for letting he do so. She s greedy skank of epic proportions with heavy mob ties along with her father
I’ve got a DVD of Randy Rhodes playing Dee in a lead break when he was playing with quiet right🎼🤘🏻
If it wasn’t for Bob Daisley there would be no Blizzard or Diary.
Yes Randy’s talent took a back seat to no one’s. He and Ozzy one of the best musical hook ups ever. Ozzy loved him so. Worked so well together. We missed out on some awesome music to come. He was so young.
Never got to see Randy live, but I met one of his students that went onto play for Ozzy in 1998: Joe Holmes. Extremely talented, friendly & incredibly humble in his own right.
I play guitar 100%because of Randy Rhoads , the albums with ozzy are legendary , but his live playing from 1980-1982 are makes those real like bare bones versions of the same songs . His live playing is still unmatched to this day .
I'm sooooo glad you took my request.
I’m so glad you requested it !!! ♥️♥️🎶🎶
Absolutely a beautiful and perfect documentary. If I had more thumbs, they're going up. Can't wait for what's next! Cliff Burton would be amazing. Cheers 👍🏻
Let me tell you when i saw Randy Play on 12-31-81@ the LA sports arena i was blown away 😳😳😳i was like wtf??? Beyond awesome guitar player 💯 hand's down 💯 and im still blown away today @ age 56 but Eddie Van Halen will always ne my ultimate favorite guitar player since 78 i was 11 years old when i came across Van Halen 💯 but Randy &;ed are my two ultimate favorite players both are just different guitar players & different styles! May they rest in piece 💯💯 both of you are missed everyday 💯🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸 cheers from Pasadena CA 🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸
Van Halen made a lot of ignorant comments about Randy, but to say that he learned everything he knew from him? Absolutely bullshit.
the horrible posthumous interview Ed gave...not a good moment for him, He sounded petty.
Randy was complimentary of Ed
He disrespected Randy when he died.....No respect for evh.....Fair is Fair.....Fair enough 😤.
@Timferrari-ui8mu not asking anyone to respect him as a person....but as a musician.
Look I drill into EvH apologists all of the time but I stil admit he was a worthy adversary
@TheRockOracle That is true to respect evh as a Musician and thats where it stops ✋️.
EVH was fantastic but the comments he made are not surprising. That was Eddie when he was younger. There were several instances where he was smug and arrogant especially towards other musicians. It’s only when he got older that he seemed more humble and giving. VH was already established and no one was challenging Eddie for that rock guitar god until Randy started playing with Ozzy and he basically showed everyone that he was way ahead of him and anyone else at the time. Eddie didn’t like it and that’s where all of this came from. Eddie got basically 40 more years after Randy’s death to get where he was at. People are still talking and others are still being inspired to pick up and learn to play just based on those 2 short years with Ozzy. To me now that’s legendary.
I completely agree with your assessment of Randy's quitar ability and believe that he absaloutly would have been the greatest guitarist of his generation if he had lived as long as EVH. Thanks
I don't have a personal Alice Cooper story, but one that was told to me by the person it happened to. Working at a golf course, we had little downtime. One moment was during a big tournament. There was a group of golfers getting ready to tee off when the guy I worked with said," When is this lady getting here? We( the group) need to tee off." Another person said,' Everyone is here." My coworker asked,'Where's Alice?" They all looked at each other when Alice spoke up, saying, " I'm right here."
Biggest loss in music history, Randy was a one of a kind talent taken too soon! 42 years later I’m still cranking his music. To me Diary of a madman is the greatest album ever made! Andy Aycock shouldn’t have been driving a bus let alone a plane! He killed somebody before. F**k you Andy! RIP Randy and Rachel!!😢😢❤
I love that u dud justice on this! Its do professional and u did ur home work thank you for this! I really appreciate you,! I got to see Eddie Van Halen the same year i saw Randy play! I was 14 back in 81 i saw ed play the same place that Randy played on 12-31-81 LA sports arena and i saw Eddie play 6-19-81 but it was s blessing to see randy play OMG 🎸🎸🎸🤘🤘but i saw ed play in 81'82'83 US festival 83 84' 86'88'91'07'08'12 may they both RIP 💯❤️❤️❤️❤️🎸🎸🎸🎸and thank you for this and the hard work that you did,! I really appreciate you sincerely Andrew from Pasadena CA 🎸🎸🎸🤘🤘 Eddie & Randy are the reasons ehy Play 💯🎸🤘🤘
I really like this video. Thanks for putting this together.
