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Randall Dubis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
native, is a Denver, Colorado based artist. His music can be
described as, "Blues on the Rocks, with a splash of Funk." As the
principal vocalist and guitarist, Randall usually is accompanied by keyboards, bass and drums. Prior to his departure from
Milwaukee, WI in 1979, Randall worked through a succession of bands
that were reflections of Jazz, R&B and Fusion. In part due to the
'Disco' invasion he went West to seek a more fertile performing
environment. In addition to Denver area gigs, Randall toured most of
the Western states in the late 80's. The 90's through 2000 became a
time of distillation of styles for Randall relating to both his
guitar and vocal development.
Randall
has been the second guitarist with Sonny Rhodes on and off since
1998. Randall has spent the last two years (2004-2005) touring
fulltime with Sonny Rhodes across the U.S. and Canada and a two
month tour of Europe (June-July 2005), which included France,
Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Poland, Italy and Sicily. That
tour included 21 Blues Festival appearances, 19 of which Sonny
topped the bill. Since 2000, on several occasions, Randall and his
band have backed Son Seals on club dates and festival appearances.
Mentored both by Lap Steel king, Sonny Rhodes and Chicago Blues
artist, Son Seals, Randall feels he's absorbed the best of their
styles and honored their influences in his performance skills.
Randall has also toured Holland with Dan Treanor in 1999 and 2001.
Active
in the studio, Randall and his band have released three albums on
Sylvan-Adam Records - "They Call Me Slim", in 2000 and "Walk A Mile"
in 2002. Presently Randall is finishing his new CD, slated for
release in Autumn of 2006.
At the
end of the tour season in November 2005, Randall returned home to
Denver to re-group his band, finish a CD and resume gigging and
touring. Randall's shows are comprised of classic Blues standards,
R&B favorites and a healthy dose of original songs. Randall will
continue to gig locally, but places a healthy emphasis on touring
the Mid-West and Canada. Randall hopes to bring his band and show
to your home town soon! |
