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Randy Whitt

About Me

Real Music
Just Guts and Guitars
Country Rock

"You'll find two flavors of Randy Whitt on stage: one leads the honky-tonking Randy Whitt and the Grits, and the other occupies the rootsy and rugged end of the singer-songwriter spectrum, equally comfortable backed by a pedal steel or a laid-back horn section. Same talented dude, different shades of twang." - Rick Cornell Independent Weekly

After finishing a national tour, including stops in L.A., Abilene, Tuscaloosa, Athens, Phoenix, and Honolulu in support of his independently released recordings Randy is back home. He has recorded his 4th CD called The Good The Bad and The Grits, featuring his band the grits. This new recording will be released on Nov. 2nd.

Here's a quote about Randy's last album "We've had some trouble"

The Sound Of Things to Come

"This CD sat on my shelf for a week before I got around to listening to it. You know, the whole busy life thing. But then, I listened to it, and then again, and then again. This is not a work intended for the consuming masses. This is a work intended to get whats in Randy Whitts head into yours. For lack of a better way to say it, its Art...with the capital A. But its hard. No song is going to go the way you expect it to go. No guitar is going to pickup where you think it will. Its hard and dense, and completely noncommercial. This is what happens when an artist expresses himself. This is a new genre. So, listen to it. Then listen to it again. And again." -Andrew Parsons

Randy and his band have been featured performers at festivals all over the east coast as well as clubs like the 40 watt in Athens, Ga. and the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC. They have received substantial acclaim in a short amount of time. They have played at the Grassroots festival in Ithaca, N.Y., the Shakori Hills Festival in Silk Hope N.C., the World Beer Festival in Durham, N.C., and many others. Randy has opened or shared the stage with the likes of: Junior Brown, Bobby Bare, Jr., Southern Culture On the Skids, The Avett Brothers, Wayne Hancock, and the Two Dollar Pistols. With enthusiastic touring and playing within N.C., Randy continues to gain notoriety and fans all over the country.


Available November 2, 2007

My Interests

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Member Since: 5/8/2005
Band Website: randywhitt.com
Band Members: Randy Whitt
Influences: Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Sr., George Jones, Tom Waits, Hall and Oats, Merle Haggard, Ray Charles, Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash, Janes Addiction, Townes Van Zandt, The Misfits, The Cure, Public Enemy, Bob Dylan, Tricky, Johnny Paycheck, Bread etc. "I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money" ~Orson Welles~
Sounds Like: A spaghetti western gone bad.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

R.I.P. Jerry Reed

Easy Bound and Down.....Loaded up and truckin'Folks, Jerry Reed passed away last Monday. He is a huge influence on the style of guitar playing that I am trying to learn at the moment. An interesting f...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:42:00 GMT

California, Vampires, etc.

DUDEOk.....I'm back.California was so much fun! I'm considering doing a Cali concept record. Use all the stereotypes about Babylon and juxtapose images of people with familys doing normal shit???? The...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:13:00 GMT

Home Recording

So....I'll try and make this short...My buddy Laird has got me into doing some home recording. And now I'm kind of addicted to it!! Yikes... Any how so... I just uploaded a demo I recorded in my livin...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 18:30:00 GMT

DAMN YOU KANSAS!!

  My Heels lost!?!? After almost staging the biggest comeback in Final Four history.... In case ya’ll don’t know Carolina basketball is my lifes blood. It was a great season and ...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:00:00 GMT

Independent Weekly Album Review "The Good The Bad And The Grits"

"Coltish" describes Randy Whitt pretty well: He's on the lanky side, and his stride and stage presence suggest an abundance of energy waiting to escape. For the most part, he kept that energy bottled ...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:39:00 GMT

I hate buzz words!!!!

Ok dude!! I'm sick and tired of fake ass band bios!!!!!! If hear about another "groove oriented" hippie band, or "Real Deal" americana act, I think I'm going to puke.....Christ, I understand you gotta...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:40:00 GMT

The Brian Walker Review

listening to your cd right now........... standin' all alone in your pretty dress much better vocal sound ijust keep on lovin you----.-.---.--....-. your voice sounds really good with a girl and a ba...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:46:00 GMT

Bergman, Antonioni

I just finished writing a blog eulogizing Ingmar Bergman, and Michaelangelo Antonioni.....I've erased all that was written. Film inspires my art. I say without pretense. Art has lost genius.The Great ...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:05:00 GMT

StudioTime Again

Here we go again. This coming Thursday we'll be in the studio to start work on a new album. Of course, I'm excited and nervous and yada yada. This could be pretty cool though. We've had this lineup no...
Posted by on Sun, 13 May 2007 14:59:00 GMT

Band Of The Month Interview

In solo mode, as showcased on last year's impressive, late-night vibing We've Had Some Trouble, Randy Whitt calls on elements of country music, but they share the stage equally with touches of pop, r...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:16:00 GMT