It is a somewhat controversial topic as to how much of Randy's technique came from Eddie Van Halen. If you really dive into both of these guitar gods playing you will find that they don't sound the same at all. They both used tapping, but beyond that they really didbn't even sound similar. EVH played with complete reckless abandon. Randy was intensely structured. They were both amazing.
A few notes:
1) "Dee" was played on an acoustic guitar, not an electric guitar
2) "Crazy Train" was not the first song on the "Blizzard of Ozz" album - "I Don't Know" was
3) "A guy named Tommy Aldridge". lol. Tommy Aldridge is a legendary drummer
And kevin dubrow wasn't present at the fight between rhoads and garni.
"Dee" was played on an acoustic guitar, not an electric guitar 👍
"A guy named Tommy Aldridge", ya that comment irked me as well, Randy himself said that he was happy when Tommy joined the band as he was his favorite drummer.
That actually was how it went with the audition rest of it was pretty good but Ozzy heard Randy warm up and said ok thank you Ozzy was blown out Randy was kinda upset thinking he didn't even get to play before Ozzy stopped him so Randy walked away upset Ozzy didn't even hear him play Randy thought he didn't get the gig it was Randys mother Dee who actually talked Randy into taking the gig Randy wasn't a fan of black Sabbath Dee Randy's mom talked Randy into taking it Randy's mother said all this in a interview before she passed. Actually it was Randys who taught Ozzy they worked well together and Randy knew music music theory he taught Ozzy alot which I'm sure Ozzy also taught Randy about the industry he obviously had more experience than Randy did in the music industry. I've listened to so many videos of Ozzy talking about Randy and and Randy's mother, Randy Rhoads is the reason I started playing.
Randy didn’t want to be a “Rock Star”, he wanted to be a musician. The things he could have done musically, Wow.
Randy was an inspiration to me, I believe he was the greatest guitarist of all time (GOAT)
I've seen Alice five times, but Randy got to see the original band, which is one of my favorite bands!
According to what I've read, Randy was a massive fan of Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper's original lead guitarist), as well as Mick Ronson, from David Bowie's band.
Diary Of A Madman is in my top ten albums, of all time, that I can never stop listening to.
It is timeless ! I’m so glad you liked the video ! Thank you for being here! 🎶🎶
I call it Diary of a Masterpiece, arguably the greatest rock and metal album ever written. 4 weeks to write, rehearse and record, several songs left with only the guide solos. Amazingly raw album. But the title track is pure genius
Yeah, Randy modeled his look after Mick Ronson.
I have never seen Randy perform, but did meet his mom Delores in California when I went to a benefit Concert for Randy in the early 90's. Im always so sad when I think of his tragic death. God bless you Randy Rhoads 🙏.
Definitely 1 of the best. Back then nobody wanted to say he was better then Eddie Van Halen…..HE WAS!!!!
I saw other accounts that said, Randy at first copied VH but later changed. In fact, I don’t think Randy even remotely really sounds like VH. They were different….very different.
I was just turning 12 when Ozzy hit the scene in his own band. I loved both guitarist.
Thanks for your video!
Thank you for being here and being part of the music history family!
There was a story I heard that Rachel was in the front seat and Randy was in the back. It was said that Rachel was having a heart issue from the crazy flying and actually fell on to the control stick. The fighting that was observed was Randy trying to get Rachel off the controls so Andy could regain control. Whatever happened up there was obviously horrible and completely tragic for everyone.
That was always my theory.
King Rhoads. None better
all time A leaguer
Being a forever fan of the great RANDY RHOADS I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE AT THE OKLAND COLISEUM STADIUM FOR OZZYS DAY ON THE GREEN SHOW THERE THE SAME SHOW THAT THE INSIDE CENTER COVER FOR OZZYS LIVE TRIBUTE ALBUM WAS PHOTOGRAPHED.I FOR THAT SHOW WAS THE PERSON DEAD CENTER OF RANDY ON THE BARRIER RIGHT BELOW AND IN AWE OF WHAT I WAS WITNESS TO RIGHT BEFORE ME ON STAGE THAT DAY ,I HAD AN UN-ABSTRUCTED VEIW OF RANDY ABOVE AND COULDN'T BELIEVED WHAT I WAD SEEING!!! APPROPIATE THAT PHOTO OP OF THE TRIBUTE ALBUM WAS FOR MY FAVE GUITARIST AND I'M ACTUALLY ON IT {yes,I found myself and my friend quite easily location-location-location!!!}VERY LUCKY I WAS THAT DAY TO BE THERE WHERE I WAS. ABSOLUTELY NO BETTER SPOT!!! S. GREGORY E. BOLTON
I STILL miss him... Ohhh..What could have been.
