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Sax player Boots Randolph dead at 80
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| 07/03/07
Posted on 07/03/2007 1:20:23 PM PDT by lunarbicep
Boots Randolph, whose spirited saxophone playing on songs like "Yakety Sax" made him one of Nashville's top musicians, died Tuesday. He was 80.
Randolph suffered a cerebral hemorrhage June 25 and had been hospitalized in a coma. He was taken off a respirator earlier Tuesday, said Betty Hofer, a publicist and spokeswoman for the family.
Randolph played regularly in Nashville nightclubs for 30 years, becoming a tourist draw for the city much like Wayne Newton in Las Vegas and Pete Fountain in New Orleans.
He recorded more than 40 albums and spent 15 years touring with the Festival of Music, teaming with fellow instrumentalists Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer.
As a session musician, he played on Elvis Presley's "Return to Sender," Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman," Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Round the Christmas Tree" and "I'm Sorry," REO Speedwagon's "Little Queenie," Al Hirt's "Java" and other songs including ones by Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash.
In 1963 he had his biggest solo hit, "Yakety Sax," which he wrote
TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: bootsrandolph; yaketysax
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To: lunarbicep
He died with his Boots on.
To: lunarbicep
A sad day for all fans of Benny Hill. RIP Boots.
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posted on
07/03/2007 1:22:44 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: lunarbicep
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posted on
07/03/2007 1:25:37 PM PDT
by
Maximus of Texas
(On my signal, pull my finger.)
To: lunarbicep
Aaah, dang, when I was kid I would listen to my parents’ records for hours, and his were my favorites!
To: dfwgator
Did you know Jane Levies of Frasier fame started as a Benny Hill Girl? Ah, the halcyon days of college, drinking and watching Benny chase and be chased by stocking-clad women at high speed...
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posted on
07/03/2007 1:28:44 PM PDT
by
50sDad
(Angels on asteroids are abducting crop circles!)
To: nnn0jeh
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posted on
07/03/2007 1:29:56 PM PDT
by
kalee
(The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
To: lunarbicep
Gotta love Boots. ZSorry to see a great talent gone.
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posted on
07/03/2007 1:31:15 PM PDT
by
umgud
("When illegals are banned, only greedy businesses and welfare providers will have them)
To: lunarbicep
These Boots aren’t made for walkin’.
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posted on
07/03/2007 1:32:35 PM PDT
by
Obadiah
To: Grammy; billhilly
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posted on
07/03/2007 1:33:57 PM PDT
by
girlangler
(Fish Fear Me)
To: lunarbicep
As a session musician, he played on Elvis Presleys Return to Sender, Roy Orbisons Oh, Pretty Woman, Brenda Lees Rockin Round the Christmas Tree and Im Sorry, REO Speedwagons Little Queenie, Al Hirts Java and other songs including ones by Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash. What a legacy. RIP, Boots.
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posted on
07/03/2007 1:36:34 PM PDT
by
JellyJam
(Best headline ever: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
To: lunarbicep
Used to play the sax as a kid. Being able to play Yakety Sax was something to aspire to.
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posted on
07/03/2007 1:38:38 PM PDT
by
MCH
To: lunarbicep
As a child, I went to sleep many nights back in the mid sixties even though my dad was playing Boots Randolph's 'Yakety Sax' very loudly on the hi-fi.
Ahh, the memories!
We still have that old hi-fi. I wonder if we still have that Boot Randolph album?
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posted on
07/03/2007 1:42:54 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(Global Warming is Leftist Theology - Why is it Being Taught in School?)
To: lunarbicep
He could blow it warm or he could blow it cool; he was just the best, that’s all. My favorite was a Christmas album called “Boots and Stockings”; it doesn’t get much better.
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posted on
07/03/2007 1:45:38 PM PDT
by
Migraine
(...diversity is great... until it happens to YOU...)
To: lunarbicep
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posted on
07/03/2007 1:48:08 PM PDT
by
golas1964
(www.imwithfred.com)
To: lunarbicep
One of the major influences on Captain Geech and The Shrimp Shack Shooters...(see the movie
"That Thing You Do" for further clarification!)
In all seriousness, he was a great session musician. RIP, Boots.
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posted on
07/03/2007 1:48:39 PM PDT
by
dave k
(Unplug the spin machine...)
To: girlangler
Thanks g.a. I will let Mr. G know. He will be sad.
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posted on
07/03/2007 2:00:19 PM PDT
by
Grammy
("Ms Pelosi is a very difficult person to embarrass." Fred Thompson, 4/11/07)
To: lunarbicep
Hope he’s playing inHeaven today.
Prayers for his family.
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posted on
07/03/2007 2:49:09 PM PDT
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: weegee
Boots Returned to Sender (Address Unknown)!
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posted on
07/03/2007 2:51:28 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(We all need someone we can bleed on...)
To: dfwgator
Yeppers. RIP, Boots.
Now if I could just get "Yackety Sax" out of my head...
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