TOP NOTCH!!! Well done.
You have done such a great and thorough job with this even Randy and Dee will give you at thumb's up, thank you so much for helping folks to learn about who Randy was and is!
1st time viewer here - great documentary on just the most amazing human being on the planet!! My life was forever changed in 1982 when my "he Cool Uncle" sat me down (I was 8 yrs old) and played me the entire dubs he made me of Blizzard and Diary and gave me a guitar, It was a 12 string acoustic mind you, but I put 6 on it and proceeded to spend every waking moment thereafter learning to play. It's always been Randy for me. I have a custom RR tribute tat on my bicep (that I got when I was 15 at an Iron Coffins clubhouse lol), I've studied every inch of the (sadly) limited footage available. I skipped work once, after moving to CA so that I could see his tomb. Everyone that knows me prb thinks of Randy the same instant they hear my name or thinks of me. He - as a person, as a guitarist, and simply his amazing albeit *too* short a story, have always been a huge part of my life HUGE! At 21 I took on the wrong woman for my wife, had 2 kids, and wound up quitting my band, guitar, and just music in general. She simply made it too miserable for me. We divorced in '04, I finished raising the girls until they left my nest (2017), and then it was my time to GO OFF the RAILS ON THE CRAZY TRAIN!!! I bought an acoustic, learned to sing (my tastes were more "roots" by now) and off I went. The past few years I've built myself a music studio and I play guitar - metal, rock, blues, country, drums, bass, harmonica, just whatever and I am soooo happy once again! Don't get me wrong, my daughters are great, but that whole little detour wasn't for me and has left me wondering what if I'd done different? It is what it is, I know, and I like who I am today, but still - music remains the most important thing in the world to me and this man right here started it all. I recently went to Leesville to check out the site. Not a day goes by that I don't think - in awe - what he might have produced if his life wasn't cut so short. R.I.P. brother,
Sully
My name is John Patrick and i grew up in Orlando florida during the late 70s and early 80s .i also was fortunate enough to see Randy play live on the Blizzard tour on Sep 81 at the Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa Florida and had tickets to the Festival in the Tangerine Bowl football stadium that they were on their way to play with Fournier and Heart .let me first give you a little brief history on my musical interests. I stared listening to rock music at about the age of 9 in 1975 and after hearing Led Zeppelin and Ted Nugent on the radio and bought my first record album Kiss Alive at 10 years of age after seeing their wild costumes and makeup in a record store in the mall .not long after Boston came out with "More Than A Feeling" and Foreigners Double Vision was played over and over again along with Styx "Come Sail Away" so this was the music i was listening to on a daily basis and right up to 1978 right after my 13th birthday i heard Van Halens "Running With The Devil and "Eruption/You Really Got Me" on the radio for the first time and i was blown away .seriously as a 13 year old that had been listening to Boston and Ted Nugent. KISS but this was like nothing that had ever been heard before .it was a combination of David Lee Roths Wild vocals Eddie's Van Halens guitar tone and hard rock riffs .but his precision lightning fast soloing was out of this w🌎rld .went straight out and bought the record and came home put it on and cranked it up and jammed that record non stop for weeks till it drove my parents and siblings crazy .this is when i seriously stated focusing on hard electric guitar oriented music and Eddie was the new king .went and seen them play live a couple years later when they opened up for the Rolling Stones in the Tangerine bowl with over 60.000 fans .they blew the stones off the stage lol saw them again on the Woman And Children First tour up the road in the Lakeland Civic Center where most of the areas indoor concerts were held since at that time Orlando didn't have a Civic Center yet where Orlando was still not as big as Miami .Tampa .or Jacksonville yet .but everything changed again for me in 1981 when i heard Ozzys "I Don't Know" and "Crazy Train on the radio and i was like damn who is this guitar player that sounds like Eddie Van Halen but in a heavier haunting way .i fell in love with the music and couple months later i went and saw Ozzy with a very young Def Leppard opening up for them and i he was mesmerizing .i mean it was like i had a religious experience or something similar to that is the only way i can explain it .i had seen Eddie twice before this and dozens of other groups from age 12 to 16 up to this show and Randy completely blew every other guitarist ive ever seen before and after still to this day .ive seen literally every 80s guitarist that came out and NO ONE had the stage presence Randy had NOBODY PERIOD ! Randy was my all time favorite guitarist .my opinion he was a better live player and songwriter than Eddie .but its hard to put Randy over Eddie for the main factor Eddie had a 40 plus years career with literally more than 150 songs where Randy was limited to just two years with Ozzy and less than 20 songs .so to me Randy was the greatest Heavy Metal Guitar player in history but like i said its hard to compare two people where one had a lifetime of music and the other 2 records .but Randy was a humble kind guy where Eddie was a egotistical ass so ....
The song Dee wasn’t played on electric guitar. It was played on a Nylon/Gut string classical guitar.
It's on the live Tribute double live album. Make sure to include it it in your collection. It has a few Black Sabbath songs on the last album. My mom played folk guitar when I was very young 😊
She has a lot of info incorrect. I liked the “He used to mute the knobs” line 😂
I saw Randy on the blizzard of Ozz tour is so much better than Eddie Van Halen there’s no comparison being a working guitarist for 50 years now I know what I’m talking about Randy was a classical Virtuoso
Thank you for this video
I agree 😊😊😊
Randy was a maestro live, his tone live was just crank and it play as Tommy Aldridge said.
Randy was a better songwriter because of his background and continued desire to get better
100%!!!🎸❤️
I agree . VH sounds too Poppy
He is arguably the greatest guitar player ever
Like you said "how much music did we miss out on". I think about this all the time.
The best guitarist ever
many think so
I wonder... what became of those pictures that were being taken just before, during, and maybe right after the crash. Were they hidden away as part of the bigger picture ans cover up of some facts? Or were they confiscated by law enforcement and then destroyed or hidden away. I think the people deserve to be able to see those pictures, even though they may have very powerful images.
Sad and touching story. I had never seen him live, and although not super familiar with him and his history, I am now. Great epitaph to what seemed like a real unique and genuine guy
I saw Randy play In Fayetteville NC SEPTEMBER 1981
I am so jealous! 🥹
Small correction: Dee is a Classical guitar piece. I was and still am a Randy nut. When my band Dangerous Toys got our record deal I had Max Norman Produce it because he did the the first 2 OZZY records with Randy. I believed Randy staged his death to hide from the Fame and hide away and play his love Classical guitar. I have met Bob Daisley, Rudy, Tommy Aldridge, even Zakk and worked with Sharon(but never met Ozzy) but it took Max to convince me. He said "No, Randy is gone". Randy did what he was supposed to do on this earth, Inspire guitarists and make great music.
I loved Dangerous Toys. Still love it when it comes on the playlist, reminds me good times. Thank you for the music.
Gotta love it when work you did over 30 years ago can make someone happy. Thank you.@@duanechapman-ft6ty
Dangerous Toys was so underrated. I love that band still to the day.
Just kids having fun and poking fun at everything. We were VERY serious about the music but didn't take our selves too seriously. Thank you GMSM.
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STILL bummed I missed you guys when Operation Rock & Roll came to Cleveland. Hard to believe that was 32 years ago... Time really flies, but I still drive my neighbors crazy with those records on a pretty regular basis. 😁
I did see Alice once here in Vancouver, a few years ago, and I had never seen him. Alice has been a favorite of mine, since the 70's, and I couldn't imagine how a young Randy was blown away by that show.
It’s a life changing experience for sure !! Alice Cooper looks fantastic too how is he not aging at all haha!! Thank you so much for being here and sharing the fun! 🎶🎶
This was awesome! Thanks so much for putting this together. I was around, and already playing guitar, when Blizzard came out. In my mind, Randy quickly replaced EVH as the greatest guitar player. A little more "metal" than "rock". And the compositional quality of his songs and solos was through the roof. Still the single biggest influence on my guitar playing. So great to see that people so much younger than myself are still getting into what he was throwing down.
What an absolutely amazing man Randy was
Always good stuff. Much research was done, again!
Thank you so much!! Comments like this mean the world to me! I’m so glad you’re part of the ROOTS Fam!! 🎶🎶
I kind of feel like since both Randy and Eddie were artists, why race art? They were very different players who were around at the same time. The real story that gets lost in this tragedy is Randy’s mom. Dee Rhoads was a maverick. First female to play in the UCLA marching band. Ran a successful music school for 40+ years in addition to being a single mother.
Thank you so much for this comment because I totally agree! Everything I read and know about his family is just wonderful. And it was very clear how much Randy loved his mother which makes the whole thing even more heartbreaking. One of the reasons he had even agreed to go up in the plane in the first place was to take photos FOR HIS MOM! So sad. His sister's instagram is fantastic, though. I have it on screen in the video and the link is in the video description as well. Definitely give her a follow and you can see some old photos of their family on there. Thank you for being here and supporting the channel and for being part of the Roots Music History family!
@@ROOTSMUSICHISTORY Oh Ive been following Kathy for awhile. Great lady and great guardian of her brothers legacy!
Randy had so much ahead of him! I truly feel sorry for his mom Delores because Randy loved her so much and all Randy wanted to eventually do is make his mom’s life better so she wouldn’t have to worry and work so hard. Randy wanted to give back to her. Sadly his life was lost and that was the worst thing that Delores would have ever wanted. It’s not Randy’s fault of course but I just know that Randy would have so badly been able to give back to his mom and siblings as he got older. There was just to much lost the day he passed. We as fans lost all the music he would have created.
I agree! Delores just seemed so amazing ♥️
Been a randy fan for 18 years and im 32... i became really good friends on myspace and facebook with people that were around him in quiet riot.... found out some interesting stuff and there is some cool stuff i shouldnt know but i do and not for me to tell.... i am not on facebook or any social media anymore.... the group was good but got to talk to close friends of his... man i miss those days...... hopefully the doc that was going to come out in 2011 still comes out....
Hey thank you for this . I have found, over the years, a couple of extra facts regarding this saga. One being that Andrew Aycock had been fired by Ritchie Blackmore prior to him joining up with the Ozzy tour. Although, Ritchie was known to be quite a character himself, so who knows the significance of that ? The other , and at least heart warming, was that AC/DC instantly stepped up and told Ozzy and Sharon to get anything they needed and send them the bill. Thanks again, you know your stuff, and I look forward to your future work !!
Great video! Except for a couple of small details you have done an excellent job of telling this story! Thank you for sharing this with us!!
what details were missed?
@TheRockOracle a couple I picked up on (I'm only half way through the video).
1. Dee wasn't an electric guitar track
2. The band didn't travel to the USA to "lay down tracks". Both album's were written and recorded in the UK.
I remember watching the news w/my dad and hearing about thge buzzing of the tour bus but this isNOT how I pictured it. YetI thought not another one falling, remembering L. Skynard plane crash just a few years b4. TY 4 clearing up the story. Nice work.
if the Ardens were actual doing their job, NO ONE would of went up in an airplane, piloted by a guy w/ a troubled past relationship w/ his wife, who had no business being along as they were in a toxic relationship and a history of substance abuse. the Ardens complacency is they failed to do what they were contracted to - protect their client/Artists. I hold them directly responsible; I kinda think the Rhoads family & Sarzo
felt the same way..... you did a great job on this!
this SENSELESS accident that was preventable, is such a wt actual f?....btw it happened on my 17th birthday. Really brings home the reality of the fragility of life....
Later in the story Sharon replaces the founding members of Blizzard of Oz (Lee Kerslake, Bob Daisley) recorded Tracks from the first two albums to avoid having to pay publishing right royalties. Hired two hired guns to re do them. To me that is despicable and totally disrespectful to Randy and original fans, those guys created those tracks with him, they were there.
I like your channel, have A GREAT DAY !
Eddie -v- Randy / Randy -v- Eddie: both has similar backgrounds with being taught classical music (piano or guitar), both had very unique styles - Eddie picked up on Zepplin (Paige’s) finger fretting, whereas Randy was mesmerized by Alice Cooper’s stage presence.
Both Eddie & Randy were innovators of their chosen craft, teaching others how to improve upon the basics; and then some. Really it all comes down to one thing: who had the cooler name……..and that goes to………Randy, of course.
Who knows, Eddie lived until 2020, and made a longer lasting impression based on more time to hone his craft; whereas Randy died before he fully came into his own. Both started bands, both played to masses of fans, and for both, their music will live on for generations. I’ve got the Randy Tribute album (yes, vinyl) playing right now. I no longer own VH, Women and Children First (long story). So I’ll enjoy this time of reflection and maybe bring up some VH later on YT.
I did see VH, prior to Hagar joining, and they were awesome. I also saw Sammy, pre-VH, but I never saw Ozzy and Randy, nor Quiet Riot. The music of the ‘60’s, ‘70’s, & ‘80’s was truly generational and will likely not be repeated, as a three decade accomplishment.
Awesome!Randy is the best!
On the CD called The Randy Rhodes Year's that was put together by Kevin. Kevin had tapes of recordings that they had previously made. Kevin felt that the record company in Japan would not release the 1st&2nd Quiet Riot albums. So he put that together so we could enjoy Randy's playing from the early stages of his career.
Great job
Thank you so much! Welcome to the Rotos Music History Family!
Great job! Love your work so far. I already subscribed and everything. Just a quick heads up, Im a guitarist and i can tell you with 100% complete certainty that Dee (song) was played with an Acoustic, not an electric guitar. Thanks again for another great doc. Keep on rocking. 😊
Btw, i trully love your energy. You're so genuine and true. I wish you the absolute best of luck for your channel from the bottom of my heart. 🤘😊🤘
My favorite musician EVER Randy Rhoads, r i p
Great job covering the life of an amazing pillar of the Metal Guitar World, a couple of errors but 9.9/10, amazing!
Randy was always phenomenal, but they were nowhere near ready for a record deal when Van Halen got theirs. I own the two Japanese Quiet Riot imports. Trust me, they weren't ready.
Just saw you piece on Randy, it was very well done and I learned some things about him I didn't know. Your indepth coverage was almost as if you knew him in a closer way than just someone doing a report. I detected a lot of emotion in your voice as tho you would begin to cry at any moment. Comparing Randy to Eddy is a fools mistake. Each in their own right were phenomenal guitarists. I saw EVH live in 82, but regret never getting to see Randy other than in video footage. His riff in Crazy Train always amazed me. As you said gone to young, gone to soon. What he had left to give music we can only imagine.
FLY UP THUNDERBIRD, FLY
I pass by Randy’s grave every day here in San Bernardino, CA
In my opinion Randy Rhoads was a way better guitarist than Eddie Van Halen. Randy would even TEACH his students to play EVH riffs.
This is true!
Different animals. Blues vs Classical. Not a Competition. I will say a Classical player can PULL OFF Van Halen But a Blues player. Has Zero chance of Faking 8note scales. Nope
100%🎸🙏
💯!!!! I can only imagine what Randy would've accomplished
The truth is, Eddie was a genius inventor, and Randy was a genius musician. Both played guitar.
This is a great biography of Randy. I hope you're consider doing one on Jani Lane especially now that we know he was raped. Jamie Dlux appears to be homing in on the rapist (probably someone from Judas Priest). Someone pointed out that the characters in Warrant's song Uncle Tom's Cabin share the same initials as the leading suspects. I also think other lyrics were definitely expressions of the incredible conflict that Jami had been suffering from for years and why his life ultimately ended the way it did.
Anyway, going back to Randy, I believe Andy planned a suicide run for the following reasons. First and foremost, no one-including (if not especially) Randy-would have risked physically fighting with the pilot unless he was sure he was going to make a suicide run. Even if anyone thought he was dangerously close, they would not have risked interfering and making it worse (except MAYBE another pilot which Randy was not).
Moreover, I doubt Andy would have just tried to scare someone with a heart condition. No, the only explanation that makes sense-especially given the unstable relationship the pilot had with his estranged wife-is that he was on a coke-fueled suicide mission. Not only does it explain where the bus was parked, but it also explains why he was willing to risk stealing the plane in the first place, especially without a current license. I think all the reckless flying was Andy trying to work up his nerve to go through with it. Randy was probably at least somewhat familiar with the dynamics between Andy & Wanda, so he knew that it was real otherwise he would not have fought with the pilot of the airplane. Randy saved everyone on that bus for sure.
Anyway, great job, and I really hope you consider covering Jani Lane if you're not already.